statistical analyst

YUJIE ZHAO

**** ********* **** *** **, Decatur, GA, 30030

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EDUCATION

Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta May 2017 Master of Public Health, Biostatistics

Relative Coursework: SAS Programming, R Programming, Machine Learning Peking University, School of Life Sciences, Beijing, China July 2015 Bachelor of Science, Biological Science

Relative Coursework: Biostatistics, Neurobiology

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Emory University, School of Public Health Mar 2016 – May 2017 Research Assistant

Developed and optimized simulation program for spread of infectious diseases and validation of vaccine effectiveness

Built cross-platform UI for simulation program on Windows, Mac OS and Linux using C++ and wxWidgets

Created and developed R package for new simulation model Emory University, School of Medicine Oct 2016 – Apr 2017 Research Assistant

Established novel classification methods based on Machine Learning methods to discriminate clinical diagnosis stages of major depression using multimodal imaging data such as Functional magnetic resonance imaging and Diffusion tensor imaging

Applied stepwise model selection method to defined most interesting brain regions and networks related to major depressive disorder, and provided a new strategy using selected significant features for disease early diagnosis and patients individualized treatment selection

Emory University, School of Medicine Oct 2016, Mar 2017 – Apr 2017 Research Assistant

Performed generalized linear regression, ANOVA and post hoc tests to determine relationship between animals’ inflammatory proteins and sociability behavior data adjusting for sex and predatory stress condition

Conducted batch datasets processing to analyze thousands of regressions simultaneously in R

University of Michigan, School of Public Health Aug 2016, Nov 2016 – Apr 2017 Research Assistant

Extracted datasets from annual Michigan Influenza dataset using Proc SQL in SAS

Utilized survival cox proportional hazards model and generalized linear model to assess effects of subject-level characteristics on influenza illness and vaccination

Produced effective quantitative data visualization using histogram, boxplot and scatterplot in SAS

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Emory University, School of Public Health

Aug 2016 – Dec 2016

Research Assistant

Analyzed correlation between inflammatory cytokines and depression questionnaire scores using linear regression model, and conducted matched-pair Wilcoxon test to figure out whether inflammatory markers have significant difference after 12-month treatment for depression

Peking University, School of Life Science Sep 2013 – July 2015 Research Assistant

Designed in vitro and in vivo research methodologies to analyze cell paracrine function by interaction with electrospun nanofiber scaffolds using RT-PCR, immunofluorescence detection, and enzyme assay

Drafted and edited research progress summary for weekly presentation and group discussion

Peking University, School of Life Science Mar 2013 – June 2013 Research Assistant

Used neural network method to figure out significant characteristics that had association with ovarian cancer diagnosis

Assessed and compared neural network model with linear regression model by conducting and computing methods in MATLAB

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

Emory University, School of Public Health Aug 2016 – Dec 2016 Teaching Assistant

Held office hours, corrected homework and tests for around 20 graduate students and assisted professor by teaching students in review and discussion sessions China Social Assistance Foundation, Pneumoconiosis Assistance Foundation

June 2012 – July 2012

Volunteer

Traveled to pneumoconiosis affected areas to distribute information on pneumoconiosis prevention and advocate for the introduction of legislation to assist those patients with pneumoconiosis

Registered illiterate patients and collated documents at local hospitals

Visited severely affected patients in remote rural areas; offered daily living assistance

Collected and sorted out patients data for post-processing SKILLS

Computer: SAS; R; MATLAB; C&C++; Python; SPSS; SQL; LaTeX; MS Office Suite Machine Learning; Cross-platform programming on Windows, Mac OS, Linux Language: Mandarin Chinese (native); Japanese (conversational)

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