Yafen Huang

ac4u5v@r.postjobfree.com

919-***-****

Proactive, independent and disciplined team player who thrives in the fast, dynamic and cross-functional team environment; Strategic planner, analytical thinker and problem solver who has exceptional attention to details; Excellent communication and facilitation skills to connect with cross-disciplinary professionals; Strong desire to know why and commitment to self-development and expanding knowledge base

3+ experience in data management, programming and analytics

Broad knowledge and experience in statistics, biomedical, clinical research design and protocol development

Knowledge and understanding of CDISC standards (SDTM, ADaM), GCP, ICH, FDA regulatory guidelines

Strong analytic thinking to understand project goals and break them down into strategic analytic framework and working plan

Experience in translating business process into data modeling, schema design and object implementation

Extensive experience in Base SAS data step programming, using SET, MERGE, IMPORT, ARRAY, FORMAT, SORT, TRANSPOSE for importing, extracting and transforming data

Expertise in creating SAS/SQL join, sub-query, in line view to extract data in complex contexts

Skill in exploring, summarizing and reporting data with SAS/MEANS, FREQ,UNIVARIATE, SGPLOT, REPORT, TABULATE and ODS

Proficiency in automating data manipulation and reporting process by implementing SAS/MACROS, SQL stored procedures, user defined functions, triggers and dynamic SQL

Skilled in statistical method selection, using SAS/TTEST, ANNOVA, CORR, REG for hypothesis testing, model development and tuning to deliver better and informed solution

Experience in performance tuning by optimizing object structure and data step programming

Experience in database administration including managing metadata, ensuring data security, database backup and recovery

Good practice in standardizing operational procedures, tracking and managing status updates and business documentations

Excellent communication skills to stimulate insights from professionals with different backgrounds and ensure alignment between expectations and outcomes

Strong problem-solving skills in troubleshooting and performance tuning

Prioritized tasks and meet deadline always based on the level of importance and urgency for the projects Programming Languages: SAS, SQL, Python, R, C#

Analytic Tools: SAS (v9.x), Jupyter Notebook, Tableau, SSRS, SSIS, Crystal Report Writing Skills: Medical, scientific and business writing Management Tools: Microsoft Office, Visio

SAS Certified Advanced Programmer for SAS 9

SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9

Ph.D. of Biomedical Science Nanyang Technological University, Singapore PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

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Programmer Analyst

Measurement INC (Durham, NC) 2015-present

The company provides national wide educational assessment service to government agencies and educational institutions. As a technical lead, I am responsible for collaborating with project team in managing data manipulation, validation and reporting in both efficient and effective manner Responsibilities

Organized and facilitated brainstorming, interviewing sessions to gather data requirements from subject matter experts and end user

Performed GAP analysis to configure the “As is” and “To be” states and identified opportunities to close gap

Developed database physical design and used SQL DDL for creating tables, clustered/non-clustered indexes and constraints

Designed data flow for integrating data from a variety of sources including flat, excel, XML and JSON

Developed SAS Macros for automating data loading, transforming and generating statistical summary report

Optimized query structure and performance for dataset with large volume and velocity

Designed and implemented dynamic SQL, nested store procedures to enhance process efficacy and data accuracy for data transfer across multiple functional databases

Developed scheduled procedures for automating data tracking and quality check on daily basis, and optimized the object structure to be flexible and adaptable across different projects

Applied SAS/MEANS, UNIVARIATE, FREQ, SGPLPOT for visualizing the distribution and trending of data and identified outliers that require further investigation

Used SAS/ODS, TABULATE, REPORT for creating ad-hoc report, facilitating communication across different functional domains

Tracked, managed and communicated status updates to project managers in a timely manner

Identified issues, evaluated their impacts on processes with dependence and initiated action plans efficiently and effectively

Documented business logic, procedures, issues and solutions regularly for future reference and clarity Data Curation Scientist (Part time weekend)

OmicSoft Qiagen (Durham, NC) 2017-present

OmicSoft focuses on biomarker data management, visualization and analysis. The aim of the project is to develop software that integrate analysis of next generation sequencing, bioinformatics, cancer genomics and laboratory findings so that not only it is easy enough to be used by the bench scientist, but also powerful enough to be used by the bioinformatician or statistician

Responsibilities

Reviewed the scientific publications, protocols to evaluate study aims, design, methods and research findings in cancer research and clinical trial studies

Coordinated the genomic data curation team to extract, organize biological/clinical project and sample meta- data from various sources

Standardized and annotated various kinds of patient demographic, diagnosis, pathology features, biological phenotype, clinical outcomes data onto single platform for multi-dimensional comparison and analysis

Used SAS Base, ARRAY, PROC/IMPORT, EXPORT, FORMAT, TRANSPOSE, string functions for calculating, formatting, transposing and normalizing data

Developed SAS Macros to dynamically import file, transform, merge and export data

Worked closely with team lead to design, test, validate and manage the data auto-curation system. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research Associate

Duke University Medical Center (Durham, NC) 2013– 2015 At Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, the primary goal of my project was to combine insights from large scale genomic data analysis with clinical studies, with a hope of translating scientific findings into discovery of novel therapeutic target and development of personalized therapy for brain cancers Responsibilities

Served as a study lead to configure project goals and scopes based on evidence orientated approaches and evaluation of long term benefit and risk

Integrated scientific insights from principal investigators, physicians and biostatisticians

Designed and implemented analytic framework for data measurement, validation and statistical analysis

Performed data loading, extraction and transformation and investigated data related errors, outliers, and missing values

Preprocessed and normalized data with R packages before feeding into statistical analysis

Characterized data distribution and correlation by exploring and visualizing data with R package ggplot2

Performed statistical analysis T-Test, ANNOVA, Chi-squared test for hypothesis testing, decision making at critical steps

Participated and presented status updates and scientific findings in the regular team meetings

Ensured compliance to HIPPA, laboratory SOPs regulations and internal standards such as templates and documentation standards

Coached graduate students and technicians for the study design and technical issues Research Fellow

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York City, NY) 2010- 2013 The Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program HOPP at Memorial Sloan aims to advance scientific knowledge while bridging discoveries made in the laboratory with those made in the clinic. At HOPP, I was involved in projects that aim to explore and translate molecular and genetic insights into breast and kidney cancer therapeutic intervention.

Responsibilities

Participated in conceptualizing study proposal and analytic framework, and broke down project plan into stepwise actionable workflows

Performed data mining in a variety of medical databases, integrated empirical evidences from different resources and defined guidelines for data measurement and collection

Enforced data consistency and accuracy by standardizing the practice of data collection, transformation and management process

Conducted data aggregation, synthesis, explorative analysis to understand patterns and trends within data

Visualized data trending and pattern with histogram, bar chart, scatter plot and box plot etc.

Identified correlation between clinical, genetic and biological outcomes features

Standardized documentation of study protocols, data dictionary, status and scientific reports

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