post-doctoral fellow for genetic epidemiology, statistic data analysis

Cover Letter of Yue Fang

** ******** ******, ***. #*, Roslindale, MA 02131

(1-860-***-****, ******@*****.***

October 23, 2013

RE: Application for MS or Ph. D. Statistician at CORRONA

Dear Search Committee,

This letter is to express my interest in the position of Statistician at

Consortium of Rheumatology Researchers of North America (CORRONA). Basing

on my knowledge of biostatistics, epidemiology and work experience for

longitudinal cohort data, I am confident that I would be a great addition

to CORRONA.

. I have a Ph.D. degree in Genetic Epidemiology in Erasmus Medical Center,

Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and two Master degrees in Statistics and

Epidemiology in Europe, and a Bachelor degree of Medicine in China.

. I am familiar with epidemiological study design, I made analytic plan

for research consortia. I have more than eight years work experience

with longitudinal cohorts, including Rotterdam population cohorts,

Framingham Osteoporosis cohorts and professional health cohorts. My work

involves epidemiological studies of osteoarthritis.

. During my work in Hebrew Seniorlife Center of Harvard Medical School, I

have great opportunities to manage three research projects. I made

analytic plan for research consortia, arrange & prepare documents and

minutes for discussion of monthly tele-conference calls. I also carried

out data collection, cleaning and data management with Excel and Access

for qualitative/quantitative large-scale follow-up data for age-related

disorders.

. I wrote code for statistical analysis with several statistical programs,

e.g., SAS, SPSS, METAL, R and Epi Info. I also interpreted observing

results.

. I have 50 publications, including 18 first-author papers, book and book

chapter. I am familiar with programs such as Word, Endnote and

PowerPoint to present my work, and presented my work in several

scientific conferences.

. I am willing to learn new knowledge and technique. I work independently,

and I am also a sweet team player (as my boss in Harvard evaluated me).

. I am US permanent resident, and have right to work here and take

international business trip.

. I have high speed internet in home and I have valid driver's license.

I am excited about the Statistician position. According to my education and

work experience in statistics and epidemiology, I am ready to make a

valuable contribution to CORRONA. Please do not hesitate to contact me if

you have any questions. I would appreciate the opportunity to discuss my

qualifications in person and I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Sincerely,

Yue Fang

Resume of Yue Fang

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Work Experience

Post-doctoral fellow at Hebrew SeniorLife Center of Harvard Medical School

Nov. 2009 - Dec. 2011

Genetic variations and environmental factors as well as their interaction on

variation of a bio-marker in blood;

Genome wide Association Study (GWAS) to identify genetic risk factors for

osteoporosis;

X-chromosome wide Association study and Meta-analysis for musculoskeletal traits

in multiple populations.

Research Scientist at HRC Holland Int., Amsterdam, Netherlands (NL)

Jun. 2008 - Oct. 2009

Molecular Genetics: probe and primer design for the Multiplex Ligation-dependent

Probe Amplification

Researcher Associate at Free University Medical Center, Amsterdam, NL

Feb. 2006 - May 2008

Genetic Epidemiological studies to estimate genetic risk factors for Parkinson's

disease in one European population.

Research Assistant at Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, NL

1997-2005

Genetic epidemiological studies with SPSS to identify genetic risk factors for

Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis in European populations;

Molecular Genetics;

Cell biology.

Epidemiologist at Center for Disease Control & Prevention of Hubei province, China

1990-1996

Surveillance of infectious diseases, such as hepatitis, AIDS and Haemorrhagic

Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS), including:

Regular survey report for disease distribution and variation data to the local

government.

Making annual surveillance plan for all surveillance sites in whole province.

Being one of the key epidemiologist to set up the HIV Surveillance Center in the

province.

Examining the distribution of HIV infection in Hubei province with Epi Info

program.

Special skills and techniques

Epidemiological and statistical skills:

Study design for large-scale epidemiological studies, e.g., surveillance of

infection diseases, cross sectional and follow-up studies, as well as genetic

association studies;

Preparation of statistical analytic plans for epidemiological studies;

Performing linear/logistic regression models for univariate and bivariate analyses

in association studies;

Conducting data management and statistical data analysis with SAS (more than two

years experience), SPSS (eight years experience), Excel, Access, METAL, R and Epi

Info.

Meta-analysis with RevMan for regular data and METAL for GWAS data.

Immunology techniques:

. Enzyme-linked immunoadsordent assay (ELISA);

. Direct and indirect ImmunoFluorescent Assay (IFA);

. ImmunoHistochemical staining.

Education

Ph.D. Genetic Epidemiology Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam,

the Netherlands (NL)

Master of Science Statistics Pavia University, Pavia, Italy

(1999)

Master of Science Epidemiology Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam,

(1998) Rotterdam, NL

Graduate-Study Computer Science Chinese Geological University,

(1997) Wuhan, China

Bachelor degree Medicine & Public Tong-Ji Medical University, Wuhan,

(1990) Health China

Teaching Experience

1. Teaching assistant for graduate courses:

A. Molecular genetics for Master of Science students in the Netherlands

Institute for Health Science (NIHES);

B. Genetic Epidemiology (GE02) for Master of Science students of NIHES;

C. Molecular genetics for the first-year Medical students in Erasmus

Medical Center.

2. Supervised the 9-month research internship of a Master of Science

student.

Honors and Prizes: Awarded eight times Yang Investigator Reward issued in

the United States, Europe and Asia.

Publications: Authored 50 peer-reviewed scientific papers, book and book

chapter, including 18 first-author papers.

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