Biostatistician/Epidemiologist/Experienced SAS Programmer

Lee Ann Zarzabal

***** **** *** ****

Garden Ridge, Texas 78266

(tel) 210-***-****

******@*****.***

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO

San Antonio, TX

PhD in Biostatistics, ABD

- all course work completed and qualifying exams passed

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO

San Antonio, TX

MS in Statistics, May 2004

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO

San Antonio, TX

BS in Mathematics / minor Statistics

Summa Cum Laude

Skills

- Statistically analyse all types of data while employing and using

appropriate statistical methods and software.

- Write statistical programs to generate automated reports with

tables and embedded graphics in Microsoft Word using SAS Output

Delivery System and Proc Report.

- Fluent in SAS, SAS Macros, SAS IML, StatXact, LogXact, SQL, R,

SPLUS, Excel, C and C++,

more than 12 years experience coding in various programming

languages

- Write programs to generate any type of publication quality graphs

for MS Word, Powerpoint or any other publishing software.

- Linear / Non-linear / Multivariate regression modeling / Log-linear

modeling

- T-tests, Chi-square tests, Fisher-exact tests, and post-hoc tests

- Time series analysis and forecasting

- Time-to-event or survival modeling

- Data mining techniques (neural networks, regression trees, random

forests, Support Vector Machines)

- Power calculations using NCSS PASS

WORK EXPERIENCE

Medpro Technologies Oct 12-Sep 13

Biostatistician

Science and Technology Division - 59th MDW USAF

SAS and R programming for statistical analysis

SAS Graphs/SAS Maps/ SAS Macros Programming

Provide statistical support for researchers across WHASC, BAMC, ISR,

and DCI

Perform statistical analysis and provide results and figures for

journal submissions, briefings, and conference/poster

presentations

Assist with protocol development and reviews for IRB submissions to

include power/sample size calculations and statistical analysis

plans

Proficient knowledge of military specific medical databases

X Technologies

Sr Epidemiologist / Informaticist II

Oct 11-Oct 12

Health Informatics Division- USAF

SAS programming for statistical analysis

SAS Graphs/SAS Maps/ Macros Programming

SQL Programming

Provide statistical support for Health Informatics Division

Perform epidemiological surveillance of chronic health conditions

Mentor and provide analysis and programming support for junior

analysts

Use applicable statistical methodology and modeling to conduct

analysis for military clients/researchers

Proficient/knowledgeable of M2 database, PTSD data, and other

military specific databases

UNIV OF TEXAS Health Science Center

Biostatistician

Nov 06-Oct 11

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

SAS programming for statistical analysis

SAS Graphs/ Macros Programming

Provide statistical support for UT Department of Surgery and medical

departments within the university and affiliated hospitals.

Provide statistical support to researchers at Greehey Children's

Cancer Research Institute and Cancer Therapy and Research Center

(CTRC).

Provide support for PRC (protocol review committee) for CTRC

Provide analysis and assist researchers with manuscript publications

R programming for microarray data analysis

Winbugs Programming for Bayesian Statistical Analysis

Research Fellow

July 05-Oct 06

Department of Molecular Medicine

Programming for microarray data analysis

Experimental design and statistical analysis of microarray data

SNP and Haplotype data analysis

Maintenance of database

IT support for microarray and SNP lab

Research Statistician

Sept 03-May 04

Department of Community Dentistry

Assist dental residents/faculty with statistical research projects

Statistical analysis using SAS/SPSS

Develop and maintain databases for research data

UNIV OF TEXAS at San Antonio Fall

03-Spring 04 Teaching Assistant

Assist professor with four different statistics classes

Provide grading for all classes

Maintain grade books and current web page for all classes.

Research Assistant

Summer 03

Assist professor with statistical research project modeling sports

data

Statistical analysis using SAS

Used weighted linear regression model

Research Assistant

Fall 02

Assist with a genetics research project

Researched Genbank database for DNA project data

Wrote programs(C/C++) to extract statistical counts from DNA data.

Maintained database for all research data

Raytheon July 01 - July 02

Software Engineer I

DSL Algorithm Dept

Software Development (C/C++)

Develop object oriented design packages to meet all functional

capabilities.

Fix, maintain, test, and implement code.

ASCII Project - Los Alamos National Laboratory

Assist with joint Raytheon/Compaq server installation project at Los

Alamos National Laboratory

Responsible for all phases of hardware connections to include land

line and fiber optic cables

Participated in after-action six-sigma process improvement project

pertaining to installation

Six-sigma trained, received green belt certification

Windows 2000 Upgrade Project - Client Services Dept

Assisted with upgrade of all pc's on unclassified network.

Developed a current inventory and map for location of all pc's.

Configure and install new hard drives.

Install software, hardware, and troubleshoot problems.

Teaching Experience

"Introduction to Statistics"

presented to Ophthalmology residents at WHASC (Aug 2013)

"Microarray Data Analysis", for Dr. Yousin Suh, Department of

Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center.

"Microarray Data Analysis", for Dr. Jan Vigj, Department of

Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center.

"Poisson Distributions", Masters in Clinical Investigation Course,

University of Texas Health Science Center (Spring 2008)

Business Statistics, University of Texas at San Antonio (Spring 2010)

Survey Sampling and Design, University of Texas at San Antonio (Fall

2011)

Publications

Ken Kikuchi, Eri Taniguchi, Hung-I Harry Chen, Matthew N. Svalina,

Jinu Abraham, Elaine T. Huang, Koichi Nishijo, Sean Davis, Christopher

Louden, Lee Ann Zarzabal, Olivia Recht, Ayeza Bajwa, Noah Berlow,

M nica Suelves, Sherrie L. Perkins, Paul S. Meltzer, Atiya Mansoor,

Joel E. Michalek, Yidong Chen, Brian P. Rubin, Charles Keller. Rb1

Loss Modifies but Does Not Initiate Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma.

Skeletal Muscle, in press

James D Ross, Christopher J Burns, Eileen M Sangini, Lee Ann Zarzabal,

Johnathan Morrison. A Laproscopic Swine Model of Non-Compressible

Torso Hemorrhage. Journal of Surgical Research, submitted

Kikuchi K, Soundararajan A, Zarzabal LA, Weems CR, Nelon LD, Hampton

ST, Michalek JE, Rubin BP, Fields AP, Keller C. Protein kinase C

iota as a therapeutic target in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma Oncogene,

2013 Jan 17;

DeArmond DT, Simmons JD, Cline AM, Zarzabal LA, Johnson SB, Baisden

CE. Feasibility of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy in

Veterans Administration patients. Am. J. Surg. 2012

Anuradha Soundararajan, Jinu Abraham, Laura D. Nelon, Suresh I.

Prajapati, Lee Ann Zarzabal, Joel E. Michalek, Stanton F. McHardy,

Douglas S. Hawkins, Suman Malempati, Charles Keller. 18F-FDG MicroPET

Imaging Detects Early Transient Response to an IGF1R Inhibitor in

Genetically-Engineered Rhabdomyosarcoma Models. Pediatric Blood &

Cancer, 2012 Sep

Philip C. Spinella, Charles E. Wade, Lorne H. Blackbourne, Matthew A.

Borgman, Lee Ann Zarzabal, Fei Du, Jeremy Perkins, Marc Maegele,

Martin Schreiber, John R. Hess, Ken Jastrow, Ernest A. Gonzalez, John

B. Holcomb, Rosemary Kozar. "The Association of Blood Component Use

Ratios with the Survival of Massively Transfused Trauma Patients with

and without Severe Brain Injury", Journal of Trauma, 2011

Anaradha Soundararajan Juni Abraham, Laura D. Nelson, Lee A. Zarzabal,

Joel E. Michalek, Stanton F. McHardy, Suman Malempati, Charles Keller.

"F-FDG MicroPET Imaging Detects Early Transient Response to

Picropodophyllin in Genetically-Engineered Rhabdomyosarcoma Models",

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, 2011

Jonathan Gelfond, Lee Ann Zarzabal, Tarea Burton, Suzanne Burns, Mari

Sogayar, Luiz Penalva. "Latent Rank Change Detection for Analysis of

Splice-Junction Microarrays with Nonlinear Effects", Annals of Applied

Statistics, 2010

Suresh I Prajapati, Aoife Kilcoybe, Aislynn K. Samano, Dusstin P.

Green, Steven D. McCarthy, Barron A. Blackman, Michelle M. Brady, Lee

Ann Zarzabal, Arum K Tatiparthy, Timothy J, Sledz, Timothy Duong,

Sachiko Ohshima-Hosoyama, Francis J. Giles, Joel E. Michalek, Brain P.

Rubin, Charles Keller. "Micro-CT Based Virtual Histology Evaluation

of Preclinical Medullobastoma". Molecular Imaging and Biology, 2010

(in press)

Hosoyama T, Aslam MI, Abraham J, Prajapati SI, Nishijo K, Michalek JE,

Zarzabal LA, Nelon LD, Guttridge DC, Rubin BP, Keller C. IL-4R Drives

Dedifferentiation, Mitogenesis, and Metastasis in Rhabdomyosarcoma.

Clin Cancer Res. 2011 May

Laura Collins, Lee Ann Zarzabal, Trishana Nayiager, Brad H. Pollock,

Ronald Barr. "Growth in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

during Treatment", Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Vol. 32, Number 8,

November 2010

Joshua L. Walker, Jonathan Gelfond, Lee Ann Zarzabal, Edward Darling.

"Calculating Mixed Venous Saturation during Veno-Venous Extracorporeal

Membrane Oxygenation", Perfusion, 2009

Katie Wiggins-Dohlvik, Ronald M. Stewart, Rachelle Babbit Jonas,

Johnathan Gelfond, Lee Ann Zarzabal, Ross E. Willis. "Surgeons'

Performance During Critical Situations: Competence, Confidence, and

Composure", American Journal of Surgery, 2009

Gifford SM, Aidiniam G, Clouse WD, Fox CJ, Porras CA, Zarzabal LA,

Michalek JE, Propper BW, Burkhardt GE, Rasmussen TE. "Effect of

temporary shunting on extremity vascular injury: An outcome analysis

from the Global War on Terror vascular injury initiative. Journal of

Vascular Surgery, Sept 2009,

Shaun M Gifford, MD; Jonathan L Eliason, MD; W. Darrin Clouse, MD;

Jerry R

Spencer, RVT; Gabriel E Burkhardt, MD; Brandon W Propper, MD; Patricia

S Dixon, MS; Lee Ann Zarzabal, MS; John A Gelfond, PhD; Todd E

Rasmussen, MD.

"Early versus delayed restoration of flow with a temporary vascular

shunt reduces circulating markers of injury in a porcine model".

Journal of Trauma, Aug 2009

Ronald M. Stewart, Pauline K. Park, Joh P. Hunt, Robert C. McIntyre,

Janet McCarthy, Lee Ann Zarzabal, Joel E. Michalek for the NIH/NHLBI

ARDS Clinical Trials Network, " Less Is More: Improved Outcomes In

Surgical Patients with Conservative Fluid Administration and Central

Venous Catheter Monitoring", Journal of American College of Surgeons,

May 2009, Volume 208, Issue 5, Pg 725-735.

Holcomb JB, Wade CE, Michalek JE, Chisholm GB, Zarzabal LA, Schreiber

MA, Gonzalez EA, Pomper G, Perkins JG, Spinella PC, Williams KL, Park

MS. "Increased Plasma and Platelet to RBC Ratios Improves Outcome in

466 Massively Transfused Civilian Trauma Patients", Annals of

Surgery, Apr 2008

Joseph Bartaloni, DDS, MPH, Lee A. Zarzabal, MS. "Measuring the

Validity of Two In-office Waterline Test Kits", Journal of the

American Dental Association.

Rahma Mungia BDS, MS, John P. Brown, BDS, PhD, Schichien C. Dang, MS,

Lee A. Zarzabal, MS, Martha Baez, RDH, MPH, Bennett T. Amaechi, BDS,

PhD. "Epidemiologic Survey of Erosive Tooth Wear in Southwest San

Antonio, Texas", Texas Dental Journal

Contact this candidate