Gina Ma *** White Surf Dr. Gaithersburg MD ***** (240) 644- 4859 ******@*****.***
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Data management and report writing: SAS certified Programmer with 9 Years of
experience in using SAS for data management and reporting. Experience in preparation
of statistical analysis datasets, creating tables, graphs, reports
Statistical software/language: proficiency in SAS Base, SAS/STAT, SAS/MACRO,
SAS/SQL, SAS/GRAPH, MS Excel, MS Access, SQL
Biostatistics: applying statistical methods, tests and modeling in clinical data and health
economic data analysis
Communication skills: ability to explain my work to audiences with a wide range of
statistical background, both in written and verbal communication
Quick learner and excellent team player, ability to meet deadlines and work under
pressure
EXPERIENCE
Research Data Analyst, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, Rockville MD, 08/2011 –
01/2014
Collaborate with investigators and clients in the design of research studies and methodologies
using clinical and health insurance data, assist with preparing documents for IRB submission;
prepare analytic plans, design, clean and create statistical analysis data by gathering data from
different sources, analyze and model data using SAS programming; present and review study
results to clients and investigators, working with investigators to validate and interpret results.
Epidemiologist, Logistics Health, Inc. for CDC Vaccine Analytic Unit, 02/2005 – 08/2011
To evaluate adverse events of vaccination among active duty service members from the Defense
Medical Surveillance System (DMSS) at Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center, Silver
Spring, MD
Compose programming plans, provide SAS programming in extracting, cleaning, manipulating,
analyzing and modeling data, generating final study reports, tables and graphs for principal
investigators; assist in reviewing manuscripts for publications; develop statistical analysis plan,
analyze data and compose method and results sections in comparative assessment study of
immunization records for publication; assist staff in biostatistics methods & SAS programming.
EDUCATION
Master of Biostatistics, State University of New York at Albany, NY, 2005
Bachelor of Material Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
CERTIFICATION/CONTINUED EDUCATION TRAINING
SAS Certified Base Programmer, 2003
Certificate courses including longitudinal data analysis, survival analysis, categorical data
analysis, survey design and analysis at SAS Rockville Training Center, MD, 2008-2013
PUBLICATIONS
McNeil MM, Ma G, Aranas A. A comparative assessment of immunization records in the
Defense Medical Surveillance System and the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System,
Vaccine, 2007
Duderstadt SK, Rose CE Jr, Real TM, Sabatier JF, Stewart B, Ma G, Yerubandi UD, Eick AA,
Tokars JI, McNeil MM. Vaccination and risk of type 1 diabetes mellitus in active component
U.S. Military, 2002-2008, Vaccine, 2012