Assistant Health

Kun-Wan Chen

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EDUCATION

Ann Arbor, MI

University of Michigan – School of Public Health

Apr. 2011

M.S./ Biostatistics

• Relevant courses: Prob&DistThry, Biost Inference, Statistics Inference, Appl Bayes Inf

Longitudinal data, Survival data,

Amherst, MA

University of Massachusetts – School of Public Health

M.S./ Environmental Health Sciences May 2008

• Relevant courses: Env& occupational Toxicology, Comm Disease Epdmlgy, Risk Assessment and

Mngmnt, Mathematical Modeling

Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Kaohsiung Medical University – College of Health Science Faculty of Public Health

B.S./ Public Health Jun. 2003

PUBLICATION

Chen, K.W. & Pienta, K.J. (2011). Modeling invasion of metastasizing cancer cells to bone marrow

utilizing ecological principles. TheorBiol Med Model, 3: 86.

HONORS & REWARDS

First Prize of poster presentation: John Rice and Kun-Wan Chen 2011(April) Effect of Biomarkers on Post-surgical Disease-free

Survival of Head and Neck Cancer Patients (survival model) BIOSTAT 699 Analysis Biostatistics Investigation, Department of

Biostatistics, University of Michigan

RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Pittsburgh, PA

Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh

May. 14 – current

Research Assistant IV

• Longitudinal data analysis

• Cross sectional data analysis

• Data management

Pittsburgh, PA

Radiology Department, University of Pittsburgh

Research Assistant Aug. 12 – Apr. 14

• Develop the degree of freedom in analysis of Receiver Operating Characteristic Index Estimates

• Examine the similarity between Visual Search Model and Free-Response ROC

• SAS iml, sql and macro programming

Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI

Jul. 11 – May.12

Research Laboratory Specialist Intermediate

• Conducted weighted data analyses using Health and Retirement Study (HRS) survey data

• Analyzed physical functions with different diabetes status

• Examined data discrepancy between HRS and the National Health and Nutrition Examination

Survey (NHANES)

• Analyzed Age, Demographics, and Memory Study (ADAMS) with ICD9 code

Ann Arbor, MI

Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan

Jul. 10 – Apr. 11

Graduate Student Research Assistant

• Developed spatially competitive dynamic models utilizing ordinary different equations, game

theory, and the theory of evolution, resulting in publication (Chen & Pienta, 2011).

Amherst, MA

School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts

Teaching Assistant Jan. 08 – May. 08

• Taught nursing students the principles and techniques for physical assessment

• Supervised nursing students’ health assessment performances and interview reports

SKILLS

Software: SAS, R, STATA, MAPLE, Matlab, SPSS, Microsoft Office Suite

Kun-Wan Chen

3301 Parkview Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213

**********@*****.*** • 413-***-****

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