Yunying (Emily) Zhang
Tel: 323-***-**** Email: ********@***.***
Skills
SAS Certified Base and Advance Programmer for SAS 9
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Statistical software: SAS/SQL, SAS/Graphs, SAS/Macro, SAS/ODS, MS Access, STATA, SPSS,
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PASS and R
Basic understanding of CDISC, ADaM and SDTM
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Education
University of Southern California (USC), Keck School of Preventive Medicine 9/2012 - 8/2014
Master of Science in Applied Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Course: data analysis, statistical methods for epidemiological studies, study design of clinical
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trial, environmental health, molecular and genetic epidemiology
Thesis (published in USC digital library)
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“The study of germ cell tumors and related conditions: An analysis of self-reported data with
characterization and comparison of Family History Questionnaires respondents and non-
respondents”
China Agricultural University (CAU) 9/2007 – 6/2012
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine
• Honored graduate, University Scholarship for both academic and social work excellence
• 2nd Prize in the “Challenge Cup” business plan contest
Experience
Statistical Programmer Intern at USC Medical Center 11/2012 - Present
“The study of cause of testicular germ cell tumors and related conditions”
Developed ad hoc queries in MS Access to manage database of 17,833 Testicular Cancer (TC)
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patients from California Cancer Registry (CCR) for conducting research studies
Used SAS/STATA to develop a logistic regression model, adjusted for confounder and
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determined which TC patients group would like to response to medical questionnaire basing on
their age, ethnic, etc.
Developed SAS programs to generated summary TLGs (tables, listings and graphs) for
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presentation and publication
Project
Study design in clinical trial 2/2014 - 6/2014
“A Randomized Phase II Clinical Trial: Fecal microbiome transplant plus VSL#3, Saccharomyces
boulardii, or Lactobacillus probiotics for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in participants
with inflammatory bowel disease”
Specialized in Design of Experiment (DOE), calculated sample sizes required for Phase II
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clinical trial for investigational medications and contributed to statistical sections of protocols
Volunteer
Volunteer teacher of public health for “Teaching for China” in Beijing 2011
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