Biostatistician/statisticion/data analyst/SAS programmer

YIWEN CAO

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Houston, TX 77054 956-***-****

QUALIFICATIONS

Proficient with statistical analysis and inference, statistical modeling, data visualization with graphics and charts; Writing statistical analysis descriptions for the final reports; Proficient with Base SAS, SAS SQL/MACRO, R, STATA, and SPSS and have working knowledge of Excel and Access; Strong background in mathematics, epidemiology and health care.

EDUCATION

MS in Biostatistics, August, 2015

University of Texas School of Public Health Houston, TX

Thesis: Comparison of the t-test vs. Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test for The TIME, LateTIME and FOCUS – CCTRN Trials.

MS in Mathematics, August, 2013

University of Texas - Pan American Edinburg, TX.

Thesis: Examine Participant Dropout, Undiagnosed Diabetes and Undiagnosed Pre-diabetes in A Chronic Disease Prevention Education Program.

BS in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, July 2011

Fuyang Normal University Anhui, China

EXPERIENCE

Volunteer Research Assistant, 4/2015 – Present

MD. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas - Houston, TX

Involved in prostate cancer study to measure and estimate the impact of hormonal therapy and radiation therapy on patients;

Prepared data for statistical analysis including coding, editing and merging data;

Performed preliminary analysis using SAS (PROC MEANS / FREQ / UNIVARIATE / LOGISTIC / REG);.

Used SAS ODS to create reports in the style format (Excel, RTF and HTML) and used of SAS ODS graphics for report;

Performed data analysis with different statistical models including accelerated failure time model, marginal structural model, logistic regression and survival analysis;

Responsible for providing a summary statistical report with tables, listings and graphs. (PROC FORMAT / SGPLOT / TABULATE / SUMMARY / REPORT);

Attended regular project meeting, report and explain results weekly.

Research Assistant, 5/2015 – 8/2015

Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences– Houston, TX

Assisted project, Genetics and Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) Pathogenesis, in double data entry, data management (Quality Control), data assurance and documentation

Developed database (REDCap)

Graduate Assistant (Teaching Assistant), 10/2013 - 8/2015

The Department of Biostatistics, University of Texas School of Public Health- Houston, TX

Provided the STATA help session for graduate students who need STATA guidance and training in the summer;

Served as a teaching assistant in fundamental of / intermediate biostatistics courses for around 50 students and illustrated statistical theories and concepts with practical applications and examples;

Assisted to develop project in performing random sample selection using proportional-to-size (PPS) sampling method using SAS/MACRO;

Collaborated with faculties and staffs within the department and experienced with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)

Research Assistant, 07/2014-08/2014

MD. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas – Houston, TX

Took SEER-Medicare data training

Imported data, merged data, performed data cleaning and complex data manipulation using SAS (PROC IMPORT/FORMAT/SQL/MACRO)

Conducted data analysis to estimate the benefits and risks of tamoxifen and raloxifene use in breast cancer prevention among postmenopausal women

Graduate Teaching Assistant-Lecturer, 08/2011-06/2013

The Department of Mathematics, University of Texas-Pan American – Edinburg, TX

Served as a math tutor for a variety of courses including calculus, algebra and statistics.

Taught two sections of Intermediate Algebra, Summer 2011, Fall 2011, and one section of College Algebra, Spring 2012, independently. Class sizes are about 30.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Graduate Poster Award (2nd Place), Science and Mathematics Research Symposium, HESTEC, 2012

Outstanding Student Title, 2011

Academic Improvement Scholarship, 2011

Excellent Social Worker Title, 2010, 2008

Student Self-Committee Leadership Award, 2009

"Straight 'A' Student" Title, 2009, 2008

CERTIFICATION

SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9.

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