KSHITIZ RAKESH

**** ******** ******, ********* # ****, Fort Worth, Texas

682-***-**** acubhl@r.postjobfree.com,

Objective – I aim to work as a Bio statistician/ SAS Programmer in a reputed organization.

Summary of Qualifications

SAS certified Base SAS programmer.

Proficient in using SAS Macros, SAS Graphs, SAS STAT and SAS ODS

Experience of data validation

Proficient in using SQL, SAS/SQL.

Capability to design databases and queries in MS-Access and work with Excel, Word and PowerPoint programs.

Proficient in using Advanced Statistical modelling using Mixed Models, Linear and Logistic Regression, Factor Analysis, Structural Equation Modelling, ANOVA and other statistical methods

Extensive experience of cleaning, manipulating and managing large and complex datasets

Proficient in using SAS, STATA, GIS, R and SPSS.

Completed online course for R from Johns Hopkins. Following is the link to the verified certificate:

https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/certificate/QT6Y8ET5NB

Collecting, compiling, entering and analysing epidemiological data.

Proficiency in reporting and presenting Statistical and specialized reports to people from non-statistical and other backgrounds

High level of analytic prowess.

Experience of developing new modelling techniques and tools.

EDUCATION:

University of North Texas health Sciences Center (UNTHSC), Fort Worth, TX

Master of Public Health (Biostatistics), Aug’2014 to (Anticipated Graduation) May 2016 GPA: 3.7

King George’s Medical University), Lucknow, India

Bachelor of Dental Surgery, November 2011

GPA: 3.78

RELEVANT PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE:

Texas Prevention Institute, UNTHSC (August 2015 – Present), Fort Worth, TX,

Research Assistant

Assisted in the preparation of the IRB protocol for the Pre-conception Peer Education Project.

Create a database, enter, manipulate and analyze the data using SPSS and SAS software.

Create and maintain a Facebook page.

Department of Pharmacotherapy, UNTHSC (July 2015 – Present), Fort Worth, TX,

Research Assistant

Conducted data entry for HIV Medication Therapy Management (MTM) subjects using Qualtrics. After getting get that data, cleaned it using SPSS and SAS software.

Analyzed the data using SPSS and SAS Macros software to provide the details requested by CDC.

North Central Texas Planning Council, Tarrant County Public Health (June 2015 – Present), Fort Worth, TX, USA

Intern

Analyzed the needs assessment data of the Fort Worth HSDA HIV population using SAS to present reports in the monthly Planning Council meeting needed to facilitate the disbursement of The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funds.

Analyze and report the demographics and needs of the HIV patients who were late to care using SAS and SPSS

Analyze the demographics of study sample and the needs data by various demographic factors such as age, gender and race.

Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, UNTHSC (January 2015- Present), Fort Worth, TX, USA

Research Assistant (Volunteer)

Assisted Dr. Brad Cannell in writing research proposal for Health & Aging Brain among Latino Elders (HABLE) and also assisted in conducting analysis of data to study disability among Hispanic elders using SAS software.

Futures Institute (June 2014-Aug’ 2014), Glastonbury, CT, USA

Consultant

Analyzed data from the most recent DHS surveys of at least 50 countries using STATA software to compute different levels of postpartum family planning use by countries, regions, demographic and background characteristics.

Searched and shortlisted articles related to postpartum family planning use to write a review of current literature on postpartum contraceptive use

Meta-analysis of almost 900 published articles on Family Planning (as a Consultant) led to the development of an interactive tool by Avenir Health (Glastonbury, CN) to be used by various developing countries' health departments to estimate the current use of family planning and predict the future use by putting in various factors associated with it.

Louisiana Office of Public Health (May 2014-Sept’ 2014), New Orleans, LA, USA

Intern (Volunteer)

Designed Qualtrics survey to assess the breastfeeding support in hospitals in Louisiana.

Designed an Access Database to store the responses from a survey of Managers from 20 hospitals in Louisiana.

Conducted descriptive analysis of aforementioned data from surveys using Qualtrics.

Louisiana Public Health Institute (Feb’2014 –April 2014), New Orleans, LA, USA

Research Assistant (Volunteer)

Worked in School Health Connection (SHC) program conducting data entry and data analysis (using SPSS) using data from 8 schools

Evaluated the differences between the nutritional quality of food in HSFC-SFA (those following federal guidelines for meals) schools and non-HSFC-SFA schools using SPSS software.

Prevention Research Center, Tulane University (Jan’2014-Aug’2014), New Orleans, LA, USA

Research Assistant (Volunteer)

Collected data on the level of physical activity and its promotion in one hospital and promoted healthy

eating styles in Hospital Scan with the Program Manager.

Office of Environmental Health & Safety, Tulane University (Feb’2014-July 2014), New Orleans, LA, USA

Administrative Assistant

Assisted the Training Coordinator in recording and editing 28 videos and preparing other audio visual aids such as video lectures using Adobe Captivate for educating university’s staff regarding environmental safety and hazards. Updating the new information on web page pertinent to trainees like trainings completed by them and updated information about people under Environmental Safety Managers in each department.

Publications:

Published DHS Comparative Report 36 titled ‘Use of Family Planning in the Postpartum Period’ by United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Report can be accessed using the following link: http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/CR36/CR36.pdf

Awards:

Awarded ‘Dean’s Scholarship’ in Fall 2014 by UNTHSC School of Public health

Certification:

I qualified Base SAS Programming for SAS 9 with a score of 97%.

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