Data Analyst

VRINDA SHARMA

*** * ***** ** #62-646-***-****

New York, NY 10025 ******@********.***

EDUCATION

Columbia University in the City of New York, NY: M.A. Statistics Expected: December 2016 Courses: Data Mining, Advanced Data Analysis, Time Series Analysis, Randomized Clinical Trials, Survival Analysis, Linear Regression Models Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi, India: B.Sc. Statistics April 2014 GPA: 3.70

Courses: Biostatistics, Design of Experiments, Econometrics, Operational Research, Sampling, Stochastic Processes, Survey Sampling RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York Graduate Student Researcher February 2016- Present

Studying the impact of impact of various household and demographic factors on the ER visits for children with asthma in Fort Worth, Texas in collaboration with Cook Children’s Health Care System WORK EXPERIENCE

MetroPlus Health Plan

SAS Programming Intern – Utilization Management May 2016-Present

Survival analysis of patients wearing a defibrillator vest for different diagnosed symptoms.

Determining the likelihood of readmissions to emergency room for different diagnosis and outpatient visits to the doctor.

Developed stratified random sampling models and predictive models to identify fraud cases for patients with hearing aids. National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Data Analyst January 2016-Present

Working on the following two projects with Dr. Yumiko Aratani:

Identifying the demographic characteristics that affect non-engagement and partial engagement of long-term TANF clients in Washington D.C area by using crosstab and other tools in SAS.

Examining the likelihood of returning to ER for anxiety and mood disorders among adolescents who previously visited ER for asthma by employing multinomial logistic regression.

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, India Research Analyst August 2014- March 2015

Developed proposals on Evaluation of the Mega Food Park Scheme for the Ministry of Food Processing Industry, Government of India, which has been successfully accepted and the project has been commissioned. Analyzed and created reports, graphs and visualizations to display the performance of the various Food Parks in India.

Survey data analysis and development of statistical models using SPSS under the Revisiting Special Economic Zones (SEZ): A Review and Evaluation of India’s SEZ Policy project funded by the Department of Commerce, Government of India. SOCIAL WORK

Project Horreya, Cairo, Egypt

AIESEC Intern May 2012- July 2012

Taught English and Math and conducted social activities for children at an orphanage in Cairo. Hope Center, New Delhi, India

Elementary School Teacher July 2011- July 2013

Taught English, Math and Hindi to underprivileged students under the National Service Scheme of the Government of India. ACHIEVEMENTS and RECOGNITION

Scholarship for Higher education August 2011- April 2014 Received the prestigious scholarship under the Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research program of the Government of India to pursue my bachelor’s degree.

Exchange Program to Holty Gymnasium School, Wunstorf, Germany May 2010- July 2010 Represented The Shri Ram School in the cultural exchange program.

Cultural Exchange Program of the Weil Institute of Carnegie Hall August 2010-April 2011 Participated in the Online Community of this program and attended various Cultural Exchange concerts held in New Delhi. SKILLS & OTHER

Proficient in R, SAS, Python, SQL, Tableau, SPSS, ArcGIS, C++, EndNote and Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Publisher

Familiarity in MATLAB and Java

Languages: English and Hindi

Travel: Egypt, UK, Amsterdam, Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia

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