Yanchang Zhang
**** * ********* **** 203-***-****
Foster City, CA 94404 ***********@*****.***
Education
Stanford University Palo Alto, CA
Coursework: Data mining and Analysis, 2016
Yale University New Haven, CT
Master of Public Health, 2014 (GPA N/A)
Related Coursework: Principles of Epidemiology, Applied Regression Analysis, Categorical Data Analysis, Fundamentals of Clinical Trials, Advanced Analytical Methods in Public Health Studies, Survival Analysis Peking University Beijing, China
Bachelor of Preventive Medicine, 2012 (GPA 3.8/4.0) Experience
Acumen LLC Burlingame, CA April 2015 – Present
Statistical Programmer
Plan and develop SAS and R programs to perform analyses using large-scale medical claim data for various drug safety studies and healthcare policy evaluation programs
- Construct analytical datasets and compile descriptive statistics
- Investigate key questions and build regression models
- Visualize results using R and/or Excel
Present study findings to FDA clients, interpret study results and discuss future research directions
Train junior analysts through performing code reviews, teaching SAS techniques and editing deliverables.
Contribute to the development of research protocols with a multidisciplinary team Yale University New Haven, CT May 2014 – April 2015 Statistician
Participated in research projects with Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services to develop hospital performance measures for national use.
Publications
Zhang Y, Cartmel B, Molinaro AM, Leffell DJ, Bale AE, Mayne ST, Ferrucci LM. Body mass index, height and early-onset basal cell carcinoma in a case-control study. Cancer Epidemiology. 2017 Feb 46. doi: 10.1016/canep.2016.12.007
Zhang Y, Ferrucci LM, Cartmel B, Molinaro AM, Leffell DJ, Bale AE, Mayne ST. Alcohol intake and early-onset basal cell carcinoma in a case-control study. Br J Dermatol. 2014 Jul 24. doi: 10.1111/bjd.13291. Certification
SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9
Awards
Nancy Hildreth Memorial Fellowship in Chronic Disease Epidemiology (2013) First Prize Academic Scholarship of Peking University (2008-2010) Outstanding Volunteer Award for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games (2008) Skills
SAS (Base/Macro/SQL), R, Microsoft Office Suite
Languages
English and Mandarin Chinese