Yanchang Zhang

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Foster City, CA 94404 acx866@r.postjobfree.com

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

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