Prabha Narayanaswamy

Biostatistician

979-***-****

E-Mail: acxdl7@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: Seeking the Biostatistician position to use my skill sets earned at the Masters Level and explore new challenges in the health care industry, advancing Public health.

EDUCATION:

Masters in Biostatistics

Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI Aug 2010 – Apr 2012 GPA: 3.8/4.0

Relevant Coursework:

Applied Regression Survival Analysis Applied Statistics for health profession

Statistical programming Categorical data analysis Design of Experiments

Epidemiology Clinical trials Advanced Statistics

Bachelors in Biotechnology

SRM University, Chennai, India July 2004 – May 2008 GPA: 3.9/4.0

Relevant Coursework:

Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Food technology Enzyme technology

Biostatistics Industrial Biotechnology Plant and animal Biotechnology

Environmental Biotechnology Bioethics, IPR & Patents Protein & Genetic Engineering

Certifications:

BASE SAS with an in-depth knowledge on most SAS Procedures, graphs and tabulations.

Certified in Clinical Data Management, drug development procedures and conducting Clinical trials.

RELATED EXPERIENCE:

Biostatistician

University of Michigan, MI Jan 2013-present

Working on crash data, to manage and process transportation datasets including: standardizing and recoding variables, reformatting datasets for subsequent analyses, creating templates and writing/editing code to automatically generate codebooks, and performing quality control on datasets

Conducting complex statistical analyses of transportation data using established techniques.

Providing guidance on appropriate statistical techniques to researchers.

Documenting the methods and results of statistical analyses in reports, journal articles, presentations, and other visual media.

Performing literature reviews, consult with faculty to define research questions and analytical design

Statistical Consultant

Office of Highway Safety Planning, Michigan State Police Oct 2013-present

Provide technical support to program outreach and program managers on crash and transportation datasets.

Provide statistical consultation to researchers on appropriate statistical methodology.

Document results and submit reports on analyses.

Work with specific teams and provide analysis results for use in effective enforcement and safety standards.

Biostatistics Intern

Ottawa Community Mental Health, Holland, MI Feb 2012-Jun 2012

Worked with adolescent data across three schools in Michigan and performed trend analysis.

Extensive data step processing using arrays and macros.

Dealt with large datasets and messy data.

Used SAS and SPSS statistical software for primary analysis.

Research Assistant

Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI Aug 2011-Apr 2012

Worked with Kirkhof College of Nursing to perform statistical analysis on health-care and nursing research data.

Used SAS and SPSS statistical software for primary analysis.

Worked on multiple projects and performed statistical analysis, produced tables, listings and graphs.

Worked for researchers in multiple departments across the university on research data and analysis.

Biostatistics Associate I

MPI Research, Mattawan, MI May 2011-Aug 2011

Performed statistical analysis on animal toxicology, cardiovascular and fertility studies.

Experience in Clinical Data Management, maintenance and validation of clinical databases.

Used statistical procedures in programming using SAS statistical software.

Reviewed research protocols and participated in designing the study protocol adhering to ethical principles in research.

Data cleaning and audit steps and creating databases according to the given protocol.

Extensive use of PROC GLIMMIX, PROC MIXED, PROC GLM and group pair wise comparison.

Responsible for producing listings and tables for the statistical analysis using report procedures.

Trained on IUCAC and ICH principles and ethical use of animals in animal testing process.

Biostatistics Intern

Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners & GVSU Kirkhof College of Nursing, Grand Rapids, MI June 2011-Aug 2011

Performed data cleaning, audit and statistical analysis using SPSS statistical software to assess reliability and validity of measuring instruments.

Provided statistical input on questionnaire design to achieve the desired correlation and reliability values.

Review CRF’s and database design according to protocol.

Developed questionnaire on Osteoporosis Knowledge test based on the statistical results.

Performed Cluster analysis and Point bi-serial analysis using SPSS for the Osteoporosis Instrument assessment.

Performed Secondary verification and comparison of results obtained in SPSS using SAS software.

Graduate Assistant

Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI Aug 2010-Apr 2011

Supported 50 students in the undergraduate course Intermediate Applied Statistics with SAS Programming.

Assisted professors with grading of undergraduate assignments, labs and homework.

Research of Biostatistics journal articles to be incorporated in the course syllabus.

SAS Data Analyst

UE Life Sciences, Mumbai, India Jun 2008-Jun 2010

Worked as a SAS Data analyst for clients in Oncology, medical instrumentation and pharmaceutical industries. Gained experience working in SAS BASE, SAS Enterprise Guide, MACRO, GRAPH.

Designed data analysis strategies and performed complex statistical programming with large datasets.

Responsible for developing standardized SAS GRAPH reports on clinical datasets.

Provided statistical input on planning study designs.

Produced listings and tabulations using Statistical packages and involved in interpretation of tables.

Used TABULATE and REPORT procedures for creating and customizing reports.

Validation and quality control of tables, listings and graphs.

Interpreted and prepared concise summary statistical statements on research findings.

Language Lab Assistant

Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI Aug 2011-Dec 2011

Worked at the Language Resource Center at Grand Valley State University to help faculty and staff with language support (German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and Arabic).

Familiar with Macintosh software units by providing technical assistance.

Responsible to answer emails, set up appointments for lab reservations, video guide and all help desk and lab services.

Provided German help to students.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Use of Logistic regression to analysis diabetes among PIMA Indians. Presented paper and poster.

Consulting scenarios and analysis of EPA pollution data. Used exploratory data analysis, cluster analysis, discriminant analysis and logistic regression.

Use of PROC POWER for statistical analysis.

Use of Principal Component Analysis and Factor Analysis for dimension reduction.

Use of PROC LIFETEST to explore survival data and perform Kaplan-Meier Analysis.

Multiple and Logistic regression on maternal smoking and infant health.

Hands on experience in plant tissue culture techniques.

Implant training on microbiological procedures in Veterinary medicine

Hands on training in the laboratory diagnosis of leprosy, tuberculosis, rapid tests for HIV, basic biochemistry and hematology tests.

Implant training on Immunology, Molecular biology and Bacteriology.

Workshop on Herbal plants and traditional medicine.

Expression and Purification of Methionine Aminopeptidase (MAP) on E.Coli.

SOFTWARE SKILLS

BASE SAS R statistical software SPSS Statistics JMP

Microsoft Office, Access and Oracle Databases

TRAINING:

Completed HIPAA Training sessions.

CITI Program training modules for Spectrum, Grand Valley State University, St.Marys Hospital.

Course on Drug Development Procedures, Clinical Data Management and Clinical Trials.

PRESENTATIONS:

Presented Michigan Crash Data Analysis at Traffic Records Forum 2016.

Presented Lane Departure Warning Technology at Traffic Records Forum 2015.

SCHOLARSHIP:

Recipient of the Pineapple Award for International Students for academic excellence at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI.

MEMBERSHIPS:

American Statistical Association (ASA)

Michigan Public Health Association

Michigan SAS Users Group

National Biological Association for Students (NBAS)

PUBLICATIONS:

Jermakian JS, Klinich KD, Orton NR, Flannagan CAC, Manary MA, Malik LM, Narayanaswamy P (2014) Factors affecting tether use and correct use in child restraint installations. Journal of Safety Research 51:99-108.

H. Xiong, P. Narayanaswamy, S. Shan, C. Flannagan, J. Sayer, How Do Drivers Behave during Indecision Zone Maneuvers, Accident Analysis and Prevention (2015), DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.04.023

Flannagan, C., LeBlanc, D., Bogard, S., Nobukawa, K., Narayanaswamy, P., Leslie, A

Lobes, K. (2016, February). Large-scale field test of forward collision alert and lane departure warning systems (Report No. DOT HS 812 247). Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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