SAS, R, SPSS, clinical trial

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Tzu-Chun Chu

**** **** **** ***.*** Fort Worth TX

713-***-**** ***-****.***@**.******.***

EDUCATIONS

Master of Public Health in University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC), Texas, United States

Dept. of Biostatistics Aug. 14 – Dec. 16

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan

Dept. of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture (HLA) Sep. 08 –Jun.12

QUALIFICATIONS

•SAS certified Base SAS programmer for SAS 9.4 & SAS certified Advanced SAS programmer for SAS 9.4

•Proficient in SAS/Macro, SAS/ACCESS SQL, SAS/SQL, SAS/IML, SAS/STAT, SAS/GRAPH and SAS/ODS

•Professional practices in using Advanced Statistical Modelling (Mixed Linear Effect Models, Mixed Nonlinear Effect Models) and Survival Analysis

•Experiences of generating tables, graphs, charts and ODS reports by using SAS procedures: Proc Means, Proc Freq, Proc Univariate, Proc Report, Proc Sgplot and other commands

•Proficient in using R package (CRAN, SKAT) and SPSS

•Proficient in Data Validation, Data Cleaning, Data Merging, Data Import and Data Management.

•Experiences of longitudinal data analysis, categorical data analysis, linear regression modelling, Bayesian Statistics

•Experinces of conducting data analysis using NHANES, BRFSS, NEDSS data, ESP, NEDSS and HCUP

•Familiar with Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), SDTM Implementation and Analysis Data Model (ADaM)

•Knowledge of Adverse Events (AE), Patient Adherence, Patient Recruitment, Response Variable Monitoring and Vital Signs Data (Clinical Trial datasets)

•Proficient in computing power and sample size

•Proficient in management of Missing Data, Data Subsetting, Censored Data, Real Hospital Datasets and

•Provided leadership role in training new programmers in analysis of cross-sectional data, conducting risk assessment and generating Odds Ratios (ORs) at Cook Children’s hospital

•Strong communication skills and delivering oral presentations for the non-statistical audience

CERTIFICATE

•SAS certified Base SAS programmer for SAS 9.4

•SAS certified Advanced SAS programmer for SAS 9.4

•Certificate in Public Health awarded by National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE)

•Certificate in Geographic Information Systems

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

HIV Research Project Jun. 16– Nov 16

Supervisor: Dr. Sumihiro Suzuki& Dr. Patrick G. Clay

Research Topic: Implementation of an Innovative Patient-Centered Adherence Model Integrating Community Pharmacists with HIV Medical Providers to Improve Adherence, Health Literacy and Higher Retention Rates in males age 18-24 and all females.

Research area:

Responsible for collaboration with walk-in clinics (Pharmacy/Walgreens) to assess the adherence to the Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) and evaluate the influence of suggestion given by pharmacists

Develop the systemic communication of information processing between walk-in clinics (Pharmacy/Walgreens) and patients in order to ensure accuracy of medication record

Concatenated and sorted single case report sheets into a basic database

A macro-level of analysis conducted toupdate automatically the HIV Medication therapy Management (EMR) datasets

Toxic Metal Exposure Research Project Sep. 16– Present

Supervisor: Dr. Youcheng Liu

Research area

Work on the association of cadmium and lead exposure, heavy metal, with cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and frailty of aged population.

Responsible for assessing cross-sectional analysis of huge dataset from the NHANES during current years

Research (I) & (II) for Senior Students Mar. 11 – Jun.12

•Advisor: Prof. Yi-Yin Do

•Research area: Expression of Avian Influenza Virus Vaccine Gene in Transgenic Carrot

Medical molecularfarming: production of antibodies Selection and regeneration of the transgenic plant

•Analytic technique: Selectable marker gene

Minipreparation of plasmid DNA

Preparation of the bacteria competent cell

Restriction digestion of target DNA

Restriction digestion and electrophoresis of recombinant plasmid DNA

Agrobacteriumtumefaciens-mediated transformation methods Electroporation transformation

WORK EXPERIENCE

Statistical Programmer in Tarrant County Public Health Sep. 14 – May 15

Supervisor: Bill Stephens

Analytic Topic: Expanding development of biosurveillancesystem for integrated connection of health information.

Research objectives:

Explore the impact of multiple predictors such as age, gender, race and household income on prevalence of Pertussis among impatient population in Texas through Electronic Medical Record Support for Public Health (ESP) and National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) datasets by SAS/STAT, SAS macro, SAS/Base, SPSS and R.

Work with outstanding professional team in informatics department to track and summarize the report of the electronically-exchanged patient’s record between health authorities and health care provider by ODS statement to create PDF, HTML and RTF format.

Geographically locate the Pertussis cases to assess and identify the infectious disease trend by using ArcGIS software and retrieve dataset from Tiger/Line and HCUP website

Data Analyst in Cook Children’s Hospital Aug. 16– Nov 16

Supervisor: Dr.Jackie Meeks

Research Topic: A quantitative study on the perceived neighborhood safety in U.S. children.

Analytic technique:

Conducting categorical analysis in cross-sectional study using Community-wide Children's Health Assessment & Planning Survey (CCHAPS)

Link the association of independent and additive effect of multiple risk factors with neighborhood safety by SAS 9.4

Geocode respondents’ locations on the map and evaluate the presence of spatial cluster using the United States Census bureau, Official Geographical Information System website and ArcGIS 10.4 software

Design training programs and orientation sections for new programmers and researchers

The duties and obligations also included attention to detail, effective writing and communication and working as a part of a team.

AWARD

Teaching Assistant position award University of Houston

Dean’s Incoming Student ScholarshipUNTHSC-SPH

Graduate Research Assistant position awardUNTHSC-SPH

PUBLICATION

Flor M. de la, Chen L., Manson-Bishop C., Chu T. C., Zamora K., Robbins D. a, GunaratneG. And Roman G. (2016) Drosophila increase exploration after visually detecting predators.Submitted

Chu T. C., Garcia E. and Rakesh K. (2016) Impact of co-morbidities on self-rated general health in self-reported COPD: An analysis of NHANES 2009–2014. Edited

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