SHIVAM CHAWLA

Saint Paul, MN ***** 615-***-**** ad0aac@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Ambitious statistician with MS degree in Applied Statistics, eager to contribute developed knowledge in Data Analyst role. Advanced proficiency in R Studio, SAS, SQL, Python and MS Excel. Driven with strong work ethic, and blessed with excellent communication, leadership, and time management skills.

SKILLS

Programming - R Studio, SAS, SQL, MS Office, Python

Languages - English, Punjabi, Hindi

Statistical analysis - Hypothesis Testing, Regression Analysis, Data Visualization, Computational Statistics

EXPERIENCE

03/2022 to Current SAS Programming Intern

Remote

Managed clinical trial data of multiple clinical trial research studies, using SAS programming tools such as MACROS, GRAPH, GTL, SQL, ODS and STAT. Evaluated and reported on the safety, effectiveness, and reliability of investigational product, as per FDA standards.

Created and validated Study Data Tabulation Model (SDTM) and Analysis Data Model (ADaM) datasets as per CDISC standards, and Tables, Listings and Figures (TLFs) for FDA submission.

Involved in developing macros and their maintenance that met study requirements. Developed edit check programs to rule out data inconsistencies and errors in database.

08/2021 to 12/2021 Graduate Student Researcher

New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM

Worked with Dr. Christopher Sroka on the class project that involved fitting Bayesian Hierarchical model for candidates' ambiguities with predictors at both the candidate and district levels based on the research publication "Going Vague: Ambiguity and Avoidance in Online Political Messaging" by Chapp et al. (2018).

Explored 2014 congressional candidates' ambiguity on political issues (an ambiguity scale was designed based on 2012 congressional race).

Applied MCMC Gibbs sampling technique using R Studio to test the selected hypothesis from the publication.

Tabulated the numerical summaries of the posterior distributions for parameters of interest and drew conclusions accordingly.

01/2020 to 12/2021 Graduate Teaching Assistant

New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM

Worked as a Teaching Assistant for undergraduate Statistics course.

Held tutoring sessions for students to help them clarify any issues they had either with understanding a concept or with their homework assignments.

Graded the homework assignments on weekly basis.

01/2021 to 05/2021 Graduate Student Researcher

New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM

Worked with Dr. Charlotte Gard on the class project "Breast Cancer Survival Analysis among females of Hispanic and Non-Hispanic origin in the United States".

Extracted the required data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) software program of the National Cancer Institute.

Used Survival Analysis and Cox Proportional Hazard techniques to carry out Time Series Analysis via R Studio.

08/2020 to 12/2020 Graduate Student Researcher

New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM

Worked with Dr. Patrick Trainor on the project “Formulating a Regression Model to predict the outcome of a Cricket match using MCMC technique”.

Tracked data to prepare forecasts and identify trends.

Developed a source code using R Studio to tailor the raw data required for this project. Identified the regression variables required for logistic regression.

Applied MCMC Gibbs sampling technique to carry out 40,000 chain iterations. Used JAGS to find the posterior distributions and credible interval limits.

Visualized the data and then made decisions about the efficiency of the generated model.

08/2015 to 12/2019 Graduate Research Assistant

Tennessee State University Nashville, TN

Pioneered all the field operations of the Research Project “Sustainable Utilization of winter oilseed crops for biodiesel production”.

Helped conduct various on-farm and off-farm demonstrations of small-scale biodiesel production.

Executed qualitative and quantitative analysis of the meticulously collected data with

MS Excel and SAS software.

06/2014 to 07/2015 Agricultural Field Officer

Punjab & Sind Bank Kotkapura, INDIA

Got appointed as a government agent for Punjab & Sind Bank to communicate with farmers and further evaluate and assess their farms for approving government subsidies for various farm and household activities.

Organized the scattered data (1981-2015) and entered it from ledgers to the MS Excel

sheets.

Devised a new statistically and practically significant scheme in accordance with the Bank protocols, allowing the inactive loan accounts (minimum 10 years) to settle their debts at a much reduced price approved by the Bank.

EDUCATION

12/2021 Master of Science: Applied Statistics

New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM USA Major in Applied Statistics

Minor in Computer Science

Successfully completed coursework in basic and advanced Statistical Analysis and Programming language courses such as SAS, R, Python and SQL.

3.69 GPA

Master of Science: Plant Sciences

Tennessee State University Nashville, TN USA

Completed 26 credits towards MS degree program in Plant Sciences. Enrolled during Aug,2015 - Dec,2019

Completed coursework in basic Research Statistics, Geographic Information System (GIS), Plant & Environmental Sciences and Agricultural Economics.

3.38 GPA

Bachelor of Science: Agriculture

Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana, Punjab INDIA

Completed coursework in Plant Sciences, basic Statistics and Agricultural Economics.

3.45 GPA

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Attended the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) organized by the American Statistical Association (ASA) for years 2020 (Aug 1-6) and 2021 (Aug 7-12).

Won the prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship (08/2015-08/2017) during MS degree program in Plant Sciences at Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, USA.

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