SAS Programmer
Resume:
Hassen Abdulkerim
P.O.Box *****
Somerville, MA 02145
***********@*******.***
Objective To utilize my creative, technical and analytical experience in SAS
Programming and my background in statistics to advance the vision of a
healthcare institutions and epidemiological studies.
Education
University of Massachusetts, School of Public Health and Health Sciences
Amherst, MA
M.S. Biostatistics 1998
University of Massachusetts, College of Engineering
Amherst, MA
B.S. Electrical Engineering 1991
Experience
SAS Programmer June 2005 to Present
Channing Laboratory Division of Respiratory and Epidemiology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
• Collaborate and work as a team with doctors, statisticians and researchers at the Channing Laboratory, an epidemiological research center associated with Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health.
• Support multiple projects per analysis plans by creating derived variables, datasets, tables, listings, graphs, and statistical models.
• Create SAS data from many sources including data entry using complex in-file statements, proc import, Excel and DBMS copy.
• Collaborate with and receive instructions from study project managers in conducting statistical programming activities.
• Design complex longitudinal database with 12 year subject follow-up.
• Maintain tracking system for questionnaire and lab data, as well as oversee data collection and data management.
• Perform additional/ad-hoc SAS programming of data listings, summary tables and statistical models as required for review by Physicians and data management staff.
• Perform QC/QA activities in SAS programming and outputs generated to comply with statistical analysis plan and data integrity.
• Actively provide input at study team meetings, as well as review SAS programs written by research fellows.
• Work in Unix and PC environment.
Research Analyst December 2003 to January 2005
Ingenix Research and Data Solution/United Health Group Company
Auburndale, Massachusetts
• Extracted choice variables from a proprietary research database containing ten million individuals with comprehensive private health insurance coverage including drug benefits dating back over a decade linking pharmacy and medical claims.
• Developed an analytical design to identify treatment period and check if the patient fulfils the requirement for continuous insurance enrollment prior to entering the study.
• Created algorithms to match subject cases and non-cases in order to make comparisons adjusted by age, gender, calendar period, or U.S. geographic region.
• Provided descriptive statistics on subjects according to various demographic characteristics.
• Conducted various Unmatched and Matched Case-Control studies using SAS statistical models.
• Collaborated with researchers (e.g., medical doctors, clinical trial experts) to prepare reports on findings.
Research Analyst September 2000 – December 2003
Independence Blue Cross (IBC) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Extracted choice variables from various large medical and pharmacy claims databases using SAS (involving millions of records).
• Developed descriptive statistics of the data sets according to demographic characteristics.
• Conducted various Unmatched and Matched Case-Control studies.
• Built and estimated different types of statistical models using SAS (e.g., logistic specification) to analyze the data sets.
• Collaborated with researchers (e.g., medical doctors, clinical trial experts) to prepare report findings.
Statistician/Health data Analyst February 1999 – August 2000
Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC) Little Rock, Arkansas
• Prepared large data sets (e.g., data cleaning, checking for multiple coverage) ranging from hundred thousand to more than a million observations, for statistical analysis.
• Extracted choice variables from large data sets for statistical analysis using SAS, SQL, and Oracle.
• Conducted statistical analysis using SAS and STATA to analyze the relationship between various health care delivery system, health care outcomes, and socio-economic/demographic factors.
• Collaborated with team members to prepare and present various reports (using Excel, Word, PowerPoint) of inter-state variation (e.g., county-level variation) in health care outcomes, and compare health care outcomes in Arkansas to other state/national averages.
Consultant
General Electric Plastics Education Center December 1997 – June 1998
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Provided training to managers and executives nationwide in statistical control, improvement and analysis. Assisted and supported statistical consultant groups in providing in-house training for special projects including experimental design and data analysis.
Research Assistant December 1997 – June 1998
University of Massachusetts
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Amherst, MA
Data management and analysis for an HIV/AIDS study on pregnant women associated with Bay-State Medical Center in Springfield, MA. Also developed effective communication strategies with clients and maintenance of confidence.
Educator February 1993 – June 1995
University of Massachusetts
Learning Disabled Students Services, Amherst, MA.
Developed problem solving and alternative methods of teaching to assist students with learning disabilities. The courses taught were university level Calculus, Physics and Statistics.
Computer skills
• Excellent programming skills in various Statistical Packages such as: SAS, STATA, SPSS.
• Capable of structured programming and problem solving in Pascal, and Fortran.
• Proficient in various Data-Base, Spreadsheet and Word Processing Packages: Word, Excel, Access, SQL, Oracle, Lotus 1-2-3, Word-Perfect.
• Familiar with the following SAS Procedures: SUMMARY, SORT, GENMOD, GLM, FREQ, TTEST, ANOVA.
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