Research assistant

MING-YI WEI

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OBJECTIVES:

I’m seeking a challenging, biostatistician position within a creative firm that will allow me to utilize my skills in statistical modeling, data mining, as well as their applications in biostatistics.

EDUCATION

PhD student in Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Expected May 2015

Tulane University New Orleans, LA

Master of Public Health Aug 2011

University of Texas Health Science Center Dallas, TX

Bachelor of Science in biostatistics and public health Jun 2007

National Taiwan University Taipei, Taiwan

PROFESSIONAL AND WORKING EXPERIENCE

Graduate research assistant Sep 2011 – Present

Tulane University New Orleans, LA

• Tulane University health science research day poster presentation: The effect of body fat mass among Africa American, Caucasian, and Asian women.

• Performed single marker-based association analysis with logistic regression model to identify potential predictor of osteoporosis.

• Administered statistical analysis in two ongoing projects.

Voluntarily data analysis personnel Sep 2009 – Jan 2010

FIT for Health obesity intervention program Dallas, TX

• Project title: A Community-based Childhood Obesity Prevention Program for Predominately Low-Income Hispanic Families Utilizing Medical and Allied Health Students: FIT (Families In Training) For Health.

• Analyzed and evaluated the risk of childhood overweight issue in Irving, TX.

• Assisted in conceptualizing guide the future development of the program.

Biostatistical intern May 2010 – Aug 2010

SPRIM Dallas, TX

• Conducted statistical module for sample size estimation

• Provided statistical report on the correlation between different clinical groups of patients and relative symptoms.

• Formulated templates for RCTs in manuscripts writing.

Biostatistical intern Jun 2005 –Jun 2006

Zhongzheng District Health Center Taipei, Taiwan

• Managed and analyzed Taiwan children’s healthcare dataset using SAS.

• Conducted research grant proposal. Topic: An international field study of the reliability and validity of an EORTC information module (EORTC QLQ-INFO26), assessing cancer patients' perception of the information received and their information needs.

Corporal: medic July 2007 – Jun 2008

ROC Army Taipei, Taiwan

• Monitored and managed environmental health

• Evaluated personal health data using excel.

PUBLICATIONS

Wei MY, Zhao LJ, Tian YM, Deng HW (2012) The Effect of Age, Gender, and Race on Body Composition. Plos One (In pross)

MPH graduation thesis title: Motivational Interviewing and Feedback for College Drinkers: Handling Missing Values with Complete Case Analysis and Multiple Imputations.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Statistical software: SAS, R

Lab: Monocyte isolation

Language: Chinese (native)

Computers: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION

Member of the American Statistical Association

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