Biostatistician

PAILIN VONGSENG

*** ********* *****, ************, ** 19460, Tel.: 979-***-****, Email: *******@*****.***

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Half year experience in preclinical drug development in pharmaceutical industry. M.S. in Statistics, one year school experience in statistical consulting and biostatistics. Knowledgeable in design and analysis of clinical trials. Currently trained in statistical analysis of high-throughput genomics and proteomics. Master’s project in biomedical study involving microarray analysis. Two and a half years experience in SAS and R/S-Plus. Strong background in engineering.

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U.S. VISA STATUS: Permanent U.S. resident

OBJECTIVE: Seeking for a position as a Biostatistician

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WORK EXPERIENCE

August 2008 – December 2008

Sanofi-Aventis, Department of Biostatistics and Programming, Malvern, PA

On-Site Contract Statistician

* Provided statistical input for drug formulation, drug toxicity, drug stability, manufacturing development, and environmental sampling using experimental design, statistical process control, regression, multivariate, and non-parametric analyses.

* Implemented statistical analyses in SAS, R/S-Plus, and JMP.

* Prepared statistical reports.

January 2008 – May 2008

Texas A&M University, Statistical Consulting Center, College Station, TX

Graduate Statistical Consultant

* Provided statistical consultation on various research disciplines including biology, veterinary medicine, structural engineering, and forestry using sample size determination, design of experiment, regression, multivariate, and non-parametric analyses.

* Prepared study plan on selected subject.

May 2007 – December 2007

Texas A&M University, College of Veterinary Medicine, College Station, TX

Graduate Research Assistant

* Assisted in statistical analysis of epidemiological study on foot-and-mouth disease spread employing analysis of variance, regression and survival analyses.

* Developed automated customized programs to assist researchers in data manipulation, reporting, and analysis in R/S-Plus.

* Prepared study plans and analysis reports.

January 2004 – July 2006

The Pennsylvania State University, The Energy Institute, State College, PA

Laboratory Research Assistant

* Conducted experiments on reforming of liquid hydrocarbon fuels for fuel cell applications and stabilization of advanced thermally stable jet fuels for aircraft.

* Assisted in quantitative analysis of experimental outputs.

* Maintained and manipulated experimental database.

April 1997 – June 2001

* Assessed waste reduction opportunities in 20 food processing and metal finishing companies applying mass and energy balances, benchmarking, and cause assessments.

* Evaluated process improvement options concerning modifications of existing management, methods, machines, and materials correspondent to waste reduction plans. (Accomplished savings 20-80% of resource usages.)

* Prepared assessment, engineering, and economic analysis reports and action plans.

* Trained interested parties in courses of “Cleaner Production”.

* Coordinated, planned and monitored projects assigned.

* Assisted in developing project proposals to clients and funding agencies.

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TRAINING

January 2009 – Present

Texas A&M University, Department of Statistics, College Station, TX

Statistical Bioinformatics, volunteer on-line distance learning

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EDUCATION

August 2006 – December 2008

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Master of Science, Statistics

Courses: Biostatistics, Statistical Genetics, Advanced Programming in SAS, Categorical Data Analysis, Design of Experiment, Least Squares and Regression Analysis, Statistical Methods I, Statistical Computing, Theory of Statistics I, Theory of Statistics II, Linear models, Statistical Consulting, Bayesian Statistics

August 2001 – December 2003

The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

Master of Science, Industrial Engineering

In addition, obtained Certified Quality Engineer Certificate from The American Society for Quality, Milwaukee, WI in December 2004

May 1993 – March 1997

Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

Bachelor of Engineering, Chemical Engineering

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MASTER’S PROJECTS

December 2008

A Study on Parameters Estimation of Contaminated Samples with Small Number of Data: A Case Study on Finding Genes Responsible for Human Brain Tumor Growth - Microarray Analysis, A Master Degree Non-Thesis Project, Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

December 2003

Towards an Integrated Quality and Environmental Management System Using Gap Analysis Approach: A Case Study, A Master Degree Non-Thesis Project, Department of Industrial Engineering, The University of Alabama

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PUBLICATION

April 2009

Michael P. Ward, Linda D. Highfield, Pailin Vongseng, and M. Graeme Garner. Simulation of foot-and-mouth disease spread within an integrated livestock system in Texas, USA. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 88, 289-297.

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COMPUTING SKILLS

R/S-PLUS, SAS, JMP, LINDO, LINGO, SIMAN, ARENA, LATEX, UNIX System

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)

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REFERENCES

Richard Khan-Malek, Senior Manager, Biostatistics and Programming, Sanofi-Aventis

610-***-****, *******.****-*****@******-*******.***

Dr. Alan Dabney, Professor of Statistics, Texas A&M University

979-***-****, *******@****.****.***

Dr. Michael Longnecker, Professor of Statistics, Texas A&M University

979-***-****, ********@****.****.***

Dr. Michael Ward, Professor of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney

+61 2 9351 1607, *.****@****.***.**

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