Biostatistics and and Applied Mathematics: Expert and Consultant (1229)
Expertise
Clinical trials statistical analysis plan and decision analysis.
Clinical trials sample size determination.
Mixed models repeated measures models.
Pharmaceutical product exposure modeling.
Design of clinical trails inferential and summary displays.
Statistical programming in SAS (MACROs, IML, SQL, STAT, GRAPH, ACCESS).
Logistic regression, Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test.
Medicaid/Medicare databases.
Experience
Independent Consultant
Sr. Research Biostatistician, Bristol Myers Squibb Co.
Protocol statistician for two Phase 3 diabetes clinical trials in a metabolic clinical indication. Standardization across six Phase 3 trials: study objectives; statistical analyses/conventions; CRF modules; tables, figures and listings . Simulation of multiple comparison methods. Mixed Models Repeated Measures handling of incomplete longitudinal data. Investigative drug exposure modeling and estimation, for Periodic Safety Update Reports.
Sr. Biostatistician, UCB Pharma, Inc.
Statistical leadership for nine Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials, and Integrated Analysis of Efficacy, in clinical indications of epilepsy, mania, bipolar disorder, depression, migraine headaches, neuropathic pain, post-herpetic neuralgia, social anxiety.
Biostatistician II, Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Inc.
Design and execution of Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials statistical analyses. SAPs; direction of analysis programmers in construction of SAS analysis datasets; Logistic regression, Kaplan Meier estimation, log rank tests, exact tests, Wilcoxon Rank Sum tests, ANOVA/ANCOVA, proportional hazards regression, categorical analysis.
Biostatistician, Kansas Foundation for Medical Care, Inc.
Systematic analysis of Medicare and Medicaid claims, and other sources of health data, to assess intervention effectiveness, identify and analyze patterns and relationships, and identify and design future quality improvement projects. Statistical leadership of epidemiological studies, quality improvement projects and surveillance activities.
Contract Statistician
Old Dominion University• Factor Analysis in a study of motivations for giving to public higher education, among corporate charitable foundations. Tested for differences in giving strategies among different types of foundations.
Virginia Beach Public Schools• Discrimination and General Linear Models analysis of a large multivariate dataset in conjunction with a psychological study on adolescents placed in programs for students with learning disabilities.
Tabet Manufacturing Company• Wilcoxon Rank Sum tests and General Linear Modeling of soil sample data to ascertain levels of hazardous materials contamination.
U.S. Air Force• Factor Analysis of large datasets in conjunction with a clinical psychology project which studied over 600 adolescents in 5 correctional facilities.
U.S. Navy• Analyzed large and small datasets in conjunction with a study on the effectiveness of Supply Departments on Navy Ships.
Honors & Publications
Estimation of familial correlations under autoregressive circular covariance.
The pre-theoretical and statistics.
The philosophy of the law idea and the role of the prescientific in statistical inference.
Education
Ph.D., Applied Statistics and Mathematics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
M.S., Applied Statistics and Mathematics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
B.S., Mathematics, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA