Biostatistician

Resume posted by blackstonjw in Scientific.
Desired salary: $75,000.00
Desired position type: Full-Time
Location: New Orleans Louisiana, United States

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Summary

A process-oriented, interdisciplinary thinker and researcher with a Master of Science in biostatistics and epidemiology who is committed to solving complex problems independently and in team settings. An excellent communicator, both written and verbal, I have published peer-reviewed scientific findings as contributing and primary author in numerous academic periodicals.

Education

Post-baccalaureate in Biomedical Science, August 2020 – Present

University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA; GPA: 4.0

 

Master of Science in Public Health, April 2018

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, GPA: 3.8, Phi Kappa Phi; Fulbright grant finalist

 

Bachelor of Arts in English and Philosophy, May 2015

Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL, GPA: 3.45

Experience

Research Associate, August 2020 – Present

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Neurosciences Center for Excellence

Hourly Expectation:  Full-time

Supervisor: Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD

  • Complete support of data pipelines—from processing, cleaning, management, analysis, to visualization and interpretation of cellular and molecular sample data (Python, R)
  • Developed file sorting and preparation algorithm for thousands of imaging files (Python, R)
  • Principal component analysis, Multiple imputation, Data visualization

COVID-19 Relief Epidemiologist, April 2020 –August 2020

Louisiana Department of Health, New Orleans, LA

Hourly Expectation: 40+ hours per week, Full-Time
Supervisor:  Elizabeth Mytty, (504) 715-0189

  • Responsible for daily and nightly data management and streamlining analyses for contact tracing support (Excel, R)

Research Intern,  January 2017 – May 2017

Kirklin Institute for Research in Surgical Outcomes, Birmingham, AL

  • Devise, draft and execute statistical analysis plan with surgical outcomes data
  • Develop and implement SAS macro for survival analysis
  • Presented findings to surgical rounds; Abstract published to American Heart Association conference, Summer, 2017

Skills

  • data management
  • survival analysis
  • imputation
  • literature review
  • manuscript preparation
  • data visualization