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| Desired Industry: Biotech |
SpiderID: 1902 |
| Desired Job Location: germantown, Maryland |
Date Posted: 2/16/2005 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
Availability Date: 02/16/05 |
| Desired Wage: 55000 |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience |
Willing to Travel: Yes, Less Than 25% |
| Highest Degree Attained: Masters |
Willing to Relocate: Yes |
Objective:
Seeking a position as a Statistician / Clinical Trial Statistician / Biostatistician position to utilize my technical, collaborative and leadership responsibilities to ensure quality outcomes. I have tremendous interest in human health and would like to work in a CRO environment or Pharmaceutical company.
Experience:
Survey Sampling Statistician May 2000 to Present
EXPERIENCE Westat, Rockville, MD
Worked on the following surveys:
o Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GearUp): Categorical Analysis, Developed Logistic Regression Model using SAS for GearUp propensity and some important variables requested by the client.
o Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and School Health Education Profiles (PROFILE): Develop weights at the school- and student-level. Tasks to get the final weights: Clean up data to put together the frame and sample (communication with the client), assigning base weights, imputation, non-response adjustments (using CHAID), post stratification/raking, assign stratum and PSUs, and quality checks.
o National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP): Developed weights at the student-level. Tasks to get the final weights: assigning base weights, imputation, non-response adjustments, post stratification/raking, assign stratum and PSUs, and quality checks.
o National Household Education Surveys (NHES): Develop weights at the student-level. Tasks to get the final weights: assigning base weights, imputation, non-response adjustments.
o Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS_K): Worked on Data Disclosure Analysis.
o Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS_B): Developed weights at the student-level. Tasks to get the final weights: assigning base weights, imputation, non-response adjustments.
o Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC): Worked on preparing the files and weighting process: worked on base weights, non-response adjustments, create replicate base weights, control totals files, rake the full sample weights, and create replicate weights on the raked weights, preparing the report.
o EPA Cooling Water Study: Worked on Data Mining.
o Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education (SPeNSE): Developed Logistic Regression Model using WesVar and Linear Regression Model in SAS.
Teaching Assistant / Consultant August 1998 to December 1999
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
Worked in the Statistical Center as a member of the consulting team. The clients were from the department of Electrical Engineering, Fishery, Microbiology, Environmental engineering, Civil engineering, Forestry, Computer Science, Food and Nutrition, and Physics. Helped the clients at different stages of the research in designing the experiment, collecting the data, and modeling & analyzing data. Projects were done using SAS, SPSS and Minitab.
Statistician July 1997 to July 1998 Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Worked in the Research and Evaluation Department to design the survey, prepare questionnaire, training, collect actual data from the field and Analyze data in SPSS and SAS and prepare the report. Developed Linear Regression Model to evaluate Worked on different programs with other non-government organization, foreign universities & organizations, and presented the report in the quarterly meetings. Provided statistical support to different researchers in the Research and Evaluation Department.
Observed and provided onsite orientation on the following projects:
o Joint project of BRAC and ICDDRB, Matlab, Bangladesh.
o Rural Development through Micro-credit programs.
o Non-formal Primary Education in Bangladesh.
o Heath and Population in Bangladesh.
Education:
M. S. (Department of Statistics), Blacksburg, VA. January 1997
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
M.S. (Department of Statistics), Dhaka, Bangladesh January 1997
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
B.S. (Department of Statistics), Dhaka, Bangladesh August 1995
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Skills:
Experienced as a Survey Sampling Statistician, Strong Knowledge of Statistical Principles, Strong Statistical Skills, Data Analysis and Programming
Candidate Contact Information:
| Name: farzana amin |
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Phone: 3015404666 |
| City: germantown |
Fax: - |
| State: Maryland |
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| Zip: 20876 |
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