About Me
Director of Research / Director of Biostatistics / Data Analytics Consultant with extensive experience in statistics, biostatistics, data analytics, clinical research, clinical trials, health economics, and public health…
Director of Research / Director of Biostatistics / Data Analytics Consultant with extensive experience in statistics, biostatistics, data analytics, clinical research, clinical trials, health economics, and public health. Has held academic and industry roles involving statistical consulting, predictive modeling, data management, and teaching in applied analytics and clinical trial programs.
Experience
Senior Lecturer
• Teach Solving Real World Problems with Analytics, a capstone course where students solve data driven problems for US and foreign-based corporations under my leadership.
• Lead class lectures, instructional activities, and classroom discussion online.
• Advise and mentor students on real corporations’ data driven projects using Python and R.
• Serve as a liaison between students and companies.
• Serve as the project manager for the projects.
• Participate in meetings with sponsor companies & student project teams.
• Monitor and address student concerns and inquiries.
• Conduct weekly office hours.
• Evaluate, grade student work and assessments with the assistance of an Associate Faculty.
• Projects are conducted using R or Python.
Lecturer, Master of Science in Applied Analytics Program
Taught Solving Real World Problems with Analytics, a capstone course where students solve data driven problems for US and foreign-based corporations.
Led class lectures, instructional activities, and classroom discussion online.
Advised and mentored students on real corporations’ data driven projects using Python and R.
Served as a liaison between students and companies.
Served as the project manager for the projects.
Participated in meetings with sponsor companies and student project teams.
Monitored and addressed student concerns and inquiries.
Conducted weekly office hours.
Evaluated and graded student work and assessments with the assistance of an Associate Faculty.
Conducted projects using R or Python.
Lead Data Scientist
Managed large-scale data science projects to design and develop data solutions using industry leading tools and technologies.
Extracted and manipulated data from multiple large data sources including Aetna payer data, Pharmacy, Retail, and HealthCare business data.
Initiated and executed multimillion dollar data-oriented projects.
Worked with senior leadership from multiple business areas.
Solved clients’ analytics problems using real world data sources such as electronic health records, claims database, and registries data.
Solved complex analytical projects and developed advanced predictive algorithms to evaluate scenarios and predict outcomes.
Mentored junior data scientists as part of project execution to improve their analytical skills and communication.
Utilized data mining, experimental design, data modelling, statistical algorithms, natural language processing, and machine learning to deliver predictive models.
Utilized programming languages R, SAS, Stata, and Python to explore, analyze, and interpret large volumes of data.
Utilized visualization software to create reports and track statistical performance metrics.
Worked with cross-functional teams to support deployment of insights across multiple channels.
Provided leadership on customer protocol development, statistical analysis plans, study designs, and sample size calculations.
Discussed progress of projects with customers including interim results and choice and clarification of statistical methodologies and design.
Senior Scientist
Conducted and led data-driven studies and applied quantitative analytic methodologies.
Led project teams in the design, drafting, and implementation of study protocols, evaluation methods, and modelling.
Modelled Medicare and Medicaid payment systems and wrote technical proposals.
Assisted sponsors in the design of clinical trials including statistical sections of the study protocol, randomization methodology, and statistical analysis plans.
Supported work related to HEOR including cost effectiveness analysis, economic modelling, health economy study designs, policy market access support, evidence generation, and publication.
Provided HEOR value communications to stakeholders including policy makers, healthcare providers, payers, and patients or patients’ organizations.
Provided project support to the statistics reporting process through specification and review of tables, figures and listings shells.
Wrote and reviewed derived dataset specifications.
Formatted report documents and tabulations using SAS/Base and SAS/STAT.
Developed, tested, and ran SAS programs for statistical analysis and reporting of clinical study data.
Created programs for derived datasets, CDISC SDTM and ADaM datasets, tables, figures and listings, and their validation.
Senior Statistical Scientist
Provided senior leadership for statistical and scientific aspects of clinical research projects including study design, protocol development, study implementation, quality control, preliminary and final data analysis, and presentation of study results.
Used electronic health records and electronic data warehouse to retrieve data for studies and analysis.
Provided statistical guidance, review, and contribution to protocols, SAPs, TFL shells, DMC Charters, SDF specifications, randomization specifications, and other key-study related documentation.
Used SAS/BASE, SAS/STAT, and SAS/GRAPH.
Had FDA submission experience.
Served in a variety of roles and conducted analysis independently to solve complex issues.
Led collaborations among physicians and nursing research groups.
Provided expertise in statistical analysis and understanding of research data and the electronic health record.
Provided advice and direction to less experienced statisticians.
Managed activities of multiple projects across multiple teams to meet regulatory, contractual, IRB, budgetary requirements, study periods, and targets.
Served as the content expert on statistical analysis best practices.
Anticipated future business trends and interpreted their impact on research projects and agendas.
Created standardized workflows and procedures associated with research projects and agendas.
Facilitated meetings and collaborative workgroups.
Applied high quality statistical methodology with understanding of the disease/scientific/functional area.
Ensured application of appropriate statistical methods and generation of accurate and reproducible results working independently.
Led the Quantitative Analysis and Data Analytics work group.
Principal Consultant/Founder
Provided statistical consulting and database creation services to corporations.
Provided clinical research consulting services to corporations and universities.
Director of Research
Led the development, identification and implementation of clinical research projects and clinical trials within the clinical units of the Critical Care Research Center.
Provided administrative and financial leadership within the Critical Care Research Center.
Oversaw implemented clinical trials activities of the Critical Care Research Center.
Led the translation of findings from research projects into clinical practice.
Oversaw implementation of claims data research activities within the hospitals.
Planned and directed publications activities.
Provided leadership in biostatistical and research study designs consultations to physician scientists.
Determined department priorities and allocation of department resources.
Managed the financial performance of all the assigned projects.
Managed the progress of all the assigned projects.
Ensured that timeline of deliverables is met to the satisfaction of clients and sponsors.
Provided research mentorship to physicians and medical residents in emergency medicine, neurology, internal medicine, hospital medicine, surgery, and emergency medical services.
Provided services to the professional and scientific community and consultation to Regions Hospital unit leaders for clinical research development and project implementation.
Senior Biostatistician
Provided leadership on statistical consultancy on all clinical, epidemiological, and behavioral projects to residents, fellows, and physician scientists.
Reviewed and co-wrote proposals and clinical trial protocols.
Provided biostatistical feedback during journal clubs.
Taught research seminars to medical fellows and residents.
Provided biostatistical support on federal, foundations and pharmaceutical companies funded grants.
Assistant Professor/Director of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Provided biostatistical leadership through consultation and collaborative research on NIH and CDC funded projects on health disparities in HIV/AIDS, cancer, diabetes, and injury prevention.
Provided administrative and financial leadership to the Division of Biostatistics.
Oversaw execution of the statistical analyses according to the SAP of cancer clinical trial protocols.
Prepared statistical methods and provided statistical insight into interpretation and discussion of results sections for the clinical study report and publications.
Served as the leader in statistics and bioinformatics for the Meharry Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence.
Served as the lead biostatistician for the Meharry Translational Research Center.
Served as the Principal Investigator to a US Army contract on traumatic brain injury and mobile health.
Served as the lead statistician on cancer clinical trials from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Meharry Medical College.
Led all the bioinformatics and data management tasks at Meharry Medical College.
Served on research and scientific committees throughout the Meharry Medical College.
Research Scientist
Worked on consulting projects for the United States federal government in statistical methodology, clinical research, public health, environmental health, and bioterrorism.
Designed clinical pharmacology components of clinical studies and created clinical pharmacology drug-development plans as required.
Analyzed and interpreted clinical pharmacology data.
Assisted with review and development of study documents including case report forms, data specifications, table/figure/listing shells, and statistical analysis plans.
Provided experimental design, data management, and statistical analysis support to the Advanced Petroleum-Based Fuels – Diesel Emissions Control program.
Provided guidance in the selection and use of standard as well as sophisticated statistical techniques on a project involving commodity flow data and predictive models for forecasting commodity volumes transported by different modes.
Served as project manager for statistics and data management task for an experimental study on intake valve deposits and combustion chamber deposits on vehicle exhaust emissions and fuel economy.
Co-authored many technical reports.
Lecturer, Clinical Trial Certificate Program
Taught Drug Development Process and Clinical Statistics online courses in the Clinical Trials Management and Regulatory Compliance Certificate Program.
Taught statistics components of a protocol with applications.
Taught write up of Statistical Analysis Plans with applications.
Provided weekly synchronous lectures to professional students.