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Craig Wang

Statistician

Education

PhD in Biostatistics and Epidemiology

University of Zurich
2016 - 2019

MSc in Statistics

ETH Zurich
2014 - 2016

BSc in Engineering (R&D)

Australian National University
2010 - 2014

BSc in Statistics

Australian National University
2010 - 2013

Skills

  • R, R shiny, Python, SAS, Matlab
  • SQL, QGIS, LaTeX, Git

Languages

  • English (Advanced)
  • Mandarin (Native)
  • German (Conversational, B1)

Beliefs

  • all lives are equal
  • food waste needs attention
  • packaging is unnecessary
  • every use has misuse

Career Profile

A well-versed statistician who is passionate about problem solving.

Experiences

Principal Biostatistician

07.2019 - now
Novartis AG

• Prepare and conduct SAPs, perform statisticial analysis to address HA questions
• Engage with CTT and GPT on trial result discussions

Teaching Assistant, Statistical Consultant and Researcher

07.2016 - 06.2019
University of Zurich - Department of Mathematics

• Lead exercise classes and design questions for master-level statistics courses
• Provide statistical advice to academics from Faulty of Science
• Collaborate on multiple research projects regarding epidemiological data analysis

Freelance Statistician and R Programmer

06.2016 - 01.2019
Self-employed

• Implemented R shiny apps for medical applications
• Migrated R code to server, implemented process automation in stock market analysis
• Implemented existing econometric model in R to analyze panel data

R Programmer

10.2015 - 02.2016
University of Zurich – Department of Mathematics

• Implemented various R shiny apps, e.g. http://t.uzh.ch/se
• Collaborated using Git

Biostatistician Intern

07.2015 - 09.2015
Novartis Pharma AG – Biostatistical Sciences and Pharmacometrics

• Developed and published evidence synthesis method for clinical trials
• Conducted meta-analysis based on historical aggregate data
• Performed simulation using Bayesian hierarchical models in SAS and Stan

Research Assistant

02.2015 - 12.2015
ETH Zurich – Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC)

• Performed various multivariate data exploration and analysis tasks
• Presented and discussed analysis results in project meetings

Student Consultant

02.2015 - 06.2015
AGROSCOPE, Switzerland

• Investigated effects of fertilizer application on crop yield characteristics in an agricultural study
• Analyzed soil sustainability over time

Associate Consultant

07.2014 - 09.2014
Australian National University – Statistical Consulting Unit

• Provided professional statistical advice on experimental design and data analysis
• Analyzed datasets for researchers in biology, chemistry and medical science
• Produced analyses reports and communicated the results with clients

Research Assistant

01.2014 - 02.2014
University of New South Wales – School of Mathematics and Statistics

• Proposed and published a transformation method for kernel density estimation

Research Intern

11.2012 - 01.2013
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Sydney

• Developed an algorithm in Java for finding optimal locations of base stations
• Presented the results of the project at an internal conference

Softwares

R package: spatialfusion (author, maintainer)
Multivariate modelling of spatial data in a unifying fusion framework.
R package: eggCounts (author, maintainer)
Models faecal egg count data to assess anthelmintic efficacy using Bayesian hierarchical model with Stan.
R package: variosig (author, maintainer)
Testing spatial dependence using empirical variograms.
R package: eggCountsExtra (author, maintainer)
Provides additional models and functions for analyzing faecal egg count data
R package: ATR (contributor)
Plot partition trees in left-right orientation.
shiny application: rPackageStats (author)
A data visualization tool for R users to view popularity of packages.
shiny application: shiny-eggCounts (co-author)
A graphical user interface for the package eggCounts.
shiny application: gymi (co-author)
An educational tool for statistics classes at high school level.

Publications

Gestational Age-Dependent Fetal Fluid Dynamics in the Ovine Developmental Model Establishment of Surrogate Markers for the Differentiation of Stem Cell Origin
Kehl D., Görtz S., Wang C., Hoerstrup S.P., Bleul U., and Weber B.
Cells Tissues Organs. (2019)
Monte Carlo Permutation Tests for Assessing Spatial Dependence at Different Scales
Wang, C., and Furrer, R.
Proceedings of Conference of the International Society for nonparametric Statistics. (2019)
Efficient Estimation of Generalized Spatial Fusion Models with Flexible Specification
Wang, C., and Furrer, R.
Stat. (2018)
Modelling anthelmintic resistance by extending eggCounts package to allow individual efficacy
Wang, C., Torgerson, P.R., Kaplan, R.M. George., M.M and Furrer, R.
International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance. (2018)
eggCounts - a Bayesian hierarchical toolkit to model faecal egg count reductions
Wang, C. and Furrer, R.
ArXiv - Statistics Computation. (2018)
Local-likelihood transformation kernel density estimation for positive random variables
Geenens, G and Wang, C.
Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics. (2018)
Generalized spatial fusion model framework for joint analysis of point and areal data
Wang, C., Puhan, M.A., and Furrer, R.
Spatial Statistics. (2018)
Evidence synthesis from aggregate recurrent event data for clinical trial design and analysis
Holzhauer, B., Wang, C., and Schmidli, H.
Statistics in Medicine. (2018)
Zero-inflated hierarchical models for faecal egg counts to assess anthelmintic efficacy
Wang, C., Torgerson, P.R., Höglund, J. and Furrer, R
Veterinary Parasitology. (2017)
Call completion probability in heterogeneous networks with energy harvesting base stations
Wang, C., Durrani, S., Guo, J. and Zhou, X.
22nd International Conference on Telecommunications. (2015)

Selected Conference Contributions

Increase in the prevalence of airway obstruction in Switzerland between 1993 and 2012
Strassmann, A., West, E., Wang, C., Turk, A., De Hogh, K., Röösli, M., Bopp, M., Dressel, H., Puhan, M.A., Swiss National Cohort Study Group (Poster)
Swiss Public Health Conference, Neuenburg, Switzerland (2018)
Spatial Analysis of Human Echinococcosis in Kyrgyzstan
Paternoster, G., Boo, G., Wang, C., Minbaeva, G., Usubalieva, J., Raimkylov, K. and Torgerson P.R. (Oral Presentation)
ISVEE 15, Chiang Mai, Thailand (2018)
Generalised Spatial Fusion Model Framework for Multivariate Analysis of Point and Areal Data
Wang, C., Puhan, M.A. and Furrer, R. (Oral Presentation)
GeoENV conference, Belfast, United Kingdom. (2018)
Strong increase in the prevalence of COPD in Switzerland between 2003 and 2012
Strassmann, A., West, E., Wang, C., Turk, A., De Hogh, K., Röösli, M., Bopp, M., Dressel, H., Puhan, M.A., Swiss National Cohort Study Group (Poster)
Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Pneumology, St. Gallen, Switzerland. (2018)
Flexible Spatial Fusion Model Framework - Joint Analysis of Point and Area Data
Wang, C. and Furrer, R. (Poster)
TIES-GRASPA conference, Bergamo, Italy. (2017)