Past Events

Biopharmaceutical Industry Information Session

        Date/Time: Friday, April 27th, 2018, 3:30-5:00 pm, followed by a mixer.

            Location:    Room 152, Duquès Hall (2201 G St NW, Washington, DC 20052),
                                 then (mixer) Room 771, Rome Hall (801 22nd St NW, Washington, DC 20052).

            Speaker: Dr Kannan Natarajan, Head of Global Biometrics and Data  Management, Global Products Development, Pfizer Inc.
 
Consulting Info. Session

                Date/Time: Friday, April 20th, 3:00-5:30 PM.

              Location:   Room 359, DUQUES HALL (2201 G St NW) 

              Agenda:     3:00-3:30PM   Arrival/Check-In

                                 3:30-5:00PM    Presentations

•                                      Darryl Creel: Statistician at RTI.

•                                      Dr. Gonzalo Rivero: Senior Statistician at WESTAT.

•                                      Dr. Ronaldo Iachan: Technical Director at ICF International Inc

•                                      Wagner Christine: Research Manager at MCKINLEY-ADVISOR.

                                  5:00-5:30PM Q&A
 
 US Workplace Culture and Etiquette Workshop

               Date/Time: Saturday, 7 April, 2:00-3:30 pm
              Location:    Room 111 Phillips Hall (801 22 St NW)
              Speakers:   Tommye Lynn Grant
                                   Winting Shi
                                   Abdul Rashid

Alumni Career Panel 

                          Date/Time: Saturday, March 22th, 3:00-5:30 PM.

                       Location: Room 103, Funger Hall (2201 G St NW);

                       Agenda:    3:00-3:15PM   Arrival/Check-In

                                        3:15-5:00PM   Panel/Presentations

                                                     Cheung Li:     Biostatistician at National Cancer Institute

                                                    Wayne Woo:  Expert Biostatistician at GSK vaccines

                                                     Guoxi Yan:     Product Release Manager at ASEE

                                                    Yuqing Lu:     Financial Analysist at Kaiser Permanent

                                                    Haijun Wang: Data Analysist at Arkansas Children’s Hospital

                                        5:00-5:30PM   Q&A/ Networking

Workshop for PhD Application

            DATE AND TIME:  Friday, October 27 th , 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

         SPEAKERS:         Professor Tapan K. Nayak: Professor of Statistics, GWU Statistics Department

Area of Expertise: Inference, Prediction, Software Reliability, Randomized Response

                                                                          Design, Disclosure Avoidance

                                           Professor Hosam M. Mahmoud: Professor of Statistics, GWU Statistics Department

                                                        Area of Expertise: Probabilistic analysis of algorithms, Random discrete structure.

                                          Professor Emre Barut: Assistant Professor, GWU Statistics Department

                                                       Area of Expertise: High Dimensional Statistics, Variable Selection, Robust Statistics,

                                          Professor Ravi Kalpathy: Clinical Assistant Professor, Catholic University of America

                                                Area of Expertise: Probabilistic analysis of algorithms, Applied probability

                                          PhD Candidate Fan Wang: Fourth year PhD candidate, GWU Statistics Department

            Residual Analysis Seminar

                         DATE AND TIME:  Wednesday, November 15th, 2017, 4:00-5:00 pm.

                        LOCATION:             Media & Public Affairs Building, Room B07 (805 21^st St NW, Washington, DC, 20052)

                        SPEAKERS:            Mike Jadoo :Co-organizer of Statistical Seminars in Meetup
                                                                           and working in Bureau of Labor Statistics. 
                                                         Zekai Chen : VP of GWU ASA Student Chapter and a 2^nd year graduate student  at GWU.
                                                         Bo Ye :          VP of GWU ASA Student Chapter and a 2^nd year graduate student at GWU. 

Dear all:

GWU ASA Student Chapter is going to have a PhD Application Workshop this Friday Nov 2^nd, 1pm to 2pm at Rome Hall 352. Four professors from Statistics and Biostatistics Department will show up and advise your about application of Statistics and Biostatistics PhD programs in Fall 2019. All of our professors are highly experienced and know well about the admission process. Questions we hope to address at the workshop include:

• https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBZdiVvmVeajSkI_mFP8r7pOvhANIRe7siSGMbB2mVDVtVdQ/viewform
• JOIN THE ASA TODAY!

Date/Time: Friday, November 16th, 2018

Agenda:   12:30-1:00pm Refreshments

                   1:00 - 2:00pm Seminar

Location: Room 152, Duquès Hall (2201 G St NW, Washington, DC 20052).

Speaker: Binbing Yu, Associate director of Medimmune

                Wei Zhao, Science Associate Director, Medimmune

Topic: The 2019 NCB Conference and the Research Focus of its Sponsor Medimmune

Abstract: The 2019 Nonclinical Biostatistics Conference will be held at Rutgers University next June wherenonclinical statisticians will attend, and students are also highly encouraged to attend as well. Associate directors from Medimmune will be speaking about this conference in detail. Medimmune is an industry leader with a focus on Molecular Vaccines. They manufacture and market more than 40 drugs in the United States. Our speakers will introduce their company’s research and positions as well as the discovery process and development of new drugs. In particular, the Bliss Independence Model, which is used in drug combination studies, will be explained in detail as an example.

Hosts:  The George Washington University Student Chapter of the American Statistical Association and the George Washington University Department of Statistics.

Sign Up Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/1S8mg2ybRbywbcPq5MN80gAX_XpChIRGspsAPOkoc3l0/edit?usp=drive_web

Hello everyone,

Overview:

Founded in 2005 as a subsidiary of Fulcrum Analytics in Norwalk Connecticut, After Inc. is a leading firm in the warranty industry that brings together marketing, strategy, analytics and technology in a unique package to drive increased profits for its clients. The company is seeking full-time Statisticians who will work with advanced analytics group to deliver statistical analyses and modeling results to its clients. Its senior manager and GWU alumni will come and give an info session for advertising their company as well as available positions. Student with interested are highly encouraged to register through this link, and apply through this link before the info session. After Inc. is E-Verified company and sponsors H1-B visas. Selected candidates will be noticed via email and have on-site interviews on Feb 7^th and 8^th. In the meantime, students with interest in consulting company are also highly welcomed. You can ask questions and hear from area hiring managers on how to best posture yourself to successfully make the leap from the classroom to the workplace. One of the many benefits from coming to the event includes gaining firsthand experience from professionals, developing connections with others who are striving for the same goal, and meanwhile  meeting some new friends.

Agenda:

• Thursday February 7^th,   3:00PM-4:00PM,  1957 E STREET 113

Introduction and Company Overview Presentation

• Thursday February 7^{th ,}    4:40PM-6:00PM,   MONROE HALL 351&252

On-campus Interviews (location and time to be announced individually)

• Friday     February 8^th,   9:00AM-12:00PM,.MONROE HALL 115&252

On-campus Interviews (location and time to be announced individually)

Speakers:  Bora Lee - Sr. Manager

Chang Liu - Sr. Analyst

Sponsors: After, Inc.,  GWU ASA Student Chapter

POC email:  Jialu Wang: jialu@gwmail.gwu.edu,  Mengfei Liu:  mliu6@gwmail.gwu.edu