PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
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Independent Biostatistician
BioStats, Nauen
Januar 2017 – present
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Head of Analytics & Data Science
Telehealth Competence Center GmbH (TCC), Hamburg
September 2021 – present
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Guest Scientist, Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC)
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
September 2021 – present
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Head of Clinical Trial Office with eight Teams, including the Biostatistics Team
Berlin Institute of Health and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Juli 2019 – August 2021
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Statistician and Manager Health Technology Assessment & Outcomes Research
(Oncology & internal medicine)
Pfizer Deutschland GmbH, Berlin, Germany
April 2018 – Juni 2019
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Senior Biostatistician and Functional Lead
Astellas Pharma (urology), Boehringer Ingelheim, UCB (neurology), Roche (oncology), Merck (immunology), InDex Pharmaceuticals
(gastroenterology)
PAREXEL International GmbH, Berlin, Germany
October 2016 – March 2018
Coordination Center for Clinical Trials, Berlin Institute of Health and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
July 2012 – September 2016
Coordination Center for Clinical Trials, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
September 2009 – June 2012
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Vocational training and employment, community service, studies
1996 – 2009
EDUCATION:
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Dr. rer. medic. (summa cum laude), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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M.Sc. Clinical Trial Management with focus on Statistics, Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin with courses at Harvard Medical School and
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Boston, USA
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B.Sc. Statistics, Magdeburg University of Applied Sciences, Magdeburg/Germany
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
English: fluent, German: native
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
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Statistical Editor, Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, Berlin, Germany, 2016 – Present
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Statistical Editor, JCSM Clinical Reports, Berlin, Germany, 2016 – Present
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Statistical Editor, ESC Heart Failure, Berlin, Germany, 2016 – Present
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Guest Scientist, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany, 2016 – 2018
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Appointed Member Section Biostatistics, Charité Institutional Review Board, 2012 - 2016
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Lecturer Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2011 – 2015
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
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International Biometric Society (IBS)
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World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)
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Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry (PSI)
STATISTICAL SKILLS (selection):
General
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Statistical advice and functional lead role within cross functional teams
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Lead of production and quality control of randomizations, analysis plans, statistical reports, statistical sections of integrated clinical reports and other
process supporting documents
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QC of derived datasets, tables, figures and data listings produced by programmers
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Role as an independent statistician for DMC/DSMB
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Providing and discussing study design as well as sample size scenarios,
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Support of budget and proposal development, attending and preparing bid defense meetings
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Training and education of students and professionals
Methodical
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Descriptive statistics and simple hypothesis tests
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General linear models (e.g. ANOVA, ANCOVA)
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Generalized linear models (e.g. logistic or Poisson regression)
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Analysis of clustered, longitudinal and repeated measures data (e.g. linear mixed models or generalized estimation equations)
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Survival analysis (e.g. Cox regression or competing risk regression)
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Diagnostic tests including model validation
Special methodical
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Analysis of cross over designs, time series analysis, principal components analysis, meta- analysis, non-inferiority and equivalence analysis, adaptive designs,
special non-parametric analysis (e.g. Brunner analysis), principal component analysis, estimands, artificial neural nets
Software skills
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Statistical programming: R, SAS
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Sample size calculation: nQuery, ADDPLAN