Angel An , M.S. Biostatistician III
E-mail: angel.an@vanderbilt.edu Phone: (615) 936-8847 Fax: (615) 343-4924 Office: D-2217A Medical Center North (MCN)	Vanderbilt University Department of Biostatistics 1161 21st Ave. South S-2323 Medical Center North Nashville, TN 37232-2158

Education

Master of Statistics, University of Chicago, June 2004
BA in Mathematic, Beijing University, June 2000

Curriculum Vitae

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Work Experience

Biostatistician II, August 2005 - present
Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University

Statistician, July 2004 - July 2005
Small Bussiness Credit Cards, Capital One Financial Service

Research Assistant, Febuary 2002 - June 2004
Econometrics Department, University of Chicago Bussiness School

Presentations

1. How to design a survey, CPPA meeting, 2008

3. Linear mixed effect model and its applications to the trend analysis in patient complaints, CPPA meeting, 2008

2. Simulation using R, Continue education meeting, 2007

4. Zero inflated Poisson model and physician risk management, CPPA meeting, 2006

Posters

1. Medical Malpractice Claims Risk in Urology: An Ex Ante Empirical Analysis, Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, April 2009.

2. Pilot Study on Adverse Events During Procedural Sedation in Overweight and Non-overweight Children in the Pediatric Emergency Department, Annual Pediatric Academic Society meeting, Annual Pediatric Academic Society meeting, 2008.

3. Analysis of Parental and Nurse Weight Estimates of Children in the Pediatric Emergency Department, Annual Pediatric Academic Society meeting, Annual Pediatric Academic Society meeting, 2008.

4. Identifying risk factors for developing melanoma in the community of Valencia, Vanderbilt Medical School Emphasis Program Poster Exibition, 2007

5. Novel two-step process for graphically summarizing spatial temporal multivariate data in two dimensions, August 2006, Awarded the 3rd place in the Data Expo competition at JSM

6. Using Covariate Analysis to Find the Right Product for the Right Customer, Capital One Financial Services, the Allstats Meeting, Mar 2005

7. Calibration Analysis of NOVA Satellite Temperature Data Poster at the CISES Meeting, University of Chicago, May 2004,

Publications

1. Melissa Rhodes; Sylvie A. Akohoue; Sadhna M. Shankar; Irma Fleming; Angel Qi An; Chung Yu; Sari Acra; Maciej S. Buchowski; Growth Patterns in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia During Puberty, Pediatric Blood & Cancer, in press, 2009

2. Rebecca L Partridge; Timothy G Givens; Angel Qi An; Thomas J Abramo; Pilot Study on Adverse Events During Procedural Sedation in Overweight and Non-overweight Children in the Pediatric Emergency Department, submitted, 2009

3. Rebecca L. Partridge; Thomas J. Abramo; Karen A. Haggarty; Richard Hearn; Kimberly L. Sutton; Angel Qi An, Timothy G. Givens; Analysis of Parental and Nurse Weight Estimates of Children in the Pediatric Emergency Department, Pediatric Emergency Care, accepted, 2009.

4. Baogang J. Xu; Bojana Jovanovic; Wenwei Yan; Angel An; Mary Aakry; Jimmy Eng; Andrew Yi; Nikki Cheng; Andrew Link; Harold L.Moses; Identification of the Secretome Associated with Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II Receptor Knockout in Mammary Fibroblasts, Oncogene, submitted, 2008.

5. Svetlana K Eden; Angel Q An; Jeffrey Horner; Cathy A Jenkins; Theresa A Scott; A Two-step Process for Graphically Summarizing Spatial Temporal Multivariate Data in Two Dimensions, Computational Statistics, submitted, 2008.

6. Sara B. Cohen, Kenneth Lewoczko, Dora B. Huddleston, Sudeshna Mukherjee, Angel Qi An, John R. Dunn, Timothy F. Jones, Ron Wilson, Abelardo C. Moncay, Molecular Identification of Blood Meals in Putative Vectors of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus at an Epizootic Focus in Tennessee, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, submitted, 2008.

7. Melissa Rhodes, Sylvie A. Akohoue , Sadhna M. Shankar, Irma Flemming, Angel An, Chung Yu, Sari Acra, and Maciej S. Buchowski, Growth Patterns in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia during Puberty, Pediatric Research, submitted, 2008

8. Abelardo C. Moncayo, Lynnelle Evans, Angel An, Sara B. Cohen, Sudeshna Mukherjee, Dora B. Hubbleston, Timothy F, Jones, Use of No. 17 Trinidad trap for identifying mosquito species attracted to small mammals in an eastern equine encephalitis focus in the state of Tennessee, Journal of Medical Entomology, submitted, 2008

9. Jeremy D. Jones; Viviana M. Temino; Ryszard Dworski; Cindy K. Anderson; John M. Fahrenholz; Angel Qi An; Use of olopatadine ophthalmic solution and reactivity of histamine skin testing, Allergy and Asthma Proceedings, accepted, 2008

10. Moore, I.N.; Snyder, S.L.; Miller, C.; An, Q.A; Blackford, J.U.; Zhou,C.; Hickson, G.B. Confidentiality and privacy in health care from the patients perspective, Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine, published, 2007

Grants

Surveillance of Inpatients for Monitoring of Pain to Lessen Symptoms and Adverse Events

A Data Driven Medical Decision Support System (DATMEDSYS) for Neonatal Sepsis

Glioma Study

Awards

1. Employee recognition award for service to the Center of Patient and Professional Advocacy, 2008

2. Employee recognition award for New Employee Greeting and Orientation project, 2008

3. Employee recognition award for presenting at the department continue education workshop, 2007

4. Third place award for the Data Exposition Competition at the Joint Statistical Meetings, 2006

5. Departmental collegiality award, 2006

Memberships

American Statistical Association

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