Advisor: Peter Ney
Where do you currently work and what is your title/position?
FDA, Deputy Division Director, Division of Analytics and Informatics in the Office of Biostatistics
What do you do? Do you use math in your position?
I supervise a team of statistical analysts who support the statistical and scientific programming needs of the Office of Biostatistics. I also serve as a subject matter expert for the Office of Biostatistics for scientific and statistical programming, as well as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Mathematics is the foundation of much of my work.
Have you received any awards or made any recent accomplishments you’d like to share? This can include promotions, new jobs, and memberships to boards and organizations.
FDA Commissioner’s Special Citation, “For outstanding performance in conducting the review of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) for treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in certain high risk patients.” Received July, 2024
Any other information you’d like to share?
Recent Podcast (with Tina Wang), “Improving Data Quality with Centralized Statistical Monitoring,” https://www.fda.gov/drugs/cder-small-business-industry-assistance-sbia/improving-data-quality-centralized-statistical-monitoring-dr-paul-schuette-and-xiaofeng-tina-wang