Resume

• 2011

  USC Norman Topping Student Aid Fund

  Board Member

  The Luevano Foundation honors the life and shared commitments of Ralph and Maria Luévano who

  together

  they educated their children

  were faithful Catholics

  and always worked for the advancement of their people.\nThis fund provides scholarships for children in Orange County to benefit from a Catholic School education. \nThe Luévano Foundation is a fund of the Orange County Community Foundation (OCCF). OCCF is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization

  Federal ID number 33-0378778. Contributions to this fund are charitable tax deductions within the limits of federal law.\n\nhttp://luevanofoundation.org/live/?p=809

  Luevano Foundation

  Advisor To The Board

  Please visit http://www.aissfoundation.com/ to learn more.\nI serve as an advisor to the executive director and collaborate with executive board members to bring new resources for AISS scholars to enjoy and benefit from. Recently

  I have been involved in developing and finding funding for a 4-day experience at Chapman University for our scholars.

  Acheivement Institute of Scientific Studies

• 2010

  University of Southern California

  Achievement Institute of Scientific Studies

  Kaiser Permanente Institutional Review Board

  Citrus College

  Integrium

  LLC

  Pasadena

  California

  My primary duty was to protect human subjects involved in research by ensuring the proposed research is ethical

  just

  and free of coercion. \nI reviewed applications

  research proposals

  and protocols submitted by private research firms

  pharmaceutical companies

  cooperative groups

  and device manufactures and verify mechanisms are in place to protect the human subjects involved. \nI also reviewed protocols for observational studies and experimental studies (phase I

  II

  and III) for a variety of experimental treatments (pharmaceutical

  biological

  and devices) for a variety of diseases and conditions. Additionally I reviewed proposals to continue approved research assuring participant safety

  welfare

  and rights throughout the duration of the trial.\nI served on this board as a Community Member with an expertise in statistical analysis and clinical research. My insight was useful and instructional in reviewing study applications for clinical trials for experimental treatments and/or medical devices. I participated and moderated board discussions on emerging research methods and their impact on human subjects protections.

  Community Member

  Kaiser Permanente Institutional Review Board

  I applied my statistical and research experience to assist the program director on matters pertaining to student recruitment

  student retention

  quality of programs

  and data-based decisions on curriculum and academic standards. I produce reports utilized by the director to communicate matters of the program to the chair of the department

  other administration officials within the university

  and to the Council of Education for Public Health. The data I curate includes: recruitment and retention

  evaluation of programs

  evaluation of curriculum

  student and faculty surveys

  and graduation/exit surveys. \nI also created and executed an online math and statistics boot camp in response to a needs assessment I conducted with the purpose to improve the passing rate for biostatistics related courses. This boot camp includes 6 modules of learning intended to give the incoming student a review of common mathematical and statistical methodologies to ensure a more seamless transition to becoming a student again. Also

  I am co-authoring two manuscripts with the program director on online education and workforce in the public health sector.

  USC Master of Public Health Online

  Adjunct Faculty

  My teaching course load included introductory statistics and remedial mathematics courses. Outside of the classroom I mentored students as they prepared for the next step in their educational journeys. \n\nIn my introductory statistics courses

  I used excel to teach students how to clean data

  manipulate data

  utilize functions

  and produce statistical output such as descriptive statistics

  conduct tests of hypotheses

  and produce graphs.\n\nIn my remedial math courses

  I used real-world applications of basic mathematics to convey to the students the importance of being proficient using the basic math operations.

  Citrus College

  Instructional Assistant Professor

  I am a full-time faculty member of the mathematics department. I aim to being an effective and exciting educator

  transforming the educational experience of the students I teach. I also am an active intellectual contributor to the field of biostatistics

  my area of expertise.\n\nI am passionate about providing access to educational resources and experiences to students in the surrounding community of Chapman University. I advocate for resources to go out and meet the community where they are and also invite the community to join the university on campus. \n\nThis position provides me with the ideal role to be an educator

  a researcher

  and a community advocate.

  Chapman University

  My primary role was supporting the group statistician with analysis in two major studies managed by the Children's Oncology Group. \nI used SAS statistical software package to clean data and prepare it for analysis. Aside from conducting basic descriptive statistics procedures

  I also implemented sample size estimation

  power calculations

  and statistical analysis for survival data resulting from cancer clinical trials in Ewing Sarcoma in adults and young adolescents.

  University of Southern California

  Integrium

  LLC

  Tustin

  California

  On a part-time basis

  I provide my expertise to Integrium

  LLC as a member of their biostatistics and statistical programming team. I am intimately involved in the life of a trial

  from trial design to statistical results submission to the Food and Drug Administration. \nI provide feedback directly to trial sponsors on protocol creation and statistical considerations pertaining to their study. I provide assistance with protocol creation and produce randomization plans

  statistical analysis plans

  interim analysis plans

  and contribute to the creation of the document of statistical decisions.\nThis position provides me with the unique experience of being in direct

  one-on-one communication with client-sponsors. I am primarily involved in phase I

  phase IIa

  and phaseIIb trials for a wide-range of conditions and diseases.

  Biostatistician

  I founded this organization to support the graduate students in the preventive medicine department at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. As president and founder I created systems of support for our students that included study groups for screening exams

  advice and mentoring pairings among students

  and social opportunities for our students to unwind and de-stress. Other activities include a journal club

  established mechanisms of support for passing our benchmarks and screening exams

  and networking opportunities with alumni.

  Founder

  Graduate Society of Biostatistics and Epidemiology

• 2009

  USC Latino Alumni Association

  Giving back to the organization that has given me a tremendous amount of support

  guidance

  perspective

  and vision is a privilege. Please check out CLYLP.org

  Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project

  SPSS

  Data Analysis

  Statistical Modeling

  Epidemiology

  Statistics

  Public Health

  Biostatistics

  Healthcare

  Research Design

  Qualitative Research

  Community Outreach

  Research

  PowerPoint

  Microsoft Office

  R

  SAS

  Stata

  Grant Writing

  Program Evaluation

  Program Development

  Lopez Najera

  PhD

  Sandy Oliver

  USC Master of Public Health Online

  Chapman University

  Spanish

  English

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  My main research interests lie in cancer clinical trials

  specifically in interim monitoring methodology. The title of my dissertation is \"The Effect of Delayed Event Reporting on Interim Monitoring Methodologies in Randomized Clinical Trials.\"

  Biostatistics

  I founded and served as president for the Graduate Society for Biostatistics and Epidemiology

  a student-run organization to heighten the student experience.

  University of Southern California

• 2006

  Master of Arts (M.A.)

  Applied Mathematics

  California State University-Fullerton

• 2001

  HEEF is a great organization in Orange County that provides scholarship opportunities to high school students

  community college students

  transfer student

  and 4 year university/college students who reside in the Orange County area. Please visit HEEF.ORG to find out more.

  Hispanic Education Endowment Fund

  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

  Mathematics and Computer Science

  Chapman University

• 000.

  Program Manager

  I created curriculum for workshops

  site visits

  and classroom activities for two cohorts of 20 bright Santa Unified School District high school juniors. My aim was to bridge the technical and theoretical knowledge of math and science to their applications to research and industry. I developed relationships with community leaders and local Science

  Technology

  Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) researchers and professionals and successfully coordinated for them to make presentations about their careers to the students. I also successfully executed fund-raising campaigns and submitted successfully funded grants totaling over $60

  Achievement Institute of Scientific Studies