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Geoffrey Kip (MPH)4415 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 ; g_kip@live.com ; 610-605-7171

OBJECTIVETo work in a healthcare setting within a dynamic organization that requires an Epidemiologist/ Bio-statistician skill-set with a strong background in data analysis and programming.

Core CompetenciesFlexibility Cultural Competency with Diverse PopulationsExcellent Communication (Written and Verbal) Forecasting Trends/Patterns in DataMapping and visualization (ArcGIS) Documenting SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures)Data Analysis Skills (SAS, Stata, SPSS, SQL) Programming Skills (R, Python, Java) Epidemiological Study Design & Implementation Database Management Systems(REDCAP,Medview,EPIC, Access)Organization Skills Survey Design (Qualtrics, Survey Monkey)Conducting Baseline Interviews Machine Learning Algorithms (Supervised and Unsupervised)Proposal Writing Leadership and Teaching SkillsMedical Chart Retrieval Humans Subject Research and HIPAAIRB Process Research (Quantitative and Qualitative)

EDUCATION

June 2015: MPH Epidemiology | Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA | GPA: 3.84/4.00 June 2013: BS Biological Sciences | Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA | GPA 3.74/4.00 Cum Laude

Honors: Deans list: Fall 2010, Spring 2013; Jennifer C. Buller Memorial Award in Biology, Joseph G Fallon Award

Professional Experience

July 2015-Present: Data Analyst | Benefits Data Trust (BDT) Philadelphia, PA

October 2014-June 2015: Data Analyst Intern | Drexel Centre for Family Intervention Science (CFIS) Philadelphia, PA at the Crisis Response Center (CRC), Einstein healthcare center working with at risk suicidal population risk

September 2014- December 2014: Community Surveyor | Drexel School of Public Health Philadelphia, PA

June 2014 - September 2014: Bridging the Gaps Intern/Teacher Assistant | Philadelphia Futures Philadelphia, PA

April 1, 2014 - September 2014: Graduate Research Assistant | Center for Translational Lung Biology (CTLB) - University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA

September 2013 - January 2014: Volunteer Research Assistant | Philadelphia Department of Public Health - Philadelphia, PA

January 2013 to June 2013: Astronomy Lab Teacher Assistant | Pacific Union College Angwin, CA

May 2013 to June 2013: Genetics Tutor | Angwin, CA

Selected Career Achievements

Research, Design & Development

• Data Analyst at Benefits Data Trust.

➢ Carry out Internal and External reporting with organization and partner organizations

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➢ Carry out Data management and analytic needs using SAS, SQL and Microsoft Excel (Pivot tables).

➢ Front end and back end reporting

➢ Ad-hoc requests and implementing efficiencies.

➢ Exploratory analysis and regular forecasting.

➢ Data file transfers and outreach data-sets.

➢ Working with call-center, health insurance and benefits data

➢ Working with large datasets (Big Data).

➢ Writing and documenting SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures).

• Served as a Data Analyst Intern at Drexel Centre for Family Intervention Science (CFIS)

• Assisted office activities, played role in weekly meetings discussing scientific papers, study design and presentations

• Quality Improvements of screening sites and creating tracking databases

• Conducted thesis study on Substance abuse as a Predictor for Suicide Ideation and Risk among the Youth in Philadelphia

➢ Conducted extensive literature review

➢ Developed research proposal and hypothesis identifying independent and dependent variables and taking issues of external and internal validity into consideration

➢ Described methods to analyze research

➢ Used SAS (Statistical Analysis Software) 9.3 to perform data analysis on 6000 participants: Univariate, bivariate (two by two tables and Chi-square/Fishers tests) and a binary logistic regression model (odds ratios) controlling for demographic confounders and depression

➢ Report finding and presentation of the findings for my oral defense and poster presentations in scientific settings.

Interview Skills

• Served as a Community Surveyor for Drexel School or Public Health

➢ Ensured unique participant ID information entry into master database and data collection summary sheet after each collection period

➢ Followed IRB protocol and verbal consent was completed before each participant survey

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➢ Conducted approximately 20 interviews per week avoiding selection and interviewer bias

➢ Entered surveys into Qualtrics

➢ Played role in key meetings on changes that needed to be made to the survey to improve data collection

➢ Collected over 300 surveys as part of baseline study to evaluate opening of a new community center

Leadership Skills

• Served as Genetics tutor and Astronomy Teacher Assistant (TA)

• Served as a TA for the non-profit organization Philadelphia Futures during my Bridging the Gaps (BTG) Internship

➢ Assisted summer classes aiding high school sophomores improve reading and writing skills to prepare for college applications and rigors of college writing

➢ Developed cultural competency skills working with underprivileged populations from diverse backgrounds and age groups

➢ Developed poster to show the work done over the summer and the changes Philadelphia Futures makes in young student’s lives and presented it at the BTG annual symposium in Philadelphia

Organizational Skills

• Served as Research Assistant (RA) for Philadelphia Department of Public Health for study investigating the correlation of high blood pressure and pediatric obesity

➢ Performed data collection from charts and entry into Excel at 8 different health centers in Philadelphia

• Served as RA for the Center for Translational Lung Biology (CTLB) at the University of Pennsylvania

➢ Participated in day to day operations of research center, and the implementation of clinical research protocols, and regulatory reporting/interaction with IRB.

➢ Developed Electronic record system to label lab and tissue specimen ID’s for lung tissues

➢ Performed data entry into the University of Pennsylvania database systems using REDCAP, Med-view and EPIC.

General Skills

Computer Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, SAS, SPSS, Stata, SQL, EpiInfo, Excel, EasyGrade Pro, ArcGIS, R, Python, Java, REDCAP, EPIC systems, Machine learning

Additional Courses/Certificates

Code Academy- Python

EdX- Introduction to R for Data Science

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EdX Principles of Machine Learning