I am an MPH-Epidemiology candidate at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health with a certificate in Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases. I have expertise in principles and methods of Biostatistics; principles, theories, and procedures of Epidemiology, including study design, statistical analysis, and causal inference. I have established data management/analysis competency using SAS, R, SQL and have experience of working with huge data sets.

Education

  • Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY

    Master of Public Health in Epidemiology | Certificate: Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases
    Relevant coursework:

    Epidemiology: Research Methods & Applications, Design and Conduct of Observational Epidemiology, Principles of Epidemiology III- Applied Epidemiologic Analysis, Application of Epidemiologic Research Methods, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Cancer Epidemiology.

    Biostatistics: Analysis of Categorical Data, Data Science, Relational Databases And SQL Programming.

    Activities and Societies: Co-President and Director of Finance- Enable (A Columbia University student initiative to make disability stigma-free)

  • Kurukshetra University, Haryana, India

    Bachelor of Dental Surgery Equivalent to Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS)

Professional Summary

  • New York Presbyterian Hospital, Department of Neurology

    Research Assistant

    • Characterized the risk profile of young stroke patients - Determined the association of Ischemic stroke and Subarachnoid hemorrhage with Diabetes Mellitus, pre-existing hypertension, Congenital heart disease, Smoking, Migraine, PFO, Chronic Renal diseases using SAS.

    • Assessed the prevalence of Ischemic stroke and Subarachnoid hemorrhage by age category, sex, race, and ethnicity from 2004-2016 using the SPARCS dataset.

  • Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

    Graduate Teaching Assistant

    • Graduate Teaching Assistant for 2 studios- Global and Developmental Perspectives, Integration of Science and Practice.

    • Coordinate and meet with professor on a weekly basis to review study material and lesson plans, Evaluate and grade assignments, Facilitate classroom discussions, Schedule and maintain regular office hours providing support to 100+ students.

  • Dr. Ekta’s Dental Solutions, Haryana, India

    Founder/ CEO/ General Dentist (Registration number: HN6274)

    • Effectively conducted oral/maxillofacial and pre-prosthetic surgeries, implant surgeries, root canal treatment, scaling and root planning, orthodontic treatment, restorations on 5000+ patients. Diagnosed oral carcinomas and performed biopsies to detect cancer at early stage thereby prolonging life.

    • Appointed, managed and led a team of 5 Dental specialists, 4 Dental Auxiliary staff and 5+ interns to ensure effective running of the dental operatory.

    • Used SAS to analyze patient data to study the prevalence of dental diseases from 2014-2018 according to age, gender, socio-economic status in Panchkula, Haryana.

  • Clove Dental, Haryana, India

    Associate Dentist

    • Supported with four-handed dentistry, developed and implemented individual dental care plans for 40+ patients per week, which increased productivity.

    • Organized dental and medical health awareness campaigns and provided required treatment to 1000+ patients.

Skills and Certifications

  • Programming: SAS, STATA, SQL, R.

  • Certifications: Columbia University Irving Medical Centre: HIPAA, CITI, Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases Harvard X: Data Science- R basics

  • Languages: English, Hindi, Punjabi.