Christy Gaughan

Current

Senior Medical Education Grants Analyst at Genentech

Past

Senior Statistician at IMS Health
Statistician at IMS Health
Biostatistician at Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), School of Medicine, Univ. of Pennsylvania

Statistician\SAS Programmer at Campbell Soup Company

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Education

Temple University, Fox School of Business and Management
Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management
Rowan University

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Industry

Pharmaceuticals

Christy Gaughan’s Summary

• Lead interdisciplinary teams to meet project goals and deadlines for consulting engagements, as well as project management of Monte Carlo simulations that lead to product enhancements prior to client launch.
• Conducted impact analysis and report of supply chain distribution patterns for retail pharmaceutical market used in successful contract negotiations with data suppliers.
• Understanding of current issues facing the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, including financial and economic principals as well as reimbursement mechanisms through course of study and work experience.
• Authored or acknowledged for statistical analysis on over ten peer reviewed publications and presented research findings at four professional society conferences.
• Eight years of experience within the healthcare or pharmaceutical market.
• Member of the Board of Directors of Sapphire Fund, a regional non-profit.

Christy Gaughan’s Specialties:

Statistical Methodology, Healthcare Economics and Finance, Consulting, Sales Force Effectiveness

Christy Gaughan’s Experience

Senior Medical Education Grants Analyst

Genentech

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DNA; Biotechnology industry)

November 2007 — Present (11 months)
Senior Statistician

IMS Health

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Rx; Pharmaceuticals industry)

January 2007 — November 2007 (11 months)

•Enhance current methodologies for physician segmentations, used to optimize sales force effectiveness, to incorporate anonymized patient level, managed care, and co-pay sensitivity data, as well as the statistical methods of CHAID regression trees and latent GOLD regression
Statistician

IMS Health

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Rx; Pharmaceuticals industry)

July 2004 — January 2007 (2 years 7 months)

· Develop statistical methodology and provide support for development of new syndicated product Next Generation Prescription Services (NGPS), including assessment of PBM data utilization
· Analyze Monte Carlo simulations in order to evaluate variability and accuracy of NGPS in comparison to legacy products and competitors’ methodology for marketing claims
· Utilize Jack-Knife methodology to generate general variance functions to create confidence intervals for various metrics for NGPS
· Provide project management and write technical specifications for NGPS specific tasks to meet deadlines
· Model varying countries’ pharmaceutical spending by their macroeconomic indexes

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Biostatistician

Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), School of Medicine, Univ. of Pennsylvania

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

October 2001 — July 2004 (2 years 10 months)

· Authored or acknowledged for statistical analysis on over ten peer reviewed publications, as well as presented medical research findings at three professional society conferences
· Collaborated with investigators, faculty, and research teams to design studies, write grants and manuscripts, and prepare analysis for medical research hypotheses
· Conducted statistical analysis over a broad range of studies for presentations or manuscripts, as well as interim reports for presentation to Project Steering Committees and Safety Monitoring Boards
· Supervised analysts, programmers, and graduate students as appropriate
· Served as primary statistical consult to the Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Division
Statistician\SAS Programmer

Campbell Soup Company

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Food Production industry)

January 1999 — June 2001 (2 years 6 months)

· Provided statistical and programming services for the Global Nutrition and Health department
· Completed nutritional analysis of NHANES III and CSFII dietary databases to uncover dietary trends, eating habits, and fortification justification for target market segments

Christy Gaughan’s Education

Temple University, Fox School of Business and Management

MBA/MS, Healthcare Management/Healthcare Financial Management, 2003 — 2006

Activities and Societies:

VP of Event Planning for MS/MBA Student Association,
Member of Healthcare Administration Students of Temple University, Founding Member of OutFox
Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management

MS, Statistics, 1998 — 2001

Worked on research study at UMDNJ for pre-natal risk factors associated with small birth weights across socio-economic groups of women from Camden, NJ one of the poorest cities in America. Attained first publication: Theresa O. Scholl, Xinhua Chen, Christina Gaughan, and Woollcott K. Smith Influence of Maternal Glucose Level on Ethnic Differences in Birth Weight and Pregnancy Outcome Am. J. Epidemiol. 2002 156: 498-506.
Rowan University

BA, Mathematics, 1994 — 1998

Activities and Societies:

Interned at NASA for VSEP program, EOF/MAP Summer Tutor, Mathematics Tutor, VP of Math Club, Player/Manager of Softball Team