Experience

Education

Columbia University in the City of New York New York City, United States

Master of Public Health (MPH), Environmental Health Sciences September 2021 - May 2023

GPA: 4.26/4.0
Certificate in Applied Biostatistics and Public Health Data Science
Relevant Courses: Analysis of Environmental Health Data, Analysis of Categorical Data, Applied Regression, Data Science, Statistical Computing with SAS, Relational Databases and SQL Programming for Research and Data Science, Fundamentals of Toxicology

China Agricultural University Beijing, China

Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Food Quality and Safety September 2016 - June 2020

GPA: 3.8/4.0
Relevant Courses: Biochemistry, Biostatistics and Experiment Design, Food Analysis, Food Hygiene and Safety Control, Food Toxicology, Fundamental Nutrition

Columbia University in the City of New York New York City, United States

Research Worker, Department of Environmental Health Sciences May 2022 - Present

Project name: Metal Exposure and Early Cardiovascular Risk in Adult E-Cigarette Users (VapeScan Longitudinal Study)
Generated description statistics and summary tables for VapeScan study and correspondingly updated reports every other week for guidance on subsequent recruiting participants
Performed statistical analyses, including linear regression, logistic regression, and linear mixed effects regression, on large datasets for VapeScan main study and sub-studies related to cannabis usage, mental health, spirometry measurements, blood and urinary metals measurements, and animal behavior experiments
Built and managed research databases of over 400 participants for each study visit and lab measurements to ensure accuracy and completeness of data
Developed comprehensive codebooks for databases to be used by research teams
Provided backup support on data analysis and visualizations to research teams for abstract preparations and periodical progress reports

Columbia University in the City of New York New York City, United States

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biostatistics January 2023 - May 2023

Course: Analysis of Categorical Data
Collaborated with 10 TAs and 1 Professor to review and provide feedback on weekly assignments to improve students’ learning in a timely manner
Piloted for periodical exams and provided suggestion on revision in terms of examination questions
Held weekly office hours to provide customized assistance to meet individual needs
Responsible for solving any course-related issues for a pre-assigned group of 20 students via email

Beijing Sangao Yongxin Intellectual Property Agency Co., Ltd Beijing, China

Assistant Patent Agent, Department of Foreign Patent Affairs August 2020 - February 2021

Translated and proofread patent application documents for over 30 new cases
Conveyed examination Office Actions issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to inventors; advised on patent matters; communicated with collaborative foreign patent agency
Independently drafted response to Office Actions; replied to and corrected the application documents based on choices of inventors

Flight Delay and Cancellation Issue at John F. Kennedy International Airport October 2022 - December 2022

Related Course: Data Science I, instructed by Jeff Goldsmith, Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Generated an interactive map of delay and cancellation cases for different destination airports by leaflet package in R, and made some interactive plots on outcome and exposures of interest by plotly package in R
Created a Shiny App to display relationship between COVID cases and cancellation counts, delay counts and average delay times per day by shiny package in R
Explored relationship between flight on-time performance and predictors including airlines, weather conditions, types of delay, times of the day, and COVID daily cases, from 11/1/2021 to 1/31/2022, by building linear regression and Poisson regression models
Completed a project report, a screencast and a website as final deliverables

Motor Vehicle Collision Crash Frequency and Demographic Characteristics in NYC, 2020 September 2022 - December 2022

Related Course: Public Health GIS, instructed by Joel A. Capellan, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Generated maps on motor vehicle collision crash risk and demographic characteristics distribution by zip code in New York City by tmap, tmaptools, spgwr packages in R and by QGIS
Conducted spatial clustering analysis of motor vehicle collision crash frequency by GeoDa and mapped out relevant results by QGIS
Completed a poster with Background, Methods, Results, Discussions, and Conclusions as a final deliverable

Arsenic and Related Effects on Cardiovascular Disease February 2022 - April 2022

Faculty Mentor: Anne Nigra, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Performed literature reviews on arsenic exposure and its related effects on cardiovascular disease, including impact of different doses of exposure, current findings in occupational studies, and management options for harm reduction
Completed a 2,600-word research paper

Construction of Chondroitin Sulfate Biosensor May 2018 - May 2019

Faculty Mentor: Zhiyi Yao, Associate Professor in the College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering at China Agricultural University
Conducted lab experiments to develop a novel chondroitin sulfate fluorescent biosensor, including sample preparation, linear response range verification, sensitivity and specificity identification, and real-world application in commercial products
Analyzed program statistics and created data visualization for final publication, including graphs and charts, by Origin

Contact Information

Siyue Gao, MPH
Research Worker at Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
sgao98@outlook.com