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Experience, education, technical skills, and software engineering work.
Contact Information
| Name | Zhenbang Wang |
| Professional Title | Statistical Scientist | Causal Inference & Machine Learning |
| zhenbang.wang01@gmail.com | |
| Phone | +1 858-886-6554 |
Professional Summary
Statistical scientist building rigorous causal inference and machine learning methods for clinical and observational research.
Experience
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2026 - present Morristown, NJ
Associate Statistical Project Leader
Sanofi
- Designed randomization strategy and post-analysis for a multi-regional, multi-period crossover trial and long-term extension, applying stratified CMH analysis and sensitivity analyses to support FDA and EMA submissions for a $2B+ drug program.
- Built reusable causal machine learning infrastructure in R Shiny, with methodology documentation adopted by hundreds of team members.
- Partnered with domain scientists and data programmers to define causal estimands, establish identification strategies, and deploy end-to-end pipelines that reduced reporting cycle time by approximately 25%.
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2022 - 2025 Morristown, NJ
Study Statistician
Sanofi
- Built a production-scale causal ML pipeline in Python for propensity score matching, covariate balance diagnostics, sensitivity analysis, and automated ATE reporting across a one-million-patient observational cohort.
- Estimated CATE across North American subgroups using generalized random forests with honest splitting and Bayesian shrinkage; presented the identification strategy and findings to FDA and EMA.
- Conducted random-effects meta-analysis across more than 100 studies and applied hierarchical Bayesian shrinkage to improve counterfactual placebo baseline estimates.
- Evaluated synthetic difference-in-differences and generalized random forests for production subgroup-discovery pipelines and authored methodology proposals adopted team-wide.
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2019 - 2022 Fairfax, VA
Graduate Research Assistant
George Mason University
- Developed methods for regression under data-linkage error, achieving 75–85% error reduction and producing publications in JRSS Series A and AISTATS.
- Optimized an MCMC algorithm with custom C code, reducing runtime by 90% relative to R and MATLAB baselines.
Education
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- 2022 Fairfax, VA
Ph.D.
George Mason University
Statistical Science
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- 2018 New Brunswick, NJ
M.S.
Rutgers University
Statistics
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- 2016 Glenside, PA
B.S.
Arcadia University
Mathematics, Dean's Honor List
Skills
Causal Inference & Machine Learning: Causal ML pipelines, CATE and HTE estimation, T/X/R-Learners, generalized random forests, double/debiased ML, synthetic DiD, propensity scores, Bayesian hierarchical modeling, survival and LTV modeling, GLMs, EM, MCMC
Programming & Tools: Python, CausalML, DoWhy, EconML, R, R package development, R Shiny, C/C++, SQL, Git, Linux/Unix