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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
Email 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

  • 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%.
  • 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.
  • 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

  • - 2022

    Fairfax, VA

    Ph.D.
    George Mason University
    Statistical Science
  • - 2018

    New Brunswick, NJ

    M.S.
    Rutgers University
    Statistics
  • - 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

Software