Hairong Shi has over 12 years of experience as a biostatistician working on clinical trials at Hines VA hospital. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Illinois at Chicago, which she plans to complete in the fall of 2016. Her role involves study design, statistical analysis, reporting, and collaborating with research teams on projects related to lung cancer, hearing loss, PTSD, and other areas. She has strong skills in SAS, R, and other statistical programming software.

1. Hairong (Helen) Shi
1111 S. Laflin Street, Apt #606 Email: Hairong.shi@va.gov
Chicago, IL 60607 Phone: (312)-375-2581
PERSONAL STATEMENT
Immediately after my graduate from MS, I have been working for the Hines Cooperative Studies
Program Coordinating Center since 2004. From 2007, I was promoted to study biostatistician,
responsible for planning and implementation of experimental design, statistical analysis, sample size
calculation, randomization, data collection and management, safety and efficacy reporting, and
participating in all other aspects of study design as member of a cross-disciplinary national study team.
Trial experience includes Lung Cancer, Vocal Nodules, Sudden Hearing Lost, PTSD, screening &
surveillance colonoscopy, ALS and rheumatology.
Since I’ve been employed full-time, I have been perusing a PhD of Biostatistics from University of
Illinois at Chicago. During the period, I have taken essential and profound study in biostatistics,
statistics, epidemiology, computer and other related courses, passed the qualification exams and
achieved good standing records. I’m currently in the dissertation phase and plan to graduate in the fall of
2016.
EDUCATION
08/08-present Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, UIC, Chicago, IL
08/02-05/04 Master of Science in Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, UIC, Chicago, IL
08/90-07/94 Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University,
Nanjing, China
EXPERIENCE
11/07- present Biostatistician, CSPCC of Hines VA hospital
• Participate in protocol team conference calls and meetings, assist principal investigators in the
design of appropriate analyses, write sample size / power calculation and statistical analysis parts,
feasibility, data collection, and so on in protocol drafts, and review other parts for protocol drafts.
• Prepare written summaries and table of results for use in DSMB report and IRB annual report.
• Communicate with study team, participate the monthly PI, national coordinator’s calls, assist in the
development of quality assurance procedures for on-going data collection and analysis.
• Perform final statistical analysis of project data; write statistical analysis summaries, findings and
tables for primary and secondary paper.
• Provide statistical consultation for other research projects.
• Member of national workgroup responsible for developing standardized monthly data reports for the
Cooperative Studies Program.
05/04-11/07 Statistician/Statistical programmer, CSPCC of Hines VA hospital
• Utilize the proper statistical methodologies on studies. Modeling methods include Linear and
Nonlinear regression, ANOVA, Generalized Linear Model; Loglinear, Logistic Regression; Non-
parametric, semi-parametric and parametric models for Survival analysis; GEE, MANOVA, Nlmixed
and Mixed Regression Model.
• Perform statistical consulting, submit the statistical plan, conduct data analysis and present key
findings to M.D.

2. • Develop SAS programs to generate tables, listings, figures, and statistical analyses.
• Perform database logic checking and provide appropriate statistical input into study analysis of
data.
08/03- 05/04 Data analyst / Research Assistant, UIC.
• Performed data-mining and statistical analysis for Adverse Drug Events from NHDS database for
St.Francis Hospital.
• Created summaries, interpreted findings and present results for ADE.
• Conducted statistical data analysis and modeling plan for a case-control study in the department of
Obstetrics & Gynecology, UIC.
02/03-05/04 Research Assistant for Well women Program, College of Nursing, UIC.
• Designed questionnaire using Teleform software and edit code- book using EXCEL.
• Performed data maintenance & statistical analysis and generate monthly written reports on
description of Database and results of statistical analysis
08/03-05/04 Teaching Assistant, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UIC.
• TA on Biostatistics at the graduate level; conducted office hours and graded assignments.
01/96-01/01 Manager, Division of Market Research, Jiangsu Simcere Medicine Corp., Nanjing,
China
• Assess and contact top market research companies in China for marketing and market research
projects.
• Work closely with top market research companies in China to prepare new product launch.
Specifically,
• Supervise all projects in market research companies.
05/95-01/96 Research Specialist, Division of Market Research, Jiangsu Simcere Medicine
Corp., Nanjing, China
• Designed, implemented, and maintained database for the products using Microsoft Access
• Conducted data analysis on medical products using Microsoft Access and Excel on the basis of the
database
• Designed and conducted consumer surveys on the attributes of the products.
• Designed and performed the clinical trials (phase Ⅲ) for the products.
• Proposed market research projects and strategies.
08/94-04/95 Pharmaceutical Quality Assurancel Analyst, Division of Medicine Quality
Assurance and Analysis, Jiangsu Simcere Medicine Corp., Nanjing, China
• Monitored quality control over the whole production process.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Programming and Data Analysis: SAS, R, STATA, SPSS, MS-Access, MS-Excel
• Experiments in biochemistry
OTHER EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

3. Member: ASA
ABD (all but dissertation) Biostatistics
RESEARCH SUPPORT
1. Veterans Affairs Lung Cancer Surgery or Stereotactic Radiotherapy – study biostatistician
2. Randomized Controlled Trial of Voice Therapy on Children with Vocal Nodules – study biostatistician
3. Brain-Computer Interface for ALS (CSP 567) – study biostatistician
4. Sudden Hearing Lost Multicenter Treatment Trial – study biostatistician
5. Glucosamine/Chondroitin Arthritis Intervention Trial (GAIT) – statistical programmer
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (in chronological order)
1. Halpin C, Shi H, Reda D, Antonelli PJ, Babu S, Carey JP, Gantz BJ, Goebel JA, Hammerschlag
PE, Harris JP, Isaacson B, Lee D, Linstrom CJ, Parnes LS, Slattery WH, Telian SA, Vrabec JT,
Rauch S. Audiology in the sudden hearing loss clinical trial. Otol Neurotol. 2012 Aug; 33(6):907-11.
2. SD Rauch, CF Halpin, PJ Antonelli, S Babu, JP Carey, BJ Gantz, JA Goebel, PE Hammerschlag,
JP Harris, B Isaacson, D Lee, CJ Linstrom, LS Parnes, H Shi, WH Slattery, SA Telian, JT Vrabec,
DJ Reda. “Oral vs. Intratympanic Corticosteroid Therapy for Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural
Hearing Loss: A Randomized Trial.” JAMA, Vol 305, No. 20, May 2011, 2071-2079
3. Allen D Sawitzke, Helen Shi, Martha F Finco, Dorothy D Dunlop, Crystal L Harris, Nora G Singer,
John D Bradley,David Silver, Christopher G Jackson, Nancy E Lane, Chester V Oddis, Fred Wolfe,
Jeffrey Lisse, Daniel E Furst, Clifton O Bingham, Domenic J Reda, Roland W Moskowitz, H James
Williams,1 Daniel O Clegg. Clinical effi cacy and safety of glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate, their
combination, celecoxib or placebo taken to treat osteoarthritis of the knee: 2-year results from
GAIT. Ann Rheum Dis (2010), doi: 10.1136
4. Allen D Sawitzke, Helen Shi, Martha Finco, Dorothy Dunlop, Clifton O Bingham III, Crystal Harris,
Nora G Singer, John D Bradley, David Silver, Christopher G Jackson, Nancy E Lane, Chester V
Oddis, Fred Wolfe, Jeffrey Lisse, Daniel E Furst, Domenic J Reda, Roland W Moskowitz, H James
Williams, and Daniel O Clegg. “The Effect of Glucosamine and/or Chondroitin Sulfate on the
Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis: A GAIT Report.” Arthritis & Rheumatism, Vol. 58, No. 10,
October 2008, 3183–3191
5. Clegg DO, Reda DJ, Harris CL, Klein MA, O'Dell JR, Hooper MM, Bradley JD, Bingham CO 3rd,
Weisman MH, Jackson CG, Lane NE, Cush JJ, Moreland LW, Schumacher HR Jr, Oddis CV, Wolfe
F, Molitor JA, Yocum DE, Schnitzer TJ, Furst DE, Sawitzke AD, Shi H, Brandt KD, Moskowitz RW,
Williams HJ. (2006). Glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate, and the two in combination for painful knee
osteoarthritis. N Engl J Med, 354(8), 795-808
6. D J Reda, D O Clegg, H Shi and the GAIT Investigators. Planning Clinical Trials in OA:
Relationship Between Choice of Outcome Measure, Level of Symptoms and Sample Size Needed
to Distinguish Treatment Effects From Placebo Effects. Ostearthritis Research Society International
10th World Congress on Osteoarthritis, December 2005.
7. H Shi, D J Reda, D O Clegg and the GAIT Investigators. Characteristics of Patients Who Respond
to Placebo in the Glucosamine/Chondroitin Arthritis Intervention Trial (GAIT). Ostearthritis Research
Society International 10th World Congress on Osteoarthritis, December 2005.
8. Genxi Li, Huiqun Fang, Xiangmin Liao, Hairong Shi and Hongyuan Chen. Promoting Effect of
Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate on the Redox Reaction of Hemoglobin. J. Electrochem. Soc., 1996, 143(2):
L24—25
9. Genxi Li, Hairong Shi, Huiqun Fang, Hongyuan Chen and Dexu Zhu. Current Response of
Cytochrome c Promoted by Dodecyl Benzene Sodium Sulfonate. Anal. Lett., 1997,30(2):235--244