Xingruo (Summer) Zhang

Senior Biostatistician II at Vertex Pharmaceuticals | Ph.D. in Biostatistics

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

About

Dedicated and passionate biostatistician supporting both early- and late-phase clinical development of innovative non-opioid pain medications, with extensive research experience in neuroscience, neurology, and statistical methodologies. Ph.D. in Biostatistics and recipient of the best dissertation award and teaching award from UChicago (2024). B.S. in Statistics and B.A. in Economics from UCLA (2020). Always looking for new opportunities to contribute to the statistician community.

Experience

  • Senior Biostatistician II at Vertex Pharmaceuticals
    Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Stats lead for suzetrigine DPN pivotal trial & early-phase trials of next-generation non-opioid pain compounds

  • FDA-OCE-ASA Oncology Educational Fellowship at FDA
    Jan 2024 - Jun 2024 · 6 mos

  • University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois, United States)
    • Research Assistant
      Oct 2020 - Jun 2024 · 3 yrs 9 mos

    • Teaching Assistant
      Sep 2021 - Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Multilevel Modeling (Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023） Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis (Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Winter 2024)

  • Biostatistics Intern at Vertex Pharmaceuticals
    Jun 2023 - Aug 2023 · 3 mos

  • Research Assistant at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    Sep 2018 - Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo