Yannick Vandendijck

Associate Director Biostatistics at Johnson & Johnson

Hasselt, Flemish Region, Belgium

About

Experience

  • Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine ()
    • Associate Director Biostatistics
      Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

      - Clinical Biostatistics Early Development - Therapeutic Areas: * Infection Diseases & Vaccines (Phase 0, Phase 1, Phase 2) * Oncology (Phase 1, Phase 2) - Responsibilities: * Provide statistical services including the design, execution, analysis, interpretation and reporting of data evidence for early and late clinical development * Communication and presentation of data evidence * Development of software code using statistical software packages R and SAS * Provide critical input to clinical teams and cross-functional contributors on a frequent basis * Collaborate with statistical programmers to develop tables, listings and figures * Involved in training on statistical concepts and machine learning * Leading initiatives on the pharma transition to R software (R training, CAMIS cross-pharma project, standard developments)

    • Principal Statistician
      Apr 2021 - Jun 2025 · 4 yrs 3 mos

    • Senior Statistician
      Jul 2018 - Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Guest Professor at Hasselt University
    Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

    - Involved in teaching course and project on design of experiments and statistics in pharmaceutical R&D to first-year Master of Statistics students - I was attached to Hasselt University as a voluntary scientific collaborator since July 2018. During the initial phase of the Covid-pandemic, I developed together with scientists from Hasselt University the citizen-science platform infectieradar.be to map and monitor the symptoms of viral infections

  • Hasselt University (6 yrs 10 mos)
    • Postdoctoral Researcher
      Oct 2015 - Jun 2018 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      - Coordinator of ICP Master of Statistics Program - Statistical research in the domains of survey data and geostatistical data on the use of semi-parametric methods - Teaching activities: * Involved as coordinating lecturer or co-lecturer in multiple graduate and undergraduate courses * Promoter of master thesis students * Coordinating lecturer of multiple international statistical short courses in developing countries * Statistical consultancy for governmental institutions and public and private companies

    • PhD student
      Sep 2011 - Sep 2015 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      Obtained my PhD in applied mathematics - statistics. Thesis title: "Semi-Parametric Methods for Applications in Survey Data and Geostatistical Data". Promotors: prof. dr. Christel Faes & prof. dr. Niel Hens