Laura Casanez
@lauracasanez
Principal statistical programmer specializing in clinical trial programming, regulatory submissions, and HEOR analyses.
What I'm looking for
I am a Principal Statistical Programmer with extensive experience in oncology, immunology and HEOR, delivering SDTM/ADaM datasets, TLFs, define.xml and regulatory-ready analyses for Phase I–IV studies and non-interventional comparative efficacy projects. I lead programming specifications, SAP review, macro development, data cleaning/reconciliation, and ensure quality, timelines and inspection readiness using SAS, R, SQL and version control.
I have delivered cost-effectiveness and Bayesian/Markov modelling work, pooled trial safety/efficacy summaries and complex pharmacokinetic derivations, and I thrive implementing automation and best practices to improve efficiency and compliance for submissions and HEOR deliverables.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Led statistical programming for oncology FSP projects (Phase I–III), driving SDTM/ADaM delivery, SAP review, programming specifications, and QC to meet study timelines and regulatory submission readiness.
Delivered ADaM and TLF specifications, programming and validation for oncology Phase III and immunology Phase I crossover studies, including PK derivations and data pooling.
Statistical Programmer
Almac
Dec 2007 - Aug 2012 (4 years 8 months)
Developed SDTM/ADaM specifications and FDA-ready define.pdf, produced graphical macros and QC programming to support regulatory submissions across multiple therapeutic areas.
Algorithm Developer
NAG
May 2006 - Oct 2007 (1 year 5 months)
Created and maintained Fortran statistical libraries and numerical routines for the NAG Numerical Algorithms Group during a sandwich placement.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Master in Applied Computational Statistics, Applied Computational Statistics
2012 - 2013
Activities and societies: Academic projects: early failure detection in glucose sensor systems (R) and human tread recognition (Matlab).
Master in Applied Computational Statistics covering computational statistics, Bayesian inference, Monte Carlo simulation and scientific programming.
The Open University
Bachelor of Science (Hons), Computing Mathematics with Statistics
Bachelor with honours in Computing Mathematics with Statistics totaling 540 credit points.
University of Valencia
Postgraduate Certificate in Education, Spanish Language and Literature
2006 - 2006
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (CAP/PGCE) in Spanish Language and Literature.
University of Hertfordshire
Bachelor of Science (Year 1 completed), Molecular Biology
2000 - 2001
Completed first year of Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology.
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Licentiate in Information Sciences, Information Sciences (Journalism)
1990 - 1995
Activities and societies: Involved in data mining, decision making and ethics committee practices during degree.
Licentiate in Information Sciences with specialization in Journalism (five-year degree equivalent to MS in Information Sciences).
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