Tuochuan Dong/董拓川

Director, Business & Operations @ Avotres Inc.

About

Personal Mission Statement: To pioneer transformative therapies to conquer auto-immune diseases, eradicate cancer recurrence, and safeguard transplanted organs – leading the next wave of biotech innovation! Past Experiences: 1. Expert in cell therapies related activities, including Strategic Planning, BD, CMC, Clinical Trial Design and Operations. 2. Blogger on Diabetes, Mutiple Sclerosis, Novartis history/annual reports and how AI, internet and data will revolutionize various industries, on wechat (World_of_Tuo) and weibo(www.weibo.com/worldoftuo). 3. 7 year experience at Novartis Oncology. 4. Ph.D in Biostatistics, with abundant experience in interpretting complex data and providing actionable suggestions.

Country

United States

City

Randolph

Industry

Biotechnology

Skill

Leadership, Pharmaceutical Industry, Cell Therapy, Business Development, Auto Immune Diseases, Clinical Trials, Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC), Marketing Analytics, Marketing Strategy, Digital Marketing, Consulting in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Biostatistics, Quantitative Analytics, Clinical Research, SAS, R, Statistics, Statistical Modeling, Data Analysis, SAS Programming

Experience

Director, Business & Operations

Avotres Inc.

2023-6 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

Cedar Knolls, NJ

1. Led business development related activities for AVT001. 2. Led CMC related activities for AVT001. 3. Led Clinical Operations and Data Analysis for Phase 1/2 T1D trial of AVT001. 4. Led/Supported Operational Activities, such as HR, IT and Finance, etc.

Manager, Business & Operations

Avotres Inc.

2021-4 - 2023-6 · 2 yrs 3 mos

United States

Principal Biostatistician

Novartis

2016-11 - 2021-4 · 4 yrs 6 mos

East Hanover

Worked as a Principal Biostatistician in the Full Development for Oncology on MF: Myelofibrosis / PV: Polycythemia Vera / GVHD: Graft Versus Host Disease / NSCLC: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Sr. Biostatistician

Novartis

2014-3 - 2016-11 · 2 yrs 9 mos

East Hanover

Worked as a Senior Biostatistician in the Full Development for Oncology on Breast Cancer and Glioblastoma.

Big Data Advisory Board

Rutgers University

2017-8 - 2019-9 · 2 yrs 2 mos

New Brunswick Campus

1. Review courses for the Big Data program 2. Share my expertise with the faculty and students at Rutgers, including occasional classroom visits and student coaching.

Research Assistant

University at Buffalo

2010-6 - 2014-2 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

1. First Author of four papers, on the diagnostic test. 2. Developed the ability to learn and master the crux of a new topic in a short time. 3. Developed the ability to solve the various problems I have met during the research. 4. Developed the communication skills to present a complicated statistical idea in a clear and simple way.

Statistical Programmer

Sanofi

2008-7 - 2009-5 · 11 mos

Beijing City, China

1. Worked as a statistical SAS programmer on 6 Ph I studies with various designs 2. Produced CDISC compliant ADAM datasets, and TFL for CSR.

Education

University at Buffalo

Biostatistics

2009 - 2014 · 5 yrs

1. Developed a strong ability of self-learning and research. 2. Learned main stream statistical theories and specialized in the application of diagnostic test and clinical trials.

Peking University

Mathematics and Statistics

2004 - 2008 · 4 yrs

1. Developed the ability to harmoniously deal with different opinions and disagreements. 2. Learned a little about mathematics and the basics about statistics.