Summary
Samantha Manning is a clinical trials statistician and Manager of Statistics at Takeda with 11 years of quantitative experience and a PhD in Statistics from the University of Rochester. She brings deep expertise in R (7 years) and SAS (4 years) to designing and implementing estimand-aligned analyses, sensitivity assessments using Stan, and practical SAP improvements for GI and rare disease studies. Her academic work blends high-dimensional longitudinal modeling, RNA-seq and oral microbiome analysis, and resulted in multiple first-author publications and an R package. Samantha is skilled at translating complex statistical methods into clear results for multidisciplinary teams and has led project planning and biweekly design forums in industry. Notably, she pairs rigorous methodological development with hands-on software implementation, bridging reproducible research and regulatory-focused clinical analysis.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, 3.87, Master of Science - MS, Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, 3.87 at The University of Texas at Dallas
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mathematics, 3.88, Bachelor of Science (BS), Mathematics, 3.88 at University of Southern California
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics, 3.9, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics, 3.9 at University of Rochester
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