Yulia Savva

Yulia Savva is a highly experienced professional with over 15 years of expertise in analysis, programming, and research within clinical and environmental science. Her versatile skill set includes 12+ years of programming in SAS, STATA, and R, 9 years of statistical consulting in biostatistics and epidemiology, and 7+ years of longitudinal data analysis in environmental science. Yulia has served in various roles such as biostatistician, clinical programmer, data manager, and researcher for clinical trials and observational studies in CROs, healthcare settings, and academia.

She excels in data analysis for clinical trials, observational studies, and surveys, working with formats like ADaM, SDTM, YouGov, and DataFax while adhering to CDISC standards. Yulia is proficient in programming languages including SAS, R, and Stata, with experience in writing statistical analysis plans, manuscripts, and reports. She has a strong background in developing and assessing Clinical Outcome Assessments (COAs) like PROs, ObsROs, and ClinROs, and conducting psychometric studies to derive treatment benefits and define endpoints.

Yulia's expertise extends to survival analysis, mixed models, GLMs, longitudinal data analysis, and various statistical methods such as ROC analysis, bootstrapping, and SEMs. Additionally, she has extensive experience in data analysis for observational studies using electronic medical records, disease registries, and specific databases like ADNI and NACC for Alzheimer's disease. Her therapeutic experience covers areas like transplantation, oncology, dermatology, autoimmune diseases, mental health disorders, biomarkers, GI, and hepatology.

With a strong educational background including a Ph.D. in Biology from the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Forest and master's degrees in Biophysics and Applied Statistics, Yulia has held key roles in prestigious organizations like Evidera, Mercy Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Consumable Science. She has also been involved in mentoring junior colleagues, supporting researchers in study design, and ensuring adherence to FDA guidelines and CDISC standards throughout her career.