Research Assistant
I am currently working on two systematic reviews on food allergy and e-cigarette with researchers from Brazil and the Netherlands.
Master of Science Epidemiology Student at McGill University
EXPERTISE: Health Research & Badminton Most Recent Experience: Research Assistant at McMaster UniversityI am a master's student in Epidemiology at McGill Univeristy. I completed my undergraduate degree in Health Science with a specialization in Health Research at the University of Waterloo. During my undergraduate degree, I had the opportunity to conduct health research at the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy, the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project, the University of Alberta, and McMaster University. These experiences have made me realize that I am passionate about improving the lives of those around me.
Outside of school I enjoy playing badminton, cooking, hiking, and trying out new restaurants! Feel free to reach out to me at william.tang1013@mail.mcgill.ca if we share common hobbies or you want to chat about health reserach!
I am currently working on two systematic reviews on food allergy and e-cigarette with researchers from Brazil and the Netherlands.
(4 Months)
University of Alberta Department of Occupational Therapy Remote WorkI relaunched a mobile application pilot project that was stagnated for 3 years through effectively managing the ethics amendment, hardware procurement, and stakeholder engagement. This project was later awarded a $300,000 grant as it holds potential to improve the workflow of personal support workers in Alberta. Besides project management, I also conducted bibliometric analysis literature reviews, cleaned 7,000+ rows of text data, and wrote manuscripts for various conferences and congress.
(4 Months)
International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project Remote WorkI conducted literature reviews and market research on various tobacco topics to support several NIH and CIHR multi-million-dollar grant applications. Additionally, I was also heavily involved in research administrative duties such as maintaining a global tobacco control policy database and analyzing 3000+ survey data using Excel. Lastly, I initiated and implemented an internal reporting procedure to increase co-op students’ productivity.
(4 Months)
Defence and Security Foresight Group Remote WorkDeveloped a political science database to support a Canada-Wide research project and produced dissemination materials using Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe InDesign, and Canva.
(8 Months)
University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy Kitchener, OntarioMy biggest contribution was evaluating a mental health program with a PhD student. The results were presented at a webinar hosted by the Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario with more than 300+ attendees. Besides the evaluation project, I worked with a Senior Software Engineer to integrate knowledge translation materials to a website using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
(8 Months)
University of Waterloo Department of Housing Waterloo, OntarioDeveloped survey and interview guide questions for a mixed methods project to evaluate University of Waterloo students' co-op experiences. Other duties include drafting ethics documents, conducting literature reviews, and taking meeting minutes.
(4 months)
University of Waterloo Data Analytics and Reporting team Waterloo, OntarioI had the opportunity to clean and analyze the world's largest co-op database using simple packages in R and various Excel functions and add-ins. My work helped business developers to adopt better job mining practices. I also built Power BI dashboards to streamline an internal reporting process.
Master of Science-Epidemiology
Bachelor of Science-Health Science Co-op
Health Research Specialization