EMB: a CRO for the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Industry


The EMB Team



EMB Biostatisticians have extensive experience in many different therapeutic areas. Our statisticians have successfully directed an exceptional number of intricate and diverse studies. EMB Data Managers are specialists in organizing data for analysis and reporting, managing complicated studies, adapting databases to dynamic changes, and developing time-saving software.

The EMB Team Principal Members are:


Edward F. Brown, PhD, Executive Director

 

28+ years managing/reporting medical research data

27+ years using and teaching SAS

22+ years participating in a CRO

27 years teaching: programming, informatics and biostatistics

4 NDAs, 2 as Data Management Team leader

40 peer-review journal articles


Beverly B. Brown, Director, Data Management

 

23+ years validating/integrating/reporting US and global data

23+ years designing/developing database specifi cations

23+ years SAS/SQL experience

12 years with a large, global pharmaceutical company

5 NDAs as lead programmer, including preparation of ISE, ISS and Section
11 components

Programming support for FDA panel review and FDA
response team


Dawn DuBois, Principal Biostatistician

 

16+ years serving as a Biostatistician

7 years with a large, global pharmaceutical company

9+ years with CROs

Specialist in the design, analysis, and reporting of Phase I-IV clinical trials.

6 NDAs including preparation of ISE and ISS components, responses to
submission questions from regulatory agencies worldwide, and participation
in FDA Advisory Panel presentation.

16+ years SAS experience


Denna Sweeney, Principal Data Manager

 

6 years with large, global pharmaceutical companies

13+ years managing, reviewing, auditing research data

13+ years data coordination experience

13+ years experience with diverse PC applications


Karla A. McKenzie, Senior Biostatistician

 

17+ years programming, managing and reporting data

14+ years design/analyzing/reporting research data

10 years with large, global pharmaceutical companies

14+ years SAS experience

10+ years analyzing and reporting of Phase I, III clinical trials; performed analyses and report writing for drugs relating to schizophrenia, GI, allergies, neurology, cardiovascular, oncology and respiratory

4 NDAs: report design, writing and review of ISS & ISE components


Judy Seim, Manager, Data Entry

 

30+ years Managing/analyzing/reporting medical research data

20+ years SAS programming experience

16 years Participating in a university-based CRO

12+ years Study monitor/data manager of NIH grants


Marcia Wrona, Principal Database Programmer

 

27+ years SAS programming experience

28+ years managing and reporting medical research data

22+ years participating in a university-based CRO

22+ years teaching programming, informatics and biostatistics



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Michael C. Mosier, PhD, Director, Biostatistics

 

16+ years serving as a Biostatistician

6 years with a large, global pharmaceutical company specializing in the design & analysis of Phase II-III clinical trials; Lead Statistician for drugs relating to CNS and allergy

5 NDAs as the Biostatistics and Data Management Team leader

17+ years SAS programming experience

29 published abstracts

23 peer-review publications (published or in press)


Bruce Morrill, Principal Biostatistician

 

15+ years with a large, global pharmaceutical company

20+ years Specializing in design & analysis of Phase I-III clinical trials. Lead statistician for drugs relating to schizophrenia, cardiovascular, oncology, respiratory, neurology, diabetes, GI and allergy

18 NDAs: design, analysis and/or review of pre-clinical, Phase I, ISE, or ISS components

25+ years SAS experience

8 peer-review publications


Bill Stewart, PhD, Distinguished Biostatistician

 

21+ years Pharmaceutical industry experience

14+ years Big Pharma experience

7 years in CRO

7 NDAs As lead statistician

Published papers on survival analysis, categorical data analysis, dose response methods, and randomization-based interpretation of inference

Headed the statistics CV group at a large pharmaceutical company

Special work in hypertension for dose response, combination drugs, and estimation of trough/peak ratio


Brenda Bishop, MBA, Director, Business Development

 

6+ years Business Development with CRO

15+ years SAS programming managing and reporting research data

9 years With a large, global pharmaceutical company

Project leader and FDA trainer on computer-aided NDAs


Lori McConnell, Director, Data Quality Assurance

 

15+ years working within the industry specializing in Data Management

6 years with a large, global pharmaceutical company

5 years with a large global CRO

8+ years data coordination experience

7+ years in a quality assurance role (e.g. hosting audits, developing SOPs)


Marc Meyer, Senior Statistical Programmer

 

16+ years SAS experience

16+ years analyzing and reporting research data

9+ years experience with CROs; 4 years with a large, global CRO

Experience with a large, global pharmaceutical company

NDA participation, including preparation of ISE and ISS components


Suzanne Lassman, MPH, Principal Statistical Programmer

 

17+ years managing/analyzing/reporting research data

17+ years SAS experience

5 years with a large, global pharmaceutical company

17+ years experience with diverse PC-based applications

3 NDAs as lead programmer, including preparation of ISE and ISS data and reporting components and responses to submission questions from regulatory agencies worldwide