Christopher Spence

Christopher Spence has a diverse work experience in the field of statistical programming. Christopher started their career at AstraZeneca as a SAS programmer, where they were involved in tasks such as report planning, creating analysis datasets and reports, and working across various therapeutic areas. Christopher then moved on to Boehringer Ingelheim as a SAS Programmer, where they provided programming support for oncology studies, created and maintained company-wide macros, and provided clinical programming expertise to study and project teams. After that, they joined Novartis as a SAS programmer, where they programmed analysis datasets and TFLs for multiple projects and submissions in oncology. Christopher'stasks included preparing project analysis databases for submission, creating project-specific macros, developing analysis dataset specifications, and performing quality control. Christopher also worked as part of an international team to meet strict timelines for health authority requests. Christopher then joined University Spital Basel as a Central Data Manager, where they created checks for data collected in the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study and transformed data to a new entity relationship model. Currently, they are working at Cytel as a Principal Statistical Programmer.

Christopher Spence attended the University of Leeds from 2001 to 2004, where they pursued a joint honors degree in Mathematics and Physics, earning a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree. In 2004, they completed an Advanced SAS Professional Graduate Training program focused on Business Analytics and Business Intelligence software at Base 3 Systems. No information is provided regarding any further education or degrees earned after 2004.