Heidy Kwan Russell

Dr. Heidy Russell, Senior Director, Biostatistics, has more than 20 years of experience in biostatistics. In addition to her responsibilities managing a team of biostatisticians and SAS® programmers, Dr. Russell provides scientific input and oversight to the statistical design of clinical trials, conduct of clinical trial analyses, and writing and review of statistical analysis plans, clinical study protocols and statistical sections of clinical study reports. She has been the lead statistician in many phase 1, phase 2 and phase 3 clinical trials and for the preparation of a number of Integrated Summaries of Efficacy and Safety in support of regulatory submissions. She has supported numerous statistical analyses for product commercialization and publications, and has served as a non-voting member on several Independent Data Monitoring Committees.

Prior to joining PROMETRIKA, Dr. Russell served as Principal Biostatistician at Muro Pharmaceutical/Viatris, Inc., which she joined in 1997. Prior to joining Muro, Dr. Russell worked as a statistician at Boston University’s Statistics and Consulting Unit providing statistical services to pharmaceutical sponsors and FDA. Dr. Russell has published in several scientific journals and was a co-author, in 1998, of 16 chapters in the Encyclopedia of Biostatistics (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd). She has also authored many abstracts and posters reporting the results of clinical trials.

Dr. Russell received her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Statistics from Boston University in 1997. She received her Master of Arts degree in Statistics from Boston University in 1992, and Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics in 1989 from Salem State College. She also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Office Administration (1988) from Salem State College.