Dereje Gudicha
Detroit,USA
Summary
An statistician dedicated to biomedical research and education with a strong background in statistics, data analysis, and molecular biology, seeking a position as part-time lecturer at Wayne County Community College, where I can contribute to academic excellence through teaching and community engagement. Skilled in R, Python, SPSS, and command line tools. Demonstrated success in teaching, but also in publishing peer-reviewed research.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Bioinformatics Scientist
Kelly Government Solutions - National Institutes Of Health
05.2023 - Current
- Provided programming support in the analysis of biomedical data.
- Served as a bioinformatics expert to execute experimental queries and conduct studies using methodologies and techniques standard to modern bioinformatics.
- Collaborated with an interdisciplinary team to design experiments, perform computational data analysis, and write reports and scientific publications on biological discoveries.
- Employed computational tools for analyzing large-scale biological datasets, including proteomics and transcriptomics.
- Authored and co-authored over 25 manuscripts published in top scientific journals.
Assistant Professor (Research), School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Wayne State
07.2021 - 02.2023
- Analyzed omics data for biomarker development in a clinical study that improved the sensitivity of preterm birth detection from 38% to 79%.
- Supported and trained physician-faculty and medical fellows in statistical methods for medical research.
- Contributed to data visualizations, presentations, and scientific publications.
- Assisted the team in study design, data analysis, and programming.
Research Associate in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Wayne State University
01.2016 - 07.2021
- Developed software tools implementing risk models for adverse pregnancy outcomes.
- Completed collaborative Institutional Training Initiative modules and good understanding of regulatory guideline.
- Developed a personalized clinical risk model that improved preterm birth screening by 25%.
Research Assistant, Department of Methodology and Statistics
Tilburg University
08.2012 - 12.2015
- Assisted in data analysis using the best principles of statistical methodology.
- Collaborated with faculty on preparing course materials for undergraduate students.
- Contributed to the publication of 6 research articles in peer-reviewed journals.
- Presented research work at several national and international conferences (Bologna University in Italy, Frankfurt University in Germany, Tilburg University in the Netherlands, and Madison University in the USA).
Lecturer, Department of Statistics
Addis Ababa University
09.2008 - 07.2010
- Implemented innovative teaching methodologies to enhance student learning experiences.
- Mentored 60 undergraduate students enrolled in the Department of Statistics.
- Collaborated with departmental committees on curriculum development and course offerings.
- Taught several statistics courses, including introduction to probability and statistics, statistical inference, and time series analysis.
- Evaluated student progress through regular assessments.
- Participated in conferences and professional development opportunities.
- Conducted individual research projects, leading to scientific publications.
Education
Ph.D. - Statistics
Tilburg University
Tilburg, Netherlands10.2015
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Advising on Research Methods
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands05.2013
M.S. - Social and Behavioral Science
Tilburg University
Tilburg, Netherlands08.2012
M.S. - Statistics
Addis Ababa University
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia07.2008
B.S. - Statistics
Addis Ababa University
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia08.2006
Skills
- Statistical data analysis
- Machine Learning
- Molecular biology
- Programming and scripting languages
- Unix command lines
- Bioinformatics tools
- Git Version Control
- Problem-Solving and Teamwork
- Scientific writing and presentation
- Excellent communication
Affiliations
- 07/2022 - 2024- Present American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
- 2012 - 2015 Psychometric Society
- 2011 - 2015 International Federation of Classification Societies
- 2006 - 2010 Ethiopian Statistical Association
Certification
- 01/2015 Certificate Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands Generalized Latent Variable Modeling
- 11/2014 Certificate Leuven Statistics Research Center, Leuven, Belgium Optimization and Numerical Methods in Statistics
- 08/2007 Certificate Addis Ababa University in collaboration with the Ethiopian Statistical Association, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Statistical Software training in SAS, STATA, and SPSS
- 03/2025 Certificate John Hopkins University, Algorithm of DNA sequencing
- 4/2025 Certificate John Hopkins University, Genomics Data Science
- 8/2025 Certificate UC San Diego, Finding Hidden Messages in DNA
Timeline
Bioinformatics Scientist
Kelly Government Solutions - National Institutes Of Health
05.2023 - Current
Assistant Professor (Research), School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Wayne State
07.2021 - 02.2023
Research Associate in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Wayne State University
01.2016 - 07.2021
Research Assistant, Department of Methodology and Statistics
Tilburg University
08.2012 - 12.2015
Lecturer, Department of Statistics
Addis Ababa University
09.2008 - 07.2010
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Advising on Research Methods
University of Amsterdam
M.S. - Social and Behavioral Science
Tilburg University
M.S. - Statistics
Addis Ababa University
B.S. - Statistics
Addis Ababa University
Ph.D. - Statistics
Tilburg University
Publications
Available on google google scolar at
Dereje W Gudicha - Google Scholar
Selected publications are listed below.
1. Romero R, Jung E, Chaiworapongsa T, Erez O, Gudicha D.G., Kim YM, Kim JD, Kim B, Kusanovic JP, Gotsch F, Tarca AB, Yoon BH, Hassan SS, Hsu CD, Chaemsaithong P, Gomez-Lopez N, Yeo L, Kim CJ, Tarca AL. Toward a new taxonomy of obstetrical disease: improved performance of maternal blood biomarkers for the great obstetrical syndromes when classified according to placental pathology. 01/2023;227(4):615.e1-615.e25. PubMed PMID: 36180175. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.04.015.
2. Tarca AL, Romero R, Bhatti G, Gotsch F, Done B, Gudicha DW. Human Plasma Proteome During Normal Pregnancy. 09/2022. PubMed PMID: 36154181. doi: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.2c00391.
3. Gudicha DW, Romero R, Gomez-Lopez N, Galaz J, Bhatti G, Done B, Jung E, Gallo DM, Bosco M, Suksai M, Diaz-Primera R, Chaemsaithong P, Gotsch F, Berry SM, Chaiworapongsa T, Tarca AL. The amniotic fluid proteome predicts imminent preterm delivery in asymptomatic women with a short cervix. 07/2022;12(1):11781. PubMed PMID: 35821507. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15392-3.
4. Gudicha DW, Romero R, Kabiri D, Hernandez-Andrade E, Pacora P, Erez O, Kusanovic JP, Jung E, Paredes C, Berry SM, Yeo L, Hassan SS, Hsu CD, Tarca AL. Personalized assessment of cervical length improves prediction of spontaneous preterm birth: a standard and a percentile calculator. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 03/01/2021;224(3):288.e1-288.e17. PubMed PMID: 32918893.
5. Gudicha DW, Schmittmann VD, Tekle FB, Vermunt JK. Power Analysis for the Likelihood-Ratio Test in Latent Markov Models: Shortcutting the Bootstrap P-Value-Based Method. Multivariate behavioral research. 09/01/2016;51(5):649-660. PubMed PMID: 27739902.
Honors / Awards
12/2012 Research-Talent Grant Award, The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) Award for thesis research on power analyses of latent class and latent Markov models, 05/2010 Oldendorff Scholarship, Research Master’s Program in Social and Behavioral Science, Tilburg University, The Netherlands