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JungAh Jung

Lexington,MA

Summary

PhD lead statistician with 18 years clinical statistics experience with pharmaceutical companies. Extensive hands-on experience in all aspects of statistical activities including designing, conducting, and reporting all phase of clinical trials (I - IV) and publication support. Experience leading NDA activities for 1 neuropsychiatry compound and interaction with global health authorities (FDA and EMA). Experience as program lead statistician and contributing to strategy discussion cross functional settings. Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to effectively represent biostatistics to project teams and senior management. Experience working in Oncology, CNS, and rare disease therapeutic areas.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Director

Beacon Therapeutics, Inc
2023.09 - Current
  • Provide strategic and technical leadership across multiple phases of drug development including but not limited to study design/conduct/analysis, study result interpretations, regulatory interactions, publications, and clinical development planning

Director

Sage Therapeutics, Inc
2021.12 - 2023.09
  • Led two pivotal phase 3 studies in drug development programs to treat major depressive disorder and provided technical and strategic leadership in leading and execution of clinical trials.

Associate Director

Sage Therapeutics, Inc.
2020.01 - 2021.12
  • Provided sample size calculation/power justification, statistical sections of protocols, SAPs, clinical study report, and publications.

Associate Director

Radius Pharmaceuticals, Inc
2018.12 - 2020.01
  • Led pivotal phase 3 in drug development programs to treat breast cancer as program statistician and provide technical and strategic leadership in study design including biomarker enrichment strategy, and execution of clinical trials.

Senior Manager

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc
2016.01 - 2018.12
  • Produced and oversaw production of protocol development (study design including non-inferiority, and statistical methods section) to treat partial-onset seizures and detailed statistical analysis plans that led to comprehensive clinical study reports suitable for regulatory submissions.

Principal Statistician

Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Inc
2009.05 - 2015.12
  • Served as lead statistician for several Phase I-III clinical trials
  • Designed adaptive 2- stage phase II/III clinical trial for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) indication.

Biostatistician

Clinical Trial Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation
2008.06 - 2008.12
  • Prepared data analysis plans and assisted with preparation of manuscripts
  • Wrote reports describing results of statistical analysis and presented results.

Senior Biostatistician

Novartis Pharmaceuticals, AG
2006.02 - 2008.05
  • Supported several of oncology clinical pharmacology (CP) projects from preparation, execution, and reporting to approval
  • Provided statistical support to develop study protocols and wrote statistical analysis plans for several study designs.

Education

Ph. D - Biostatistics

University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
08.2006

M.S - Statistics

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
08.2003

M.A - Mathematics

University of Maine
Orono, ME
08.2001

B.S - Statistics

Kyungpook National University
02.1999

Skills

  • Manage all statistical activities including providing input to statistical section in protocols, statistical analysis plan, DMC charter, and publications. Demonstrate statistical knowledge with the ability to apply to scientific and clinical problems in drug development. Expertise in advanced/complex statistical methods used in drug development; missing data imputation, multiplicity adjustment, power calculation, probability of success assessment, longitudinal data analysis. Lead developing department standards and research in advanced statistical methodologies. Oversee work by CROs and ensure quality of the deliverables. Proficient in SAS and R programming, EAST, nQuery, PASS, Winbugs, MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Presentations

  • Intern graduate associate presentation at Merck Research Labs, Merck & Co., Inc. Rahway, NJ, August 2005. Assessing PK-AE Relationship with Cumulative Instantaneous Log-Odds Ratio.
  • Poster presentation at the XXIIIth International Biometric Conference in Montréal, Canada, July 16-21, 2006. Survival Instantaneous Log-Odds Ratio from Empirical Functions.
  • Poster presentation at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Seattle, Washington, August 6-10, 2006 Survival Instantaneous Log-Odds Ratio from Empirical Functions.
  • Goldberg SL, Fenaux P, Craig MD, Gyan E, Lister J, Kassis J, Jung J et al. Phase 2 Study of MLN8237, an Investigational Aurora A Kinase (AAK) Inhibitor in Patients with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) and Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS). American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, Abstracts 2010;116: Abstract 3273.
  • Friedberg JW, Mahadevan D, Jung J et al. Phase 2 Trial of Alisertib (MLN8237), an investigational, potent inhibitor of aurora A kinase (AAK), in patients (pts) with aggressive B-and T-cell non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL). The 11th International Congress on Malignant Lymphoma, Lugono, Switzerland, June 2011 and the American Society of Hematology Meeting, San Diego, CA Dec 2011.
  • Falchook GS, Zhou X, Rosen LS, Venkatakrishnan K, Kurzrock R, Goldman JW, Jung J et al. Food effect study of the investigational Aurora A Kinase (AAK) inhibitor MLN8237 (alisertib) in patients with advanced solid tumors. European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2012 Poster presentation.
  • Almhanna K, Messersmith WA, Ahnert JR, Cruz C, Ryan DP, Faris JE, Jung J et al. MLN0264, an investigational, first-in-class antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) targeting guanylyl cyclase C (GCC): Phase 1, first-in-human study in patients (pts) with advanced gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies expressing GCC. The 2013 ASCO Annual Meeting, abstract #111779.
  • Cruz C, Almhanna K, Messersmith WA, Ahnert JR, Ryan DP, Jung J et al. MLN0264, an investigational anti-guanylyl cyclase C (GCC) antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), in patients (pts) with advanced gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies: Phase I study The 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting, abstract # 3546

Publications

  • Jung J and Drane JW (2007). Survival instantaneous log-odds ratio from empirical functions. The International Journal of Biostatistics; 3(1), Article 7.
  • Cervantes A, Elez E, Roda D, Ecsedy J, Macarulla T, Venkatakrishnan K, Rosell S, Andreu J, Jung J et al (2012). Phase I Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Study of MLN8237, an Investigational Oral, Selective Aurora A Kinase Inhibitor, in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors. Clinical Cancer Research; 18: 4764-4774.
  • Friedberg JW, Mahadevan D, Cebula E, Persky D, Lossos I, Agarwal AB, Jung J, Burack R, Zhou X, Leonard EJ, Fingert H, Danaee H, Bernstein SH (2014). Phase II study of alisertib, a selective aurora A kinase inhibitor, in relapsed and refractory aggressive B- and T-Cell non-hodgkin lymphomas. Journal of clinical oncology; 32(1):44-50.
  • Goldberg SL, Fenaux P, Craig MD, Gyan E, Lister J, Kassis J, Pigneux A, Schiller GJ, Jung J, Leonard EJ, Fingert H, Westervelt P (2014). An exploratory phase 2 study of investigational Aurora A kinase inhibitor alisertib (MLN8237) in acute myelogenous leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes Leukemia Research Reports; 3:58-61.
  • Falchook GS, Venkatakrishnan K, Sarantopoulos J, Kurzrock R, Mita AC, Fu S, Mita MM, Zhou X, Jung J et al (2015). Relative bioavailability study of a prototype oral solution formulation of the Aurora A kinase inhibitor alisertib (MLN8237) in patients with advanced solid tumors. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics; 53(7):563-72.
  • Falchook GS, Zhou X, Venkatakrishnan K, Kurzrock R, Mahalingam D, Goldman JW, Jung J, Ullmann CD, Milch C, Rosen LS, Sarantopoulos J (2016). Effect of Food on the Pharmacokinetics of the Investigational Aurora A Kinase Inhibitor Alisertib (MLN8237) in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors. Drugs in R&D; 16(1):45-52.
  • Almhanna K, Kalebic T, Cruz C, Faris JE, Ryan DP, Jung J, Wyant T, Fasanmade AA, Messersmith W, Rodon J (2016). Phase I Study of the Investigational Anti-Guanylyl Cyclase Antibody-Drug Conjugate TAK 264 (MLN0264) in Adult Patients with Advanced Gastrointestinal Malignancies. Clin Cancer Res;22(20):5049-5057.
  • Chung S, Sinha SR, Shah A, Stern JM, Cheng H, Jung J, Grinnell T, Blum D (2019) Long-term safety and efficacy following conversion to eslicarbazepine acetate monotherapy in adults with focal seizures. Epilepsy Research; volume 153:59-65
  • Bardia A, Aftimos P, Bihani T, Anderson-Villaluz A, Jung J, Conlan M, Kaklamani G (2019). EMERALD: Phase III trial of elacestrant (RAD1901) vs endocrine therapy for previously treated ER+ advanced breast cancer. Future Oncology; volume 15; no 28; 3209-3218
  • Clayton A, Lasser R, Parikh S, Iosifescu D, Jung J, Kotecha M, Forrestal F, Jonas J, Kanes S, Doherty J (2023). Zuranolone for the treatment of adults with major depressive disorder: A randomized, placebo‐controlled phase 3 trial. The American Journal of Psychiatry; 180(9):676-684
  • Parikh A, Aaronson S, Mathew J, Gustavo A, DeBattista C, Kanes, S, Lasser, R, Bullock A, Kotecha M, Jung J, et al (2023.) Efficacy and safety of zuranolone co-initiated with an antidepressant in adults with major depressive disorder: results from the phase 3 CORAL study. American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

Timeline

Senior Director

Beacon Therapeutics, Inc
2023.09 - Current

Director

Sage Therapeutics, Inc
2021.12 - 2023.09

Associate Director

Sage Therapeutics, Inc.
2020.01 - 2021.12

Associate Director

Radius Pharmaceuticals, Inc
2018.12 - 2020.01

Senior Manager

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc
2016.01 - 2018.12

Principal Statistician

Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Inc
2009.05 - 2015.12

Biostatistician

Clinical Trial Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation
2008.06 - 2008.12

Senior Biostatistician

Novartis Pharmaceuticals, AG
2006.02 - 2008.05

Ph. D - Biostatistics

University of South Carolina

M.S - Statistics

University of Connecticut

M.A - Mathematics

University of Maine

B.S - Statistics

Kyungpook National University
JungAh Jung