Mathematics and Statistics Career Day

 At  Kean University
 Downs Hall
 Friday September 21, 2007                                            2:00 – 5:00PM
 Presented by
 Dr. Tom Capizzi, VP of Statistics/programming/data management (Schering Plough)
 Dr. Steve Ascher, Senior Director        (Johnson & Johnson)
 Dr. Eswar Phadia, Professor                               ( William Paterson University)

Tom Capizzi, Ph.D

Dr. Capizzi is currently Vice President for Statistics, Data Management, and Programming at Schering Plough Research Institute.  Dr. Capizzi is responsible for pre-clinical, clinical (phase I - IV) and chemistry manufacturing and controls statistics, clinical programming, and clinical data management that support global pharmaceutical development. He has been Executive Director and Acting Head  in Late Stage Development Statistics at Merck Research Labs and Senior Director  in Clinical Biostatistics and Statistical Programming at  Merck for many years. He led  a group of about 50 statisticians  that provided innovative statistical design and analysis expertise in supporting late stage clinical development (phase IIb-V) programs and regulatory submissions in diabetes/obesity, atherosclerosis, bone biology, inflammation/immunology, pulmonary/allergy, urology, and women’s health. He has also authored many leading scientific publications and has given numerous presentations on related topics.

  Dr. Steve Ascher
   Senior Director

Steve Ascher,Ph.D
 
Dr. Steve Ascher is currently Senior Director, Biostatistics and head of a Biostatistics group within Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC (Johnson & Johnson).  His group is responsible for the design and analysis of Phase IV clinical studies in the Neurology and Psychiatry therapeutic areas.  In addition he has given in-house seminars on "Statistics for the Non-statistician." He received his PhD in Statistics in 1978 from SUNY Buffalo and is a 30 year member of the American Statistical Association.  Dr. Ascher taught in the Statistics Department at Temple University and was the founder of the undergraduate Statistics major program.  In addition he also founded the Biostatistics Department at Janssen (J&J) Medical Affairs.  Dr. Ascher is the author of several statistical and clinical study results papers and has served as a guest lecturer at the Temple University School of Pharmacy.  He has been with J&J for 17 years (10 years with McNeil Pharmaceutical and 7 years with Medical Affairs). 

  Prof. Eswar Phadia

Eswar Phadia, Ph.D
Dr. Eswar Phadia is currently Professor of Mathematics at William Paterson University, Wayne NJ.  He received his Ph.D. in 1971 from Ohio State University. He has served as Chairman of the Math Department for 6 years; Director of the Center for Research for 3 years and Dean for the College of Science and Health for 9 years.  Dr. Phadia has given numerous invited lectures and Seminars in Mathematical Sciences. In March 2007, he delivered a week long lecture on Bayesian Inference at the invitation of Zhongshan (Sun-Yat sen) University in China.  He held visiting professor positions at Columbia, Harvard, Rutgers and the University of California at Los Angeles and Davis campuses. He has secured many research grants from the National Science Foundation as well as state and local agencies. Dr. Phadia  is the author of three books and more than 40 research papers.

1000 Morris Avenue  •  Union, NJ 07083
908-737-KEAN (5326)

You have easy access from the Garden State Parkway, NJ Turnpike and Routes 1&9, 22 and 78. No wonder so many students choose to commute to Kean.

Park your car and enter the 150-acre campus dotted with woods, streams and open space, an ideal environment for learning and living. But the classroom does not end at the edge of the campus. Kean's faculty takes full advantage of the University's proximity to the New York/New Jersey's metropolitan area with its wealth of cultural and intellectual activities.

By Car
From US Route 22
Eastbound: Drive under Parkway turn right onto exit for Route 82 East. Continue toward Elizabeth. Campus is within 2 miles.
Westbound: Drive under Parkway, keep right and follow signs to Elizabeth (Route 82 East). Turn right on Morris Avenue.
From the Garden State Parkway
Northbound: Leave Parkway at Exit 140, keep right and follow signs for Route 82 East towards Elizabeth.
Southbound: Leave Parkway at Exit 140-A onto Route 22 West. Keep right and follow signs to Elizabeth (Route 82 East). Turn right on Morris Avenue.
From US Routes 1-9
Northbound: Enter Elizabeth and go around the Bayway circle onto Route 439 West (Elmora Avenue). Continue to Morris Avenue (Route 82). Campus is on the left.
Southbound: Entering Elizabeth follow signs for Local Traffic (extreme right). Follow signs to North Avenue. Turn right onto North Avenue (Route 439) and continue to Route 82 (Morris Avenue). Turn right. Campus is on the left.
From New Jersey Turnpike
Leave Turnpike at Exit 13A (Elizabeth). Follow North Avenue West sign onto route 439 which intersects with Route 82 (Morris Avenue) at University. Make right onto Morris Avenue. Campus is on the left.

Leave Turnpike at Exit 13 (Elizabeth). Follow signs for Route 439. Continue across Route 1-9 at Bayway intersection onto Elmora Avenue (Route 439). Continue to Route 82 (Morris Avenue). Campus is on the left.

Leave Turnpike at Exit 14 for Route 1-9 South. Entering Elizabeth follow signs for Local Traffic (extreme right). Follow signs to North Avenue which intersects with Route 82 (Morris Avenue) at University. Make right onto Morris Avenue. Campus is on the left.

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By Train
Union Station
Located at 900 Green Lane in Union, N.J., directly across the street from Kean’s main campus, Union Station is on NJ Transit’s Raritan Valley line, which runs northeast to Newark Penn Station, and southwest to High Bridge in Hunterdon County.

For a Raritan Valley line train schedule, visit
http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/r0060.pdf
Elizabeth Station
Elizabeth Station is located on West Grand Avenue, one block west of Broad Street in Elizabeth, N.J., which is just two miles from campus by bus or taxi. The NJ Transit Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast line trains stop there. The Northeast Corridor line runs northeast to Newark Penn Station and New York Penn Station, and southwest to Trenton. The North Jersey Coast line runs northeast to Newark’s Penn Station and New York City and southeast to Bay Head in Ocean County.

For a Northeast Corridor line train schedule, visit
http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/r0070.pdf

For a North Jersey Coast line train schedule, visit
http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/r0080.pdf

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By Bus
NJ Transit #52 and #26 between Elizabeth and Springfield passes the Campus on Morris Avenue. NJ Transit #113 between Plainfield and Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York, stops at Salem Road and Morris Avenue.

For further information about fares and schedules for buses and trains, visit www.njtransit.com

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