Sunil Gupta
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Sunil Gupta, Director, Statistical Programming
- SAS Global Forum Section Chair 2010: Systems Architecture [1]
- Top 100 Notable People in the Medical Device Industry 2008 [2]
- Editorial Board Member of Good Programming Practices for Clinical Trials [3]
- Subject Matter Expert for Edit Check Design Principles Chapter in Good Clinical Data Management Practices (GCDMP)
- CDISC for Medical Device Team (Industry Expert)
- SAS Customer Advisory Panel
- Invite Sunil to speak at your next SAS User Group Meeting:
[4]
- E-mail Sunil to be included on his e-mail distribution list
- GuptaProgramming.com Web Site: [5]
New e-book! Order and download now.
Compare_and_Conquer_SAS_Programming_Techniques
Search/Cut/Paste SAS code in your SAS program.
View Presentation Now: Practice Makes Perfect: Training and Performing in the Pharmaceutical Industry
SAS Global Forum, March 2009 [6]
See below for classes in 2010
- Preparing SAS Programmers for the Pharmaceutical Industry (An Introduction)
SAS Global Forum 2010, Pre-conference class [7]
- Now OnDemand - "Effective Clinical Data Acceptance Testing"
[8]
Book Titles
SAS Authorline Interview with Sunil Gupta [9]
Compare_and_Conquer_SAS_Programming_Techniques
(New e-book)
Quick Results with the Output Delivery System
Data Management and Reporting Made Easy with SAS Learning Edition
(Useful for Enterprise Guide Users also!)
Sharpening Your SAS Skills by Sunil Gupta and Curt Edmonds
(Useful to prepare for the SAS Base Certification Exam)
See my quote about SAS Certification on SAS Institute's web site
[10]
[11]
Book Reviews
Quick Results with the Output Delivery System
- Lesley Harschnitz, Toronto-Area SAS Society [12].
- Susan J. Slaughter, Avocet Solutions, William Hewitt, Ph.D., West Chester University [13].
Data Management and Reporting Made Easy with SAS Learning Edition
(Useful for Enterprise Guide Users also!)
- Charles Patridge, SCONSIG.COM [14].
- Business Intelligence SAS User Group Newsletter [15]
Sharpening Your SAS Skills
(Useful to prepare for the SAS Base Certification Exam)
- SESUG Fall 2007 Newsletter [16].
- Frank DiIorio, CodeCrafters, Inc. [17].
- Charles Patridge, SCONSIG.COM [18].
- The American Statistican, vol. 60, No. 4, 346-346(1), November 2006. Media: American_Stat_Review_Sharpening_Your_SAS Skills.pdf
- Journal of Applied Statistics, vol. 33, No. 6, 641-644, July 2006. Media: Applied_Statistics_SAS_Skills_Book_Review_2006.pdf
- Biometrial Journal, vol. 50, 324 (2008). Media: Biometrical_Journal_SAS_Skills_Review_2008.pdf
- SciTech Book News, 9/1/2005. [19]
- DMReview.com’s Top Books in Data Management, Data Analysis and Query and Reporting [20].
Popular SAS Classes
Best Practices in SAS Statistical Programming for Regulatory Submission Media: Brochure_Best_Practices_SAS_Statistical_Programming_2010.pdf
- Download invited clinical presentation and paper, "Clinical-Data Acceptance Testing Procedure"
Now available on demand, any time:
- Best Practices in SAS Statistical Programming for Regulatory Submission: Understanding and Applying the QC Plan to Validate Summary Tables [21]
- Best Practices in SAS Statistical Programming for Regulatory Submission: Creating Publication-Quality Summary Tables [22]
- Effective Clinical Data Acceptance Testing [23]
These courses are offered through The Center for Professional Advancement, an organization which is CEU accredited.
New: Available on demand, any time for special price of $48 per class:
Complete set of course notes and handouts.
- Sharpening Your SAS Skills: Preparing for SAS Certification [24]
(Topics: Accessing Data, Creating Data Structures, Managing Data, Generating Reports, Handling Errors) See Detail Outline [25]
E-mail Sunil with any questions
Class Student Quotes
- "Thank you again for your time and great contribution to all SAS users.", Qing Zheng, Senior Statistical Analyst
Sharpening Your SAS Skills:
- "Even though I've been a SAS user for a few years, I never felt comfortable with data management in SAS until I read Sunil's book. Step by step process and extensive examples in each chapter give you a deep sense of data structure in SAS. In addition, the wide range of questions at the end of each chapter provides an opportunity to put your understanding to the test.", Arash Mahdian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, PhD student in Economics
- "Very knowledgeable instructor; Excellent handouts"
- "Reviewing concepts for SAS Certification"
- "Many practical examples and questions"
- "Good review for common SAS skills"
- "I enjoyed your class and look forward to applying what I'm learning from your book Sharpening Your SAS Skills"., WUSS 2007
Best Practices in SAS Statistical Programming for Regulatory Submission:
- "The course was very interesting and it will be of great help to understand and analyze my data and to become more productive. Your course is exactly what I was looking for, as well as, material, books etc. Thank you very much for the experience. I hope to meet you in another course."
Silvia Trevisan
Data Management & Statistics
IBSA - R&D Dept.
October 19-20, 2009 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- "Very competent teacher, documents were very complete."
Chantel Kersten
Kinesis Pharma, The Netherlands
October 19-20, 2009 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- "It was a pleasure taking the class you taught. The class will help me
implement new standards immediately and will aid in creating a
programming environment where planning and validation are integral in
developing submission tables and listings sufficient for regulatory
review and audits."
Craig Wesselman
Biostatistics Supervisor
Tolmar
Fort Collins, CO
March 26-27, 2009 New Brunswick, New Jersey
- "The class is very helpful in our daily programming activities, especially on QC part.", PharmaSUG 2008
- "The right information I need to know; practical usages."
- "Liked the overview of the whole programming process."
- "Good instructor; like course content, clarity of information"
- "Your class was excellent! I found the class very helpful and upto date.", Don Hurst, Senior Statistical Programmer, ZymoGenetics, WUSS 2007
- "This was my first WUSS and I took 3-4 training classes, I liked yours as the best! Thank you for following up quickly with the reference material.", Devendra Patel, Project Lead, Clinical Programming Baxter, WUSS 2007
General Class Quotes:
- "I enjoyed your class, I certainly learned some new things!" "Thank you for being one of my best instructors. I always learn a lot from your classes. SANDS 2002
- "I can immediately implement or apply any of the concepts and/or techniques.", "Presentation meets my expectations.", WUSS 2006
- "You are an excellent teacher and do a great job!", WUSS 2004
- "I thank you for providing us with such valuable information and wish to attend further of those in the future.", ODS class 2004
- "You are a wonderful teacher, very patient and helpful.", Pharmaceutical Corporate Client, 2004
- "Your book was very thorough and helpful." WUSS 2003
- "Great seminar yesterday, and great turn out too!", UCLA, 2003
- "Your presentation was great, nicely polished, easy to understand, and paced just right. People really appreciated it.", SVSUGS 2002
Download Popular SAS Hands On Workshops and Papers
- Practice Makes Perfect: Training and Performing in the Pharmaceutical Industry [26]
- Clinical Data Acceptance Testing Procedure
[27]
- Quick Results with the Output Delivery System [28]
- ODS Technology for Todays Decision Makers
[29]
- Enterprise Guide for Business Analysts
[30]
- WHERE vs. IF Statements: Knowing the Difference in How and When to Apply
[31]
- Download all 20 Sunil Gupta's SAS papers
[32]
Industry-related Articles
Standards for Clinical Data Quality and Compliance Checks,
Data Basics, Society for Clinical Data Management, Winter 2008 newsletter, [33]
Clinical-Data Acceptance Testing Procedure, Pharmaceutical Programming, 2nd issue, 2008, [34]
Practice Makes Perfect: Making the Most of Training for Statistical Programmers, European Pharmaceutical Contractor Magazine, March 2008,
Media: Practice_Makes_Perfect.pdf
Know Your Industry: Developers in Health Care, Certification Magazine, July 2006,
Media: Know_Your_Industry_Developers_in_Health_Care.pdf
Applications Developers: The Artists of Technology - Provided Expert Interview, Certification Magazine article, March 2006.
Must-Have Tools for Developers – Provided Expert Interview, Certification Magazine article, January 2006, Media: Must_Have_Tools_for_Developers.pdf
On-the-Job Training Improves Job Performance, Guest Editorial article in Certification Magazine, May 2005 issue, Media: On_the_Job.doc.
Point-N-Click, Drag-N-Drop to Produce Great Reports, No SAS Programming Required! – Business Intelligence SAS Users Group, February 2006, [35].
DATA Step vs. PROC SQL: Issues with common variables when combining data sets - SAS Technical Tip – November 2005 [36].
WHERE vs. IF Statements: Knowing the Difference in How and When to Apply – SAS Technical Tip – June 2005 [37].
