Statement of Purpose

I am expecting my Master’s degree in Medicinal Chemistry from Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA) in just a few months, and hopefully the following information will allow me to go one step further in pursuing admission into the M.S. program in Biostatistics at the University of XXXXX. My career goal is to be a data analyst in health research and policy; where I will be able to apply my knowledge in statistics and pharmacy to make my contribution to the health care industry, and where I can support myself by doing what I actually love.

Having lived in the States for three years, acculturation has been a bewildering, refreshing and exciting course for me. With new perspectives, new perceptions, and new understandings, I’ve been seeing things very differently. As people say, “in doing, we learn.” During the time I was learning to perform at a Christmas dinner party, to appreciate the amusing and witty comments from lecture professors, to raft and canyoning with my American friends, and to paint my own apartment, I also came to realize that a career in health research and policy as well as drug discovery and development is an evolving process of understanding new trends.

My research experiences were primarily concerned with the creation of new synthetic drug compounds as well as preclinical ADME studies. I started my education in pharmacy at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) years ago, and had my first lab experience when doing my undergraduate graduation thesis project: “Suksdorfin and DCP analogs as potent anti-HIV agents.” In 2009, I had another opportunity for a three-month exchange program at National Tsing Hua University (Hsinchu, Taiwan). I worked in Dr. Hsing-Wen Sung’s lab conducted a project at the chemical engineering d...

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...tics. It is important to understand that it takes years of hard work to become an overnight success. And it is also very important to believe what dreams can reach, pace will eventually arrive.

Admittedly, I came from a different major other than statistics; I work harder to prepare myself better, both intellectually and financially. Besides possessing solid knowledge in pharmacy and physiopathology from my own major, I’ve picked up basic statistics courses as calculus, linear algebra, statistics introduction, STATA introduction, etc. (from Fudan, Duquesne, UPitt and coursera.org). Additionally, I have been working very hard to ensure myself financially confident for the new major. My GPA suffered a little bit unfortunately. With an enterprising mind, I’ll continue to explore what I lack and manage to do better. Thanks for your consideration.

Best,

Fa-Qiang Liu