Dr. John N. Twist’s Webpage
Welcome to my webpage! I am a Part-Time Lecturer in Statistics within the Department of Statistics at WVU. I am also adjunct faculty at the WVU College of Pharmacy and the School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering.
I spent 36 years working within Pharmaceutical R&D Organizations as a: Formulation Scientist, Statistician and Business Operations Director. I retired from the Pharmaceutical Industry (Mylan) on June 3, 2022 and taught Statistics Courses STAT-215 and STAT-511 at WVU in 2022.
I gained extensive knowledge of the drug product development process (including shelf-life estimation), modeling and simulation of business workflows, process improvement/optimization, physical testing, measurement system analysis (MSA), statistical process control (SPC), unit operations for manufacturing drug products and corresponding technology transfer to manufacturing plants. I collaborated with scientists in the area of industrial experimental designs (DOE), data analysis/visualization, and stochastic modeling (Bootstrapping/Monte Carlo and dynamic Pharmacokinetic computer simulation methods).
Experience at Mylan (now Viatris) was focused on supporting Product Development (solid oral generics) and Legal-IP groups with respect to patent analysis and litigation support related to formulation and drug substance polymorph patents. Fast-tracked a high value osmotic pump project and coordinated development of 6 bioequivalent OROS products, opioid tablets for oral cavity absorption and sustained release hydrophillic (slowly dissolving) matrix tablets.
Click here for my resume.
Fall 2022 Teaching:
- STAT 215-001 (Introduction to Probability and Statistics) - CRN: 87033 - Tuesday/Thursday 10:00 am to 11:15 am. Armstrong Room 209. Click here for STAT-215 Syllabus.
- STAT 511-002 (Statistical Methods I) - CRN: 89559 - Tuesday/Thursday 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm. Hodges Hall Room 336. Click here for the Mohr 4th Edition textbook data tables. Click here for STAT-511 Syllabus.
- Drop in Office Hours: Thursday, 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm, Armstrong 210F.
- General Recitation for STAT-215 and STAT-511: Tuesday Nights, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Hodges Hall 109.
- See eCampus for additional course information.
Please address comments to Professor
John Twist. (jntwist@mail.wvu.edu)
Last update: August 16, 2022.
