Amanda Tran Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

• Study age-related hearing loss and memory, cochlear implants and speech comprehension, and physiological measures of cognitive effort in order to learn about speech comprehension and memory for speech with a particular focus on changes associated with healthy aging• Analyze data measurements of changes in pupil size while participants listen to recorded speech• Conduct experiments according to protocols; Present at weekly lab meetings to report findings

• Attended weekly lectures and assisted students with understanding of learning material for a class of 70 students• Held office hours and review sessions before major exams to help with student’s comprehension of course material• Graded students' major exams and homeworks and provided constructive feedback

Consulting internship through Health Career Connection (HCC), a highly selective national program• Assisted in many projects involving support of state agencies and their efforts to improve health care access and quality, and/or to slow cost growth. My scope of work includes conducting research and analysis, developing meeting materials, and developing public and internal meeting summaries• Connecticut Office of Health Strategy: Aided Connecticut’s Quality Council stakeholder group select Quality Benchmarks to be applied at the state and national level, as directed in Executive Order #5. Work includes conducting research on quality measures and taking notes during meetings• Buying Value Project: Updated a database of measures developed and/or in use by states and any associated performance levels, which helps states select measures and set targets for their own performance measurement programs• Mass General Brigham: Sat in on and took notes during focus groups with physicians at MGB about practice utilization in order to gain feedback about how to make the reports more useful and actionable before they are distributed throughout all of MGB• Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner (OHIC) : Updated a survey that OHIC uses to annually collect data from practices to assess whether they meet the state requirements to be recognized as a patient-centered medical home • California Health Care Foundation: Assisted in summarizing public comment received in response to the state Medicaid agency’s draft managed care procurement, which Medi-Cal will use to inform the final procurement and solicit new managed care organizations for 2024• Health Care Cost Growth Targets: Researched federal and state special COVID-19 payments made to providers in states with health care cost growth target programs during 2020 to assess whether they will impact states’ abilities to meet their targets

• Support senior level search associates in all aspects of the search process, including research, outreach and phone interviews for healthcare recruiting • Create a database of salary data for various executive healthcare positions to aid search associates in consulting clients• Provide database management and optimization to create a condensed and reliable archive of potential candidates for executive positions

• Attended all lectures and supported student's learning of course material for a class of 160 students• Held weekly office hours to answer questions about lecture material• Graded major exams and writing assignments and provided constructive feedback

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

• Attended weekly lectures and assisted students with understanding of learning material for a class of 35 students• Held office hours to help with student’s comprehension of Research Methods course • Graded students' major exams and APA style papers and provided constructive feedback

• Greeted and welcomed customers into restaurant; handled money transactions with customers • Discussed promotions with customers in order to increase sales • Improved engagement with foods and drinks and provided outstanding customer service

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

• Acted as a role-model and mentor for children by being a leader and setting a good example • Planned and coordinated activities to create an organized schedule for 25 children • Prepared breakfasts and lunches and ensured children’s happiness and safety throughout the day

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology And Health: Science, Society, And Policy

Minor: Women's, Gender, and Sexualities Studies Dean's List: Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021.

Education record

Activities and Societies: National Honors Society, Spanish National Honors Society, Varsity Gymnastics Team