Amy Elliot, Phd Email & Phone Number

Interim Director of OMA: https://scrippsoma.org/The position supports the dissemination of joy through art. Opening Minds through Art (OMA) is an award-winning, evidence-based, intergenerational art-making program for people living with dementia. It was developed at Scripps Gerontology Center, an Ohio Center of Excellence at Miami University, in 2007..

Oxford, Ohio, United States

• Serves as data management and analysis lead on funded projects.
• Participates in or leads project conceptualization and research design.
• Works with co-investigators to initiate and submit proposals for external funding.
• Provides direction for funded research including project management, team leadership, and supervision of research assistants, associates, or graduate and undergraduate students.
• Co-authors reports, presentations, and manuscripts for publication.
• Maintains active agenda for externally funded research that aligns with organizational goals and priorities.

• Develops lectures to accommodate different learning styles, maximizing students' comprehension.
• Encourages students to actively participate in class through positive reinforcement and engagement techniques.

• Collaborated on over twenty grant-funded projects to drive the design, execution, and facilitation of innovative mixed methods research and evaluation projects to meet client needs and objectives.
• Directed research and technical assistance on projects including literature reviews, logic models, focus groups, interviews, statistical analysis, and survey development to contribute to successful program analysis and.
• Analyzed Medicaid and Medicare data to assess quality of care and cost efficiency.
• Communicated research findings and prepared polished reports highlighting results and potential improvement strategies.
• Published evaluation and research findings in scientific publications and journals.
• Executed qualitative and quantitative research studies using multiple proven research methodologies.

• Professionally led a major research and evaluation initiative of culture change implementation to investigate the correlation of cost and quality in consumer-directed care.
• Supported evaluation of over $1,000,000 in grant activities, including developing core competencies for physicians, the business case for culture change adoption, and quality analysis of Medicare data.
• Independently developed operational tools and benchmark measurements to substantiate the quality of care and quality of life metrics for culture change and consumer-directed care.
• Drafted and published policy briefs and publications detailing Pioneer Network activities and findings of research.
• Chaired the Advancing Excellence workgroup, designing tools that supported the Person-Centered Care goal.

Ph.D., John Glenn School Of Public Policy

Dissertation An Analysis of Participation, Quality of Care, & Efficiency Outcomes of an Inter-Organizational Network of Nursing Homes

Master Of Arts - Ma

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics