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Accomplished Research Executive an experienced, passionate, and collaborative leader in healthcare research, with 15+ years of progressive experience leading diverse, multi-site teams for clinical and health services research within healthcare, academic, and human genetics research settings. Skilled in creating strategic plans for research growth, developing algorithms for identifying patients for clinical trials, and developing instructional materials and leading projects for physician investigator collaborators. Developed research infrastructure in every organization I've worked for. Helped build the Personalized Medicine cohort within the Marshfield Clinic; contributed to the development of the Precision Texas initiative within The University of North Texas Health Science Center, and served as a faculty adviser for the Graduate School; developed a query system to interrogate the data warehouse for eligible patients as a preparatory to research request with CHRISTUS Health. Broad knowledge of Institutional Review Board (IRB) requirements for human research protections, both in terms of clinical research and for biospecimen use. Successful grant writer with numerous investigator designed projects receiving funding from a number of federal and local organizations. My most recent publications include a study initiated by a patient who wanted to know why a particular disease (Meneteir's disease) affected her family disproportionately, as well as a collaborative implementation project to determine how best family health history can be utilized by patients and providers to increase patient health.

Listed skills include Genetics, Clinical Research, Personalized Medicine, Strategic Research Planning, and 8 others.