Elijah Hart, Mph, Cph Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Portland, Oregon, United States

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Support a caseload of 40+ members living with severe and persistent mental illness.
• Perform member engagement, social design, relationship development, continuous assessment and therapeutic intervention and management of transitional environments with the Fountain House membership.
• Advocate for members well-being, safety, and livelihood; support members’ clinical, legal, housing, appointments, medications, and independent living opportunities.

Portland, Oregon, United States

• Primary Investigator: Dr. Angelica Morales, PhDAssistant Professor, Dept. of PsychiatryFocus: Neurobiological Markers of Risk for Substance Use
• Managed all aspects of an NIH-funded clinical trial designed to predict future cigarette use from cognitive (e.g., WASI), behavioral (e.g., tasks administered in E-Prime, Inquist Millisecond), and neuroimaging metrics.
• Created social media (Meta, TikTok, Craigslist, etc.,) and grassroots approaches to improve recruitment resulting in 1207 participants screened over 2 years.
• Spearheaded creation of REDCap database, generated data for NIH progress reports in SPSS and Excel and developed and documented standard operating procedures for data collection in Notion.
• Built strong rapport with participants leading to a 79% retention rate over the course of 2 years.
• Responsible for program evaluation, quality improvement, budget tracking, ordering supplies, IRB compliance, and staff training.

Portland, Oregon, United States

• Preceptor: Amy Penkin, MSW, LCSWClinical Program Manager, Transgender Health ProgramFocus: Evaluating Community-Centered Efforts to Advance Transgender & Gender-Diverse Health
• Co-designed and implemented a process evaluation of the Social Connection Project (SCP), a volunteer-led friendly caller program to increase social connections for people in the transgender/nonbinary community who feel.
• Co-designed and implemented an impact evaluation of a Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy (GAHT) Community of Practice that aimed to build capacity for GAHT in care deserts in Oregon and Washington; built pre- mid- and.
• Analyzed evaluation findings using Excel, Qualtrics, and Dedoose; presented results from both projects at the 2023 Mountain West Transforming Care Conference.

Portland, Oregon, United States

• Primary Investigator: Dr. Elizabeth Needham Waddell, PhDAssociate Professor, School of Public HealthFocus: Improving the Accessibility & Effectiveness of Addiction Services & Treatments
• Supported retention, recruitment, and data collection for an NIH-funded multisite open-label randomized controlled trial comparing the retention and effectiveness of medications used to treat opioid use disorder among.
• Managed rapport and transportation; collected data, consented participants, and tracked study progression using REDCap and Trialmaster.
• Facilitated access to services that supported study participation (e.g., social services, treatment programs).
• Conducted field tracking (e.g., searching common hangouts, contacting approved friends, family, and law enforcement professionals) and searched public and private databases (e.g., arrest logs, vital records) for.

Portland, Oregon, United States

• Co-mentors: Drs. Bonnie Nagel, PhD, & Angelica Morales, PhDSchool of Medicine, Dept. of Psychiatry Focus: The Genetic & Neurobiological Underpinnings of Alcohol Use Disorder
• Completed an intensive 8-week research and career development internship with OHSU's Center for Diversity & Inclusion and the OHSU Developmental Brain Imaging Lab.
• Investigated the influence of the GABRA2 gene and subjective response to alcohol on the development of alcohol use patterns. Presented findings at the 2021 Equity Internship Research Presentations Session and the 2022.
• Co-authored a manuscript on the relationship between the resting-state functional connectivity of the brain's mesolimbic reward pathway, impulsivity, and patterns of alcohol use; published in the journal of Alcohol.

Portland, Oregon, United States

• Lewis & Clark College Office of Health Promotion & Wellness
• Advocated for equity and wellness within the Lewis & Clark College student community.
• Created educational content using Canva and Adobe Creative Suite that supported the college’s goals for operating safely amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Co-managed the LC Public Health Instagram page.

Portland, Oregon, United States

• Lewis & Clark College Student Academic Affairs Board
• Provided academic support to students taking Organic Chemistry at Lewis & Clark College.

Portland, Oregon, United States

• Primary Investigator: Dr. Todd Watson, PhDAssociate Professor of PsychologyFocus: Play Styles Effect on Prosocial Behaviors in 4 - 6-Year-Old Children
• Collaborated with Allison Lowrie, Early Childhood Education Coordinator of the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (OMSI), to investigate relationships between play styles and prosocial behavior in 4 - 6-year-olds.
• Acted as a researcher and OMSI Living Lab representative to participants and their parents. Discussed and presented the parameters and premises of early childhood development research to OMSI visitors.
• Administered and recorded the results of a sprung dictatorship scenario following a period of monitored play. Organized and analyzed the collected data using Excel and SPSS.
• Presented initial results of the research at the 2020 Lewis & Clark College Festival of Scholars and at the 2021 Western Psychological Association Conference.Focus: Spontaneous Eye-Blink Rates Relationship with.
• Explored relationships between spontaneous eye-blink rates and cognitive/behavioral responses to food cues. Examined instruction delivery variations' effect on eye-blink rates during cognitive task performance.

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

• Facilitated the psychiatric rehabilitation of individuals living in residential treatment facilities under the jurisdiction of the Psychiatric Security Review Board of the State of Oregon.
• Implemented clinical treatment plans as directed by each resident's clinical care team. Promoted independence by providing trauma-informed care to clients as they worked to achieve their individual treatment goals.
• Tracked protected health information in Epic. Assisted residents with medical appointment scheduling, budget management, and medication management.

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Public Health Practice

Activities and Societies: Co-founder of the Prison Abolition for Public Health Student Workgroup (2022-2023, Co-President of the Institute.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Psi Chi Honor Society, Chief Financial Officer & Co-Founder LC Prison Abolition Club (2020-2021), Ford Scholar.