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• Provides writing, editing, and administrative support for scientific and social science research
• Supports research goals by retrieving and organizing requested data from literature reviews
• Engages in quality assurance and control tasks for study reports, regulatory documentation, and other client deliverables
• Reviews documents, tables, and figures for content, grammar, format, and consistency
• Conducts semi-structured interviews for the collection of research data
• Familiar with SAS coding and interpretation

Remote

• Specialized in the process of creating and editing authorization and procedural documents for mental health authorization submissions
• Developed quality assurance plans for Medicaid authorization documentation to implement program wide
• Monitored submissions of authorization requests in electronic medical record system
• Interpreted and synthesized authorization feedback to provide clinicians with easy-to-understand directives to improve treatment outcomes
• Ensured adherence to policies and procedures related to enhanced mental health services by meeting deadlines, building relationships with clinicians and upper management, and facilitating communication among all.
• Provided regular updates to team leadership on quality metrics by communicating problems or deficiencies and creating action plans

UNC Hospice

• Provided respite support for individuals given 6 months or fewer to live and their families
• Composed visit notes for nurses and social workers who are seeing the patients I volunteer to visit
• Wrote sympathy cards for families who have lost someone seen by UNC Hospice
• Created tactile aprons for individuals with dementia who are apart of UNC Hospice

UNC Pain Management Center

• Supervised and aided undergraduate research assistants in completion of assigned research tasks
• Assisted with SPSS database creation and management, literature, and grant searches
• Participated in studies related to pain including the explorations of ethnic disparities, age, and psychosocial factors as it pertains to pain
• Assisted in the preparation, co-writing, and publication of manuscripts

UNC School Of Medicine

• Executed quality assurance through the design and implementation of protocols for research and related training for international research consortium of a multi-year, NIH grant
• Led training and support efforts related to study protocols and served as primary liaison for multi-site, global implementation
• Provided ongoing quality assurance/control support for standard operating procedures to ensure ongoing success for global site use in line with study updates
• Performed copyediting for the submission of peer-reviewed manuscripts for journal submission
• Prepared documents, reports and presentations related to ongoing research activities and outcomes for NIH tracking and conference presentations
• Screened patient records, databases, and physician referrals to identify prospective candidates for research

• Supervised undergraduate research assistants in completion of assigned research tasks
• Assisted with SPSS database creation and management, literature reviews, and grant searches
• Engaged in research related to chronic pain, including the explorations of racial/ethnic disparities, age, and psychosocial factors
• Participated in the preparation, co-writing, and publication of manuscripts
• Collaborated with leadership team to identify relevant questions and determine best methods of collection for ongoing research

UNC Health Care

• Engaged in various modalities of therapy (Individual, group, telephonic) and conducted intake interviews, testing batteries, and additional assessments as needed for chronic pain patients
• Co-led group therapy and designed manual for group therapy sessions
• Implemented sound, peer-reviewed methodologies, and interventions to foster psychological health and improve pain level outcomes
• Collaborated with subject matter experts on chronic pain to improve treatment plans
• Cooperated with other practitioners to conduct research, devise improvements, and discuss treatment innovations

UNC School Of Medicine

• Engaged in research for heart and lung transplant focused on: return to work, spirituality, counseling, and psychiatric disabilities and related outcomes
• Provided administrative support and organization for ongoing studies
• Prepared materials for reports, presentations, and submission to peer-reviewed journals
• Gathered, reviewed, and summarized literature from scientific journals

Oconomowoc, WI

• Provided daily support for individuals in a residential setting with a focus on Obsessive Compulsive Disorders and Eating Disorders
• Facilitated exposure therapy, one-to-one counseling, resident education, and resident outings
• Wrote clinical notes for hospital electronic records systems
• Worked in child, adolescent, and adult impatient and outpatient settings with a vast array of disorders

Milwaukee Children's Hospital

• Assisted in research regarding the role of intervention in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Designed and implemented protocols for the study participant packets
• Monitored clinic schedule, consented, and administered surveys in a clinic and home environment
• Managed SPSS data input and designed database to track participants
• Conducted independent research project on pain impacts in pediatric IBD

Dept Of Psychology

• Assisted in teaching undergraduate Introduction to Psychology course for fall semester
• Facilitated review session lectures and tutoring sessions
• Created review materials including PowerPoint, Word documents, Publisher guides, and other handouts

Milwaukee

• Worked as a research assistant on studies analyzing children living in violent homes
• Coded interviews of the children based on inter-parental conflict at home
• Met weekly to discuss coding scheme and inter-coder reliability, provided 95% reliability

Marquette University

• Assisted professors in the department with literature searches related to the justice system
• Previewed videos and created summaries and guides for lectures
• Designed and implemented databases for internship data using both Microsoft Excel and Access
• Transcribed audios for study related to spouses incarcerated for sexual abuse

Upward Bound

• Worked with low-income, first-generation pre-college students to enter college
• Tutored high school students in mathematics, history, and theology twice weekly
• Created tutoring and teaching plans for given courses and material
• Examined alternative teaching methods for individuals who were struggling

Master'S Degree - Ms, Rehabilitation Counseling And Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Psi Chi, Pi Beta Phi, Rho Lambda Honor Society