*Assisted in research of meta-analyses contributing to creation of national vitamin D guidelines**Worked on NIH funded project comparing methodology of randomized trials to observational trials

**Assisted patients in obesity reduction program utilizing meditation and exercise**Analyzed data sets for outcome evaluation of medical symptom reduction program

*Researched clinical trials to be included in book of 100 most important trials since 1948**Presented on trial methodology and impact of trial on practice patterns and course of public health

*Conducted data collection of inner-city residents on nutrition and food purchasing habits**Assisted in implementation of feasibility trial, including development of intervention materials

**Created model of direct and indirect healthcare costs to serve as future template for McCormick**Analyzed Return on Investment for range of McCormick's employee health improvement programs

**Moderated small group problem solving sessions on public health issues**Assisted graduate students in using problem solving methodology to address public health concerns

*Created quarterly report on emerging issues in health care to be presented to BCBS Board of Directors; included emerging medical technologies, analysis of healthcare costs and policies, competitor activity, and new health care business models**Managed database of innovative consumer-directed insurance products offered by Plans in the BCBS system, served as primary researcher and contact to individual Plan representatives**Created weekly news summary updating strategy-related departments on salient developments in the health care, retail, and technology sectors**Contributed to work team responsible for evaluating health information segment of large national competitor and presenting information to Board of Directors**Contributed to research on segmentation of health care costs related to and public perception of insurance, medical provider, and pharmaceutical industries**Selected vendor responsible for web usability testing of entire BCBS system wide extranet

**Created 'Request For Proposal' for multi-million dollar national printing contract in order to streamline system-wide procurement and leverage purchasing power, responsible for 75% of project work while being primary contact person for printing vendors, BCBS plans**In "Request For Proposal" for shipping contract, was sole individual responsible for evaluating pricing policy of three largest shippers in the United States, which was weighted 50% in evaluation **Constructed matrices to evaluate proposals in shipping, printing, application hosting, and e-sourcing industries, analyzed best in class vendors with project teams and contributed to choosing vendor