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Remote

• Work with Planned Parenthood (PP) affiliate staff to improve study capacity and operations, manage research-related activities, and identify and facilitate new study opportunities with industry, academic and foundation partners. • Develop and maintain business relationships with industry sponsors and clinical research organizations (CROs). Serve as liaison between sponsors/CROs and PP affiliates during start up of a new study. Includes conducting feasibility and contract and budget negotiations centrally for multiple affiliates, as well as managing the revenue cycle.• Guide strategic decision-making for research activities including business and protocol/proposal development, staffing models, operations, federal regulations, and study budgeting, as well as training and acting as an ambassador for PP. Examples include research workforce development initiatives, Epic EHR integration with research activities, and incorporating health and race equity principles into research conducted throughout the federation.• Establish and lead the Clinical Research Coordinator Corps (CCLC), a structured learning community for frontline affiliate clinical research coordinators through web-based and in-person interventions. Lead its expansion to include social science research. Develop and implement curriculum to teach and review “best practices” in research through book clubs and other group learning opportunities. • Provide mentorship and coordination of team members. Hire and supervise team members.• Manage the Research Readiness and Expansion Program (ReREP) which is a targeted and deep engagement with PPFA and affiliate research staff to build research capacity and infrastructure within affiliate programs. Conduct on-site and remote visits. Facilitate, make funding decisions, and consult. • Interview and evaluate affiliate research programs for PP accreditation.• Revise, update, and create new federation-wide research SOPs, oversee adoption and implementation process.

Seattle, Washington

• Manage all aspects of clinical services research for the PPGNHAIK affiliate, covering 6 states and 28 health centers.• Guide strategic planning and help create organizational structures for the research department and all research activities at the affiliate.• Manage a department budget of over half a million annually. Evaluate department performance using financial and operational metrics.• Engage outside research partners in creating research collaborations. Conduct contract and budget negotiations. Develop and deliver presentations to potential external collaborators. Assess feasibility of new research projects.• Oversee protection of human subjects and research regulatory compliance.• Hire, train, and supervise three full time research department staff. Create new job position descriptions and onboarding plans as needed. • Design and manage implementation plans for all research projects, manage research department staff and health center staff serving as research coordinators or assistants on studies.• Create structure and tools for an affiliate research internship program. Recruit, train, and supervise research department interns. Serve as academic mentor and liaison to internship programs.• Lead project development and grantwriting for research initiated at our affiliate. Design and conduct patient engagement focus groups and surveys• Oversee implementation of Standard Operating Procedures and create a Research Operations Manual to guide department functions. Ensure PPFA accreditation benchmarks are met.• Serve on the PPFA Clinical Research Network Advisory Council. Collaborate on several national PPFA research presentations and expert panels with other members of the Council.• Master all research protocols to serve as project manager and backup coordinator as needed.

Greater Seattle Area

• Create, conduct, and supervise all aspects of data collection with human research participants, from recruitment to follow-up, assuring minimal attrition and adherence to rigorous standards.• Design, program, and troubleshoot computerized data collection and management systems, including lab-based and on-line survey administration using a variety of online survey tools (Qualtrics, DATSTAT, NoviSurvey, SurveyMonkey) and data analysis software (SPSS, Excel).• Oversee and implement all aspects of qualitative data collection. Analyze qualitative data, coordinating multiple coders using Dedoose software.• Hire, train, and supervise study personnel. Mentor student research assistants.• Manage all budget activities including forecasting for concurrent multi-million dollar projects.• Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and prepare funding agency reports. Experienced with all aspects of post-award grant management.• Prepare and monitor Human Subjects IRB applications and ensure compliance with protocols.• Prepare findings for presentation and publication. Co-author on over 20 publications in peer-reviewed journals and presented at multiple professional conferences.• Create and maintain project and lab websites, design recruitment materials and logos, and develop and implement effective recruitment strategies, including a range of social media campaigns.• Participate in grant preparation and pre-award grant management, with particular emphasis on methodology, adherence to human subjects protocols, and budget planning.

Greater Seattle Area

Counseled participants interested in quitting tobacco with an emphasis on motivational interviewing and stages of behavior change.

• Cultivated contacts with distributors of female condoms in the U.S. and internationally, including government agencies, non-profit organizations and clinics. • Designed, distributed, and collected a survey on female condoms. • Organized focus groups and recruited and screened participants for clinical fittings of prototype female condom devices.• Organized focus groups and recruited and screened participants for clinical fittings of prototype female condom devices.

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Social Marketing the Female Condom for HIV/AIDS Prevention• Designed and coordinated a research protocal using focus groups and questionnaires.• Facilitated logistical preparations for the introduction of a female condom into the Tanzanian market through PSI’s social marketing program.

• Designed and edited AIDSLink, a 24-page international HIV/AIDS newsletter with a distribution of over 400 health, development and academic institutions. • Planned and coordinated NCIH HIV/AIDS Program workshops including, “Traditional Healing: A Community-based Response to the HIV/AIDS Pandemic” and “ HIV/AIDS: International Perspectives on Legal Issues and Human Rights.” Edited proceedings from these meetings.• Created and implemented a written survey to assess the needs of indiginous HIV/AIDS related NGOs that can be met through international networking. Compiled and analyzed data.

Cameroon

• Designed and implemented a health education program for Cameroonian village women's groups with an emphasis on child health, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS prevention.• Expanded and streamlined an existing vaccination program to cover a local population of 40,000; trained and supervised vaccination team members; monitored and evaluated overall goals and supply needs.• Conducted in-service training for rural health workers in cooperative pharmacy management and project-specific accounting techniques for a USAID sponsored cost-recovery project.

Master Of Public Health (Mph), International Public Health/International Health

Bachelor'S Degree, Interdisciplinary Distinguished Majors Program, Women In Development