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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Works with principal investigators, scientists, and lab members to coordinate research operations.Acts as the primary administrative point of contact for study team members. Coordinates weekly team meetings and prepares meeting agendas and follow-up items.Edits revisions and submissions of study materials to the Research Ethics Board. Prepares study protocol, informed consent forms, e-mail and telephone correspondence with participants.Designs and pilots two electronic-based surveys as primary data collection method.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Provides administrative support to physicians and medical team within the Geriatric Medicine Outpatient Clinic and U of T Black and Indigenous Medical Society (BIMS). Conducts telephone intake of patients referred to Geriatric Medicine Outpatient Clinic and Falls Prevention Clinic to support clinical assessments.Schedules in-person and virtual outpatient clinic appointments. Maintains electronic and hardcopy filing systems of patient records and clinic operations.Submits and corrects medical claims for physicians using MDBilling (OHIP Billing Software) and generates reports of medical claims. Maintains Curriculum Vitae and annual activity reports (WebCV)) for physicians. Develops and revises formatting of presentations of teaching materials, conducts literature searches, and performs duties for miscellaneous projects as needed.

Waterloo, Ontario

Supported various research projects related to areas of community mental health, social determinants of health, and health equity. This includes conducting literature searches to inform research, data collection using qualitative and quantitative research methods, data entry, and data analysis using NVivo and SPSS. Also assisted in stakeholder engagement, knowledge synthesis, knowledge translation, and preparation of manuscripts, presentations, research grant applications, and research ethics applications. Contributed to projects including:- a formative evaluation of Wilfrid Laurier University's Laurier 101 Initiative to improve the transition of incoming first-year university students using methods of online surveys and focus groups with student participants, and semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders - a mixed-methods study of social integration's impact on substance use and mental health outcomes on participants of a randomized controlled Housing First trial

Waterloo, Ontario

Assisted faculty members and instructors of various Health Sciences courses. Duties included evaluating and maintaining grading records of examinations, assignments, and papers, meeting with undergraduate students to provide academic support as needed, preparing and proctoring midterms and examinations, and providing classroom support as necessary. Courses include: Research Methods for Health Sciences, Health Issues, Perspectives in Indigenous Health, Social Determinants of Health, Canadian Healthcare System

Kitchener, Canada Area

Supported the continuous improvement of the quality of services Christian Horizons provides in Ontario and Saskatchewan to individuals with disabilities through in-depth data collection, qualitative and quantitative analysis and reporting of the outcomes.

Kitchener, Canada Area

Supported the Strategic Planning and Quality Initiatives team of the Region of Waterloo Housing Services. Conducted research to identify strategies to end chronic homelessness, assisted in evaluating a mobile housing program, and redesigned tools to improve the transition of homeless individuals and families into homes.

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

Master Of Arts - Ma, Community Psychology

Activities and Societies: Recruitment & Promotion Community Psychology Committee memberResearch interests include upstream thinking.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology

Completed research practicum placement with the Change, Evaluation and Organizations (CEO) Team in the program evaluation of Shazaam.