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Bellevue, Washington, United States

Greater Seattle Area

• Manage program operations worth over $2.5M in structured grant to fund translational research learning programs geared toward training early-career faculty and graduate students, including budgets, recruitment, onboarding, and all communications.• Review weekly and annual evaluations to assess program performance and provide input on strategic improvements.• Collaborate with finance team to determine stipend, research funds, and other support for program participants.• Enter and update participants’ information into NIH system eRA commons to facilitate onboarding.• Track disbursement process of grant funds across six to 12 departments using Excel, Smartsheet, and OneDrive. • Create and manage internal reporting (publications, patents, funding) and tracking procedures to maintain National Institute of Health (NIH) compliance, leading to a seasonal reduction in administrative workload of 15%.• Partner with evaluation team to gather, track, and analyze data and student feedback on training program curriculum to identify performance gaps and develop process improvements; currently developing a process for human subjects prior approvals.• Developed a SharePoint site and handbook to optimize participant’s experience based on feedback received.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Partnered with Pathology faculty committees and department finance managers to coordinate review process and allocation of $50,000+ in three department funded grants based on applications and research.• Served as a point of contact with all parties to drive advertising, allocation, and review process efforts according to all policies.• Managed 21-30 events annually, including monthly Pathology Grand Rounds, Pathology Presents, and other speaker series.• Scheduled speakers tailored to department needs, verified compliance, and evaluated feedback to support improvements.• Organized annual two-day department retreat for 150 faculty and graduate students, coordinating out-of-state speakers, 60 graduate presentations, and 12 breakout sessions to encourage engagement, collaboration, and communications.• Drove recruiting efforts for junior and senior-level faculty positions with guidance from department chair, assistant chairs, and Pathology executive committee with a focus on increasing diversity in applicant pool.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Provided support to finance operations with emphasis on cross-training and cross-coverage, including training on card reconciliation, room booking, systems, and building access process. • Implemented process improvement initiatives, reducing redundancy and decreasing training time for new hires.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Provided direct program support for up to ten staff members by coordinating bi-monthly diversity and bias workshops, quarterly receptions, semiannual recruitment events, and annual staff retreat.• Liaised with UW School of Medicine finance department to ensure compliance with school auditing policies during a center reorganization, including oversight and approval of a $1M operating budget.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Established and maintained relationships with faculty, staff, students, and community stakeholders on diversity and outreach programs to increase minority participation in clinical and non-clinical service learning projects.• Produced quarterly reports and tracked donations, services provided, volunteers, care recipients, events, and demographics.