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Media, Pa

Media, Pennsylvania, United States

Wilmington, Delaware

Facilitates, coaches, and supports continuous improvement work, including focused improvement events and daily problem solving. Fosters collaborative learning among multi-disciplinary teams and facilitates collaborative decision-making process. Develops, maintains, and revises implementation plans. Monitors outcomes. Uses knowledge of waste elimination tools and techniques to identify clinical and operational opportunities for improvement.

Wilmington, Delaware

A developmental opportunity for a high-performing associate who is immersed in a continuous improvement fellowship program. Developed extensive knowledge of continuous improvement principles, tools, and philosophy. Gathered and utilized data to analyze problems and develop approaches to solving specific problems. Led improvement workshops and follow-up sustainment efforts with support from senior continuous improvement specialists.

Wilmington, Delaware

Conducted formative research to identify population health needs and best practices to address identified health needs. Managed, designed, and implemented population health evaluation and research. Analyzed and interpreted qualitative and quantitative data. Disseminates study processes, results, and evidence-based recommendations.

Washington, Dc

Manages, designs, and implements communication and social marketing research and program evaluation (qualitative and quantitative) studies for government clients (e.g., CDC and NIH) on health topics including asthma control, chronic disease prevention and management, immunization, and obesity prevention. Collaborates with research and program staff across multiple projects concurrently. Specific responsibilities include:- developing tools and instruments, collecting and analyzing data, and summarizing findings and results from various research methodologies. -conducting primary research, such as environmental scans; literature reviews; searches of government surveys and epidemiological data; etc. -preparing research protocols for receipt of appropriate approvals, such as IRB and OMB. -overseeing the procurement of services to support research activities, such as recruitment vendors, research facilities, and focus group moderation, etc.-providing on-site management during research activities, including focus groups, in-depth interviews, and other project activities. -evaluating the impact of traditional and new media on attitudinal and behavioral outcomes. -providing strategic guidance to clients regarding the formative research, development, and execution of a broad range of various social marketing and health communication initiatives. -contributing to new business development by working on several federal government proposals each year.

Washington, Dc

Provided qualitative and quantitative research support, including development of tools and instruments, collection, analysis and summary of data. Assisted senior staff in counsel to clients based on research findings in the form of reports, tables, charts, spreadsheets, manuscripts. Procured services to support research activities, such as recruitment vendors, research facilities, focus group moderation, and transcription services.

Led team of corporate physicians through review of the pandemic plan medical strategy and established revised appropriate actions to be taken at each pandemic threat levelAuthored health risk communication messages utilizing health literacy, adult learning, and risk communication principles to motivate employees to engage in adaptive health behavior change Conducted study to measure the effectiveness of theory-based health risk communication messages in changing knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding a health threat Analyzed collected data and presented results to Health & Wellness leadership

Drafted integrative medicine business plan outlining business model, clinical model, fiscal model, growth strategy, and most successful actions for the new JWC to provide Baltimore's uninsured population with nutrition, physical activity, and stress reduction programsCreated print materials promoting JWC and programs at appropriate health literacy level Conducted literature review of integrative medicine evaluation tools to evaluate pilot programs Expanded patient volume and service utilization through outreach activities; presented at community events and contacted patients identified by physicians regarding JWC programs Wrote articles about JWC programs for the clinic's periodical mailed to donors and patientsIdentified local organization and individual partnerships to deliver JWC programs and services

Supported study of an Inhaled Nitric Oxide (INO) treatment protocol designed to improve effectiveness and cost-efficiency of treatment in critically ill neonatal and pediatric patientsCoded and entered treatment and outcome data from electronic medical records into database Conducted data analysis and literature review for presentation and journal publication

Supported study of social relationships across the lifespan and their implications for mental and physical health with data analysis, literature reviews, grant preparation, and manuscript revision Conducted secondary analysis of longitudinal survey data for independent research project on the relationship between education level and sibling relationship quality Completed graduate level Introduction to Survey Research Techniques course at the SRC Summer Institute; developed an original survey from research question development through data analysis and findings report

Supported study of the impact of aging on decision-making with data collection and analysis Facilitated human subjects through computer and paper-based tasks following study protocol

Mhs, Health Education And Health Communication

B.A., Psychology, Political Science

Activities and Societies: Young Life, Psi Chi--International Honor Society of Psychology

Semester Abroad, Social Sciences And Cultural Studies