Clinical Epidemiology Research Assistant
- Researched findings of a cohort of recovering opioid users under Dr. Stanley Weiss- Began work in the group as part of the Aresty Research Assistantship Program, a for-credit research opportunity for undergraduate students at Rutgers - New Brunswick- Worked with a team of students and faculty members at NJMS to create and modify a questionnaire administered to clients at Drug Treatment Facilities- Responsible for data extraction from Electronic Health Records at participating treatment centers for critical data points such as Methadone Dose, medical histories, and Treatment Episode dates- Conducted interviewers of patients and clients- Assisted in data entry, manipualtion, and analysis of questionnaires and medical records to understand outcomes in this underserved population of recovering opioid users- Assisted in the data processing and uploading of phenotype and genotype GWAS SNP data for the Database of Genotypes and Phenotypes (dbGaP) for the National Center of Biotechnology Information- Learned and began utilizing SAS for purposes of data analysis.