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New York, NY, US

• Supporting the Office of Nursing Services with the implementation of the Nursing Workforce Strategic Plan (NWSP), aligning the professional practice of over 90,000 VHA nursing professionals with the VA’s 4 statutory.
• Facilitating project deliverables aligned with the NWSP’s four pillars and 12 goals, ensuring progress toward achieving a strong and sustainable nursing workforce by 2032.
• Leveraging Power BI, Excel, and SharePoint to track project milestones and facilitate stakeholder collaboration, increasing project efficiency and driving measurable improvements in VA nurses’commitment to excellence.

United States

• Address concerns raised by VHA Office of Governance, Regulations, Appeals, and Policy (10B-GRAP) regarding the National Standards of Practice policies
• Assist in enterprise-wide reviews and recertification processes for VHA policy documents, including assessments of potential variations in healthcare implementation across the U.S.
• Utilize critical and strategic thinking skills, applied reasoning, strong communication, client relationship management, analytical skills, and writing skills to oversee a portfolio of VHA policies and facilitate.
• Conduct in-depth analyses to ensure compliance and quality assurance with current laws and regulations
• Serve as the point of contact for policy inquires

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Led a team of coordinators to analyze and assist with IRB-approved cancer research studies for the Survey, Recruitment, and Biospecimen Collection Shared Resource department
• Executed clinical projects, constructed research-related reports, extracted patient data from Cerner Health PowerChart EHR for project management and data analysis, and implemented risk analysis to minimize.
• Functioned alongside oncologists, cancer researchers, and various universal care centers to execute nontherapeutic research studies that further advanced cancer care
• Consented, screened, recruited, and collected biospecimens for gastrointestinal, lung, colon, and breast cancer projects
• Cultivated positive relationships amongst internal and external personnel, managers, patients, and regulatory entities to discuss study roadmap, goals, and strategies
• Proficient use of Microsoft Excel to formulate trackers and reports for various projects

Managed 120+ student volunteers by overseeing a variety of chapter decisions, which included yearly budgeting analyses, organizing an annual fundraising gala, hosting a free summer camp for our chapter’s campers, and cultivating new ideas to continuously grow Camp Kesem’s student body at VCU.

As a Camp Kesem Outreach Coordinator, I acted as the liaison between our VCU chapter and camper families to coordinate event logistics, as well as communicating with the community to spread the word and awareness about Camp Kesem. I also oversaw the registration process for our camp and acted as the main point of contact for families.

United States

• Assisted in research protocols for cancer disparities research, with a specialization in colon cancer and HumanPapillomavirus disparities
• Performed alongside a team of researchers to construct IRB-approved publications (literature reviews and research papers)
• Utilized EndNote X9, REDCap, and OnCore databases to manage participant data entries, code analytical interviews, andaccumulate various citation libraries for research papers and literature reviews
• Handled numerous community outreach events to spread colon cancer awareness within prevalent populations