• Created and manage the VMAC Participant Registry – a REDCap database of 2,900 older adults who are interested in participating in memory research studies at VMAC.• Enroll middle-age and older adults into the Registry, interviewing participants about demographic information, detailed medical history, and performing TICS cognitive testing to determine which studies to refer participants to.o Personally enrolled over 1,300 of the current participants.• Train other team members to pre-screen and enroll participants into VMAC Registry, as well as overseeing quality of the interviews by teammates and providing feedback on what was done well and what needs improvement. • Approach appropriate patients during clinic visits about participating in research at VMAC, utilizing StarPanel.• Make referrals of VMAC research participants to appropriate cognitive research studies, and liaison with research coordinators to make sure referral process is clear and effective.o Over 1,600 to date are either currently participating in or have completed a study.• Organize and coordinate annual Memory Loss Awareness Event – a community education outreach event for those experiencing memory changes in Nashville community.• Develop relationships with community organizations for opportunities to hold community events and to gain knowledge of local resources available to older adults experiencing memory loss.• Provide VMAC participants who have memory concerns with neurology clinic information, the process of getting a referral, and what is involved in a memory loss workup.• Organize lay-audience community-based presentations for education outreach on memory loss.• Prepare and maintain IRB documentation of recruitment and referrals of VMAC research participants.

• Coordinated and served as central point of contact during research with students in schools.• Assisted in performing quantitative and qualitative research analysis on students’ math improvement.• Collaborated with the Co-Investigator to revise HALF study documents in order to gain IRB approval.

• Worked with Special Education department at Peabody, in testing which math teaching materials are most effective in teaching 2nd graders in inner-city schools.• Utilized these methods to tutor lower-performing minority students in computation and math word problems in a one-on-one setting (four out of five of the students from this year showed exceptional improvement after 39, 30-minute sessions over 13 weeks).

CDC Flu and Rotavirus Studies• Recruited, consented and interviewed parents of children who were sick with either influenza or rotavirus; educated parents on symptoms, prevention and treatment.• Acted as patient advocate to ensure patients’ needs were being met.Group B Strep Screening Study• Networked with various resources involved with prenatal care (state health representatives, prenatal care providers, testing laboratories, maternity ward nurses) in order to understand current obstacles to successful Group B Strep screening.• Promoted awareness of Group B Strep prevention within the community.• Performed interviews of pregnant women after obtaining their informed consent. • Advanced from Research Assistant through Clinical Trials Associate to Research Coordinator role.

• Recruited and interviewed families with severely asthmatic children into the Disparities of African American Asthmatics study.• Educated families on possible causes, triggers and symptoms of asthma, as well as resources available for treatment.

• Interacted with clients on a daily basis, holding a high standard for timely customer satisfaction.• Extracted DNA from blood, buffy coats, mouthwashes and buccals for numerous research projects.