Tamara Bruce Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Rockville, Md

RESEARCH DESIGN & EVALUATION • Development and design of specifications for government funded longitudinal household study of health outcomes of national sample of over 8,000 Medicare beneficiaries• Coordination of content, materials, logistics and staffing for multi-week in-person training for over 200 data collectors• Management of mixed-mode survey design, implementation, and evaluation tasks for longitudinal follow-up study of over 5,000 caregivers of sampled Medicare beneficiaries• Collaborating with scientific advisory panel and other specialists to evaluate considerations for methodological design, human subjects compliance, and data collection methodsDATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, & DELIVERY• Evaluation of data collection design and implementation procedures on data quality• Analysis of quantitative data using both descriptive and inferential statistical approaches• Synthesis of qualitative data via content, narrative, discourse and framework methods• Contributing to design, processing and analysis of multi-year datasets for public dissemination and methodological reportingOTHER MANAGEMENT DUTIES• Monitoring compliance to project requirements and timelines• Guiding technical strategy and budget development for grant and contract proposals• Monitoring of policy and legal environment to determine implications for project operations• Mentoring, supervision and oversight of junior project staffBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT• Coordinating with communications and marketing groups to develop and present materials to engage internal and external audiences• Monitoring technological landscape and performing market analyses to identify areas for further research and new opportunities for collaboration• Engaging stakeholders across company divisions to develop cohesive multi-mode analysis tools using mobile, geospatial, and other data visualization resources

Kingsport, Tn

• Designed program curricula and evaluation metrics based on applied research findings on educational and behavioral learning pathways• Provided scientific and technical direction for government grant applications• Coordinated and managed community outreach activities and engaged public and private stakeholders to ensure programs met local, state, and federal requirements

East Lansing, Mi

• Focus Area: The Effects of Harassment and Discrimination on Health and Occupational Outcomes• Secured public and private funding for study of effects of workplace-based discrimination• Evaluated psychometric, policy, legal and behavioral research content to determine intersection of crime, trauma and victimization research to best define measure constructs• Conducted psychometric, legal, and statistical analyses for manuscript development• Responsible for recruitment, training, and supervision of research assistants• Assisted with primary and secondary data cleaning and analysis• Performed in depth coding of studies to be included in meta-analysis

Boston, Ma

• Contributed to psychometric constructs design for congressionally-mandated study of trauma among military populations• Assisted with data analysis and manuscript preparation for presentation to congressional audiences to inform scope of results and policy and funding implications• Performed meta-analysis of over 1000 existing sources of harassment and trauma outcomes data• Refined selections criteria for final inclusion in analyses based on legal, medical and psychological definitions

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology And Neuroscience