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Lee'S Summit, Mo, Us

Lees Summit, Missouri, United States

• Analyze and interpret data to identify process improvement opportunities that will improve the quality of care for clients in behavioral health programs that serve over 10,000 unique individuals annually.• Supervise a team of 5 program evaluators who create data-centric reports for programs and funders. Coach and train the team on topics including reporting standards, SQL, data analysis, time management, process improvement, and career development.• Write SQL queries for extracting complex datasets used for creating reports and for monitoring program processes. Create data visualizations and dashboards to disseminate trends in client outcomes alongside process improvement recommendations.• Regularly facilitate meetings with internal and external leaders to support objectives related to improving the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of program services. Routinely utilize data to tell a story to illustrate the need for process improvements that will result in improved client outcomes.• Develop action plans and facilitate quality improvement discussions for organization-wide initiatives. Worked on updating processes to meet the requirements for large funders including SAMHSA and to comply with new regulations for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC).

Lee'S Summit, Mo

• Extracted and analyzed data from multiple databases to monitor key outcomes and performance measures on an ongoing basis for 7 different behavioral health and crisis programs.• Created monthly, quarterly, and semi-annual reports to disseminate complex data using plain language and data visualizations that highlighted opportunities for process improvement.• Presented reports directly to program leadership and community stakeholders. Regularly facilitated meetings to ensure that data was understood and utilized to improve client health outcomes.• Applied evidence-based research and survey design methodologies to develop brand-new surveys and assessments for behavioral health programs. These efforts helped multiple programs to efficiently collect more client outcome and health data.• Actively involved in the leadership of multiple organizational committees including the organization’s Wellness Committee, the Quality Improvement Committee, and the Suicide Prevention Workgroup.

St. Louis, Missouri

• As part of a scientific research project, developed research protocols and wrote surveys to assess St. Louis area resident’s attitudes towards public transit. Assisted with the facilitation of weekly resident focus groups, and conducted one-on-one interviews with local business owners, policymakers, and organization CEOs to learn their thoughts on the health impacts of public transit.• Developed surveys in Qualtrics that collected data from over 400 city residents. Conducted statistical analyses of the data which informed public health policy recommendations.• Synthesized and interpreted the findings from quantitative and qualitative research in a report shared with stakeholders including local non-profit organizations and local government officials.

St. Louis, Missouri

• Helped prepare printed materials and physical spaces for over a dozen conferences. Assisted conference attendees by greeting them and guiding them to event locations.• Managed a customer relationship management (CRM) database for the department by updating constituent information and maintaining contact lists.• Conducted preliminary research for upcoming studies and wrote literature reviews for ongoing studies the Center chose to pursue.

St. Louis, Mo

• Contacted over 300 potential research participants, young and older adult, via phone and email; recruited over 150 participants for research studies.• Greeted all participants when they arrived and explained experiment instructions to them; observed participants during experiments and answered any questions they had.• Conducted statistical analysis of data using Microsoft Excel, Sigmaplot, and SPSS to create charts and graphs used in research reports.

St. Louis, Missouri

• Planned and implemented a new Trax8 database for program and participant information; organized all program information within new database system and uploaded spreadsheets of participant information.• Created infographic training materials explaining how to use the new database and led live training classes to instruct coworkers.• Advised with resource identification, outcome reporting, evaluation, and risk mitigation for a new teen program that was successfully implemented 6 months later.

Master’S Degree, Public Health

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology And Sociology