CORE EXPERTISE
• Delivery of over 5 years of research project support and management activities to facilitate project completion
• Provide descriptive and inferential statistics, and interpretation for health related research projects such as a web-based colorectal cancer screening intervention and measuring strength training among cancer survivors
• Develop and contribute to manuscript writing; 16 peer-reviewed publications
• Implement different research methodologies and follow IRB processes in both academic and healthcare settings
• Create professional abstracts, presentations, and reports to highlight significant research findings
SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Drafted and revised 2 Transforming Texas evaluation reports submitted to the Texas Department of State Health Services, which provided baseline data for Community Transformation Grant activities.
• Enhanced the utility of the online tutorial for analyzing National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) by providing SAS coding and statistical output.
• Provided quality control to improve functionality of the Health Information National Trends Survey user website (http://hints.cancer.gov/)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Cancer Research Training Award Fellow
National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
2013 – Present
I contribute to a variety of projects within the division in order to achieve the mission of reducing risk, incidence, and deaths from cancer.
• Analyze and integrate multiple years of Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) data to understand the population’s perceptions and knowledge about cancer.
• Develop plans to promote the use of the Grid-Enabled Measures (GEM) Database, a space designed to drive consensus on best measures used in research.
• Contribute to, and facilitate user participation within GEM workspaces.
• Collaborate with research scientists within NCI to develop research ideas and strategies.
Senior Research Analyst
University of North Texas Health Science Center, Texas Prevention Institute
2012 - 2013
I developed materials and analyzed data to evaluate Transforming Texas, a component of the CDC-funded Community Transformation Grant.
• Created evaluation survey instruments
• Managed access databases and entered evaluation data
• Performed data analysis in SAS
• Conducted literature reviews, and drafted evaluation reports
• Created IRB materials
Statistician
University of Texas at Houston – Memorial Hermann, Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety
2011-2012
• Quantitative data analysis and project management for a web-based colorectal cancer screening project and a text-based weight loss project.
• Qualitative data analysis on patient safety, coded interviews with patients or family members who experienced a medical error in the hospital.
Biostatistician
Uni...
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