Experience

BHWell Lab

• United States
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  The Behavioral Health and Well-Being Lab (BHWell Lab) is committed to developing, implementing and disseminating collaborative research, training and education. We seek to foster equity by advancing behavioral health and promoting well-being among individuals, families, and communities within and around, Baltimore, the State of Maryland, and globally. We focus on emerging adult and adult behavioral health and well-being, viewed and provided through an equity lens. We strive to provide leadership in the social work profession while partnering with other disciplines and community stakeholders to translate research into practice and inform future research based on practice experience and community input. Show less



University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB)

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Dec 2015 - Present

  Plans and coordinates with the Principle Investigator daily activities and strategic planning for a Center for Disease Control grant funded project specific to suicide prevention and depression among menAssists with project recruitment, developing protocols/polices, and collaborating with staff and outside agencies to manage the success of the projectOversees IRB activities, including developing and managing IRB protocols and supplemental materials, and submitting modifications and continuing reviewsManages all reporting requirements, including the annual and monthly progress reports to CDC, financial reporting and budget reconciliation, and meeting minutes and reports to stakeholdersProvides support on grant applications, including drafting and reviewing budgets, budget justifications, scopes of work, biosketches for key personnel, letters of support and commitment, timelines, assurances for human subjects and project content. Show less

• • Dec 2012 - Dec 2015

  Managed the activities of a complex portfolio of evidence-based research studies and program evaluation activities within the Department of Psychiatry’s Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.Led the development of an innovative online training platform to support the State of Maryland in their workforce development of children’s behavioral health. This included coordinating the filming of professional material, drafting course content, compiling relevant resources and writing quiz questions for continuing education units Coordinated and participated in the design of protocol manuals, educational and trainingmaterials, website and social media communications, evaluation questionnaires and reportsProgram management of the national Center for School Mental Health, including oversight of daily activities and operations of the cooperative agreement with the Maternal Child Health Bureau of HRSA. Activities included identifying goals, monitoring report deadlines, deliverables and invoicing requirements, acting as primary liaison with outside agencies, supervising and training program staff, and coordinating and chairing program meetingsDrafted requests for proposals (RFPs), components of grant applications, such as budget narratives, biosketches and timelines and work plans/logic models for proposed and newly funded projects Supported the coordination of three annual conferences, including drafting marketing materials, creating and managing online portals, maintaining communications with presenters and providing on-site technical assistance Show less



University of Maryland Baltimore County

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • Mar 2011 - Dec 2012

  Continued to support the Principle Investigator, who moved from The Copper Ridge Institute (TCRI) to UMBC, with the project management needs of GLOW (Generativity and Lifestyle of Older Women), a qualitative research study on generativity and caregiving needs among childless older women; recruited and screened interested study subjects for eligibility, and managed study procedures with 200 research participants; completed and transcribed participant interviews, developed the study’s thematic codebook and analyzed narrative and survey data in Atlas.ti according to qualitative analytic techniques; performed literature searches, assisted in preparing manuscripts for submission to academic journals and organized findings to present at national conferences Show less



The Copper Ridge Institute

• Sykesville, Maryland

• Project Manager

  • Sep 2008 - Feb 2011

  Supervised the operations of three research protocols, and disseminated findings to both scientific and non-scientific audiences; recruited, screened, collected and analyzed data for a study on participation in a structured autobiographical writing workshop to improve memory. Additionally, conducted and scored a variety of psychometric assessment batteries, database development and entry and quantitative analysis and interpretation in SPSS; led an observational study on friendships among people with dementia living in a long-term care facility. Assisted in ethnographic interviewing, analyzed video tapes for participant interactions, developed a thematic codebook and presented findings to a variety of audiences; managed the GLOW Study, conducting semi-structured interviews to obtain perspectives on generativity, childlessness and caregiving Show less



Kelly

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Project Coordinator

  • May 2007 - Sep 2008

  Coordinated the planning and implementation of social science genomics research methods within the Social and Behavioral Research Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI); assisted in the design of quantitative research studies aimed at understanding how social factors influence genetic discoveries and research; collaborated with the research team at MD Anderson to develop survey instruments, behavioral intervention materials and health communications for a study on health and risk assessment among Mexican Americans; managed the submission of application materials and renewals to the NIH’s Institutional Review Board Show less



University of North Carolina at Charlotte

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Manager

  • Jan 2006 - Feb 2007

  Provided organizational leadership to Project On TRAC (Taking Responsibility for Asthma Control), a pediatric asthma research program that concentrated on ways to improve asthma management; identified and pursued partnerships with community organizations, county school systems and healthcare offices to exceed enrollment goals; coordinated staff functions, subject matriculation and asthma education sessions to cultivate data for the project; directed public relations activities, including making presentations to local health and education service providers, composing press releases and giving interviews to various media outlets Show less



Purdue University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Manager

  • Apr 2003 - Dec 2005

  Managed all aspects of the PACE (Parenting our Children to Excellence) Program, a longitudinal research project focused on the promotion of parenting effectiveness and child coping-competence in the preschool years; sought out, developed and maintained partnerships with over 40 daycare directors, and oversaw recruitment, enrollment, survey collection and the overall progress of the PACE Program as it pertained to each child care center; planned and conducted evaluations of budget and project operations, identifying problems and recommending improvements; selected, trained and supervised more than 50 employees in their respective roles Show less