Experience

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Professional Research Assistant

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  Conducted qualitative interviews with medical professionals, and end-users to formulate and test patient decision aids for emergency medicine objectives, namely suicide prevention, firearm violence reduction, and opioid abuse/misuse. Iteratively designed, tested, and analyzed the efficacy and acceptability of informational and educational tools in an emergency medicine setting with the intended goal of promoting further awareness of suicide prevention methods and strategies. Translated these educational tools into public-facing websites through graphic and web design, evaluating end-user experiences with analytic and qualitative data. Coordinated with various stakeholders in addressing personal and professional needs related to the implementation of these patient decision aids. Assisted federal investigators in applying many of these objectives to larger national products that aimed to reduce veteran suicide rates by promoting collaborations between federal and local firearm communities.



Washington State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

  Conducted behavioral health interventions to develop a contingency management program to aid individuals with co-occurring substance use disorders and a severe mental illness as part of a high-level NIH and NIAAA research grant. Worked with a collaborative team of interdisciplinary high-level researchers and clinicians connected to state, federal, and local agencies in the design, implementation, and management of contingency management protocols. Oversaw the creation of forms, questionnaires, surveys, and other data collection tools for the research projects and the maintenance of data libraries for storing, securing, and cataloging all participant data. Performed participant recruitment, outreach, and study visits on a bi-weekly basis to conduct study protocols and to collect biological samples to for ethyl glucuronide urine analyses. Drafted and oversaw any and all reports, audits or procedural modifications sent to university, sponsor, or federal Institutional Review Boards (IRB) as well as the reporting of any and all adverse events or serious adverse events to the required federal and local Data Safety Monitoring Panels (DSMPs) for review. Assisted in the training and professional development of new research partners in the performance of study goals, objectives, and procedures, including outreach with local community mental health partners.