Kalpana Ramakrishnan, MIA, MPH
Program Manager at Shee Atiká Enterprises, LLC (SAE)- Claim this Profile
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Shee Atiká Enterprises, LLC (SAE)
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United States
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Program Manager
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Dec 2020 - Present
■ Serve as SAE’s PM on multiple contracts and subcontracts with a focus on Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense. Ensure organizational program efficiency by collaborating with security, financial, human resources, and contracting managers. Responsible for overall management of programmatic success from proposal generation and submission to final contract deliverables and close-out. ■ Served as PM on SAE's prime firm fixed price $3.6M contract which lead to a successful research study for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to deploy a novel digital health solution (DHS) capable of improving disease outcomes and optimizing the containment of infectious diseases, including COVID-19. The study focused on increasing access to care for medically underserved areas (MUAs) and populations, specifically American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. The results of this project demonstrated that the DHS could be used to monitor a variety of data and conditions, including post-acute-sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection, long-haul COVID, cancer, diabetes, hypertension and/or cardiovascular disease, especially in MUAs and other hard-to-reach study populations. Show less
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US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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United States
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Lead Program Analyst - Project Manager
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Jan 2012 - Sep 2018
■ As lead program analyst and project manager (2012 – 2018), represented the OIG by developing, participating in, and controlling all phases of 8 project life cycles (5 published evaluation reports and 3 additional GIS assignments), including exploration, project design and scope, initiation, planning, cost benefit analyses, setting clear objectives and utilizing effective communication tools, monitoring performance, quality assurance, and reporting (18 published reports in total)■ Facilitated the development and closure of action-oriented recommendations (60+ as PM, over 150+ recommendations in total) by utilizing federal regulations and life sciences subject matter expertise ■ Served as strategic thought partner during annual planning efforts by developing and presenting proposals to senior officials and executive management ■ Built trust and rapport with program staff and senior health authority officials by managing unexpected workplan modifications and by providing prompt responses to regulatory officials and clear written biweekly communication updates ■ Used Enterprise Project Management Systems (IGEMS, MS Project, SharePoint) to closely monitor $2.5M budgets, manage up to 5 direct reports, and maintain employee performance reviews, project progress and annual reports■ Led teams to prepare, review, and archive documents related to a program’s statutory and regulatory requirements, to determine whether global regulatory submissions for chemicals and pesticides, investigational and marketing applications, amendments, and supplements followed regulations and were submitted in a timely fashion (via CTD/eCTD)■ Reviewed and provided feedback on over 1000 team generated workpapers by determining quality and sufficiency of supporting documents■ Provided developmental training opportunities for 5 direct reports and feedback by conducting mid-year and annual performance reviews Show less
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Environmental Health Scientist - Program Analyst
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Sep 2004 - Jan 2012
■ Promoted from junior to senior program analyst (GS - 9 to GS 13) within 4 years for exceptional performance by generating and managing materials for evaluation projects■ Contributed to and led regulatory, technical, and analytical aspects of 12 evaluation reports by creating over 30 databases to quantitatively analyze program metrics, researching and reviewing several hundreds of databases and scientific documents, program KPIs, regulatory information systems for chemical and pesticide product registration applications and post approval activities, annual reports, and updated safety submissions, and by creating approximately 450 original quantitative analytical documents ■ Addressed evaluation objectives by coordinating, participating, and leading in over 480 evaluation meetings and interviews with vendors, senior federal, state, local health officials, and external stakeholders■ Assessed program efficacy and detected fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement or misconduct by reviewing 1000+ requests for proposals, grants, contracts, and compliance inspection reports■ Created design matrices, assignment guides, evaluation timelines, and either created and/or reviewed all documents from project initiation, execution, monitoring and control, and closeout of each evaluation assignment■ Coordinated and led over 700 meetings and interviews (250 + meetings as PM) with vendors, senior federal, regional and state health officials, and external stakeholders■ Provided WP templates and consulted with teammates on ways to improve evaluation scope and methodology process Show less
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Columbia University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Clinical Project Manager ► Study Operations Management, Patient Enrollment
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Jan 2001 - Jun 2004
STUDY MANAGEMENT ■ Successfully closed a lobular carcinoma in situ study by recruiting 100+ patients for enrollment by developing in-depth knowledge of oncology, health indications, and therapeutics ■ Kept project timeline on budget by managing day to day study operations and coordinating with Principal Investigator (PI) and senior laboratory staff on adherence to Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), Good Clinical Laboratory Practices (GCLPs), and all other applicable laws, rules, policies, and regulations ■ Provided oversight of clinical research personnel for project specific issues by acting as primary contact for study deliverables, issues, or risks, framing appropriate project-specific goals, and composing progress reports to study sponsors ■ Guaranteed project continuity by using proper project management tools to ensure work is completed accurately and efficiently and reviewing check specifications, data analyses, as well as, generating final study report ■ Surveyed site risk and quality by monitoring clinical activities for protocol deviation and confirming completeness of records and case reports forms ■ Ensured study compliance by reporting updates with Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Columbia Presbyterian Cancer Center RESEARCH PROJECT LEADERSHIP ■ Authored abstract to be presented via poster at the 2003 Annual American Association for Cancer Research conference ■ Recognized with the American Association for Cancer Research’s “Inglenook Vineyard Scholar in-Training Award” ■ Conducted extensive Medline searches to keep abreast of new breast cancer research studies ■ Performed linear and logistic regression analyses using SPSS statistical analysis software Show less
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Stanford Children's Health | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Data Manager | Lead Clinical Research Assistant ► Data Management, Grand Rounds Management
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Jul 2000 - Aug 2001
■ Served as primary point of contact for hospital’s Chief of OB/GYN for the collection of antepartum fetal monitoring data ■ Collaborated with RNs to collect primary data and entered data into ACCESS database to maintain antepartum fetal monitoring information for 1000+ patients ■ Performed data analyses on perinatal indicators and pregnancy outcomes using ACCESS ■ Created weekly PowerPoint Grand Round presentations for Chief of OB/GYN by researching academic OB/GYN journals and gathering key materials ■ Organized weekly OB/GYN Grand Rounds by recruiting national and international presenters, managing travel plans and budget, and preparing location and audio visuals for over 300 successful events Show less
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Education
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Columbia University in the City of New York
Master of Public Health - MPH -
Columbia University in the City of New York
Master of International Affairs, Environmental Policy -
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
B.S., Biology