Experience

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

• Malaysia
• Government Relations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant, Senior Research Associate

  • Dec 2021 - Present

  Leading a large-scale systematic review of mental health programs and resources developed for health care workers. Extracting, analyzing, and reporting data including inter-rater reliability and intervention effects. Working strategically with collaborators to define a national dissemination strategy and marketing plan. Leading a large-scale systematic review of mental health programs and resources developed for health care workers. Extracting, analyzing, and reporting data including inter-rater reliability and intervention effects. Working strategically with collaborators to define a national dissemination strategy and marketing plan.



Center for Evidence-based Policy at OHSU

• Portland, Oregon, United States

• Research Manager

  • Aug 2021 - Dec 2021

  Provided strategic oversight for research department, including staff allocation and assignments, management of team resources, and organization of learning materials. Working collaboratively with multiple Research Directors and the Research Coordinator, ensured the development and accuracy of project timelines and monthly staff training events (Research Seminar) and updates (Research Newsletter). Advised on workplace design and provision of supportive supervision and training strategies. Provided strategic oversight for research department, including staff allocation and assignments, management of team resources, and organization of learning materials. Working collaboratively with multiple Research Directors and the Research Coordinator, ensured the development and accuracy of project timelines and monthly staff training events (Research Seminar) and updates (Research Newsletter). Advised on workplace design and provision of supportive supervision and training strategies.



Oregon Health & Science University

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Research Associate

  • Nov 2019 - Aug 2021

  Led dissemination efforts within my immediate team, and collaborated with the outreach/dissemination team for the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center. Produced editorials, presentations, data reports, and manuscripts to support Institute and Center activities. Attended and contributed to dissemination, outreach, and internal steering committee meetings. Participated in grant proposal and grant writing activities, including building partner relationships and managing collaborators. Developed platforms for online and virtual lab activities, including establishment of Articulate for training development.



Comagine Health

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Development Manager

  • Feb 2019 - Sep 2019

  Supported multi-state and state-based proposal development. Assisted in developing and managing strategic partnerships. Support Business Development Directors and staff. Supported state teams as needed. Continually sought new funding opportunities and tracked progress from early decisions through submission. Coordinated multiple internal teams (e.g., analytics, subject matter experts, medical directors, state leads) to develop interventions and coordinated writing tasks for large proposals.

• Senior Research Associate

  • Jun 2016 - Feb 2019

  Multiple project management and grant writing. Helped develop the research department from the ground up, growing staff, strategic partnerships, and grant funding. Co-developed, managed, implemented, and disseminated two successful training interventions for health professionals - RELIEF+ and RESPOND - to better address chronic pain management and opioid safety in primary care and community pharmacy practices.



HealthInsight

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Associate

  • Dec 2015 - Jun 2016

  Managed all aspects of data collection, project coordination, planning, and dissemination across three federally-funded opioid safety / pain management interventions. Led or assisted in grant-writing. Led and advise qualitative data analysis teams across current HealthInsight projects involving CCOs, state departments, and pharmacies. Designed strategies and models for research and program evaluation planning. Built relationships with stakeholders across various arenas, including policy-makers, providers, pharmacists, and academics.



Oregon Health & Science University

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Research Assistant

  • Apr 2015 - Dec 2015

  Planned, coordinated, and conducted program evaluations (“needs assessments”) of current safety and health policies/protocols in workplaces of interest for future Total Worker Health™ interventions, including Safe Patient Handling programs in Oregon and Washington hospitals, safety training and utilization in the Forest Service, and ergonomic equipment use in call center offices. Created all data collection and study materials, recruitment emails and fliers, codebooks and surveys, and produced executive summaries and white papers of methods and findings for the internal research team and stakeholders. Conducted data analyses for qualitative (interviews and observations) and quantitative (survey) data. Scheduled and attended meetings with current and potential collaborating organizations. Recruited participants through on-the-ground efforts. Wrote a blog post for the Center outlining experiences on the job: http://www.ohsu.edu/blogs/croet/2015/10/07/you-wont-believe-the-summer-ive-had/, and recorded a video for the Center website: http://tinyurl.com/jqlsrjn.



Portland State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2011 - Jan 2015

  Performed various logistical and study-related tasks as a member of the research team; assisted in the development of three grants, including one which was awarded through the Department of Defense, and have performed various functions in the recruitment and survey distribution for the associated Daily Family Study; managed three projects for and with the Principle Investigator (Cynthia Mohr, Ph.D.), including two large-scale surveys; managed a team of three graduate and four undergraduate research assistants on various projects.

• Project Manager

  • Jun 2013 - Dec 2014

  Systematic Review of the APIM in Relationships Research (PI: Cynthia Mohr, Ph.D.):Conceptualized the study and created an analytical plan with the Principle Investigator; managed four research assistants to review and organize a large-scale database of articles employing the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model; performed and supervised data organization and cleaning; collected unpublished data; served as the point-person for all study related materials and correspondences; coauthored a poster based on preliminary analyses; and contributed significantly to the forthcoming manuscript as the second coauthor.

• Project Manager

  • Feb 2012 - Dec 2014

  Study of Dieting Behaviors in Romantic Relationships (PI: Cynthia Mohr, Ph.D.):Conceptualized, coordinated, and performed all aspects of the study; submitted the proposal to the Portland State Institutional Review Board (IRB); made connections with the leaders of multiple nationwide Celiac Disease support organizations; recruited more than 200 couples over a three month period; cleaned, organized, and structured the dataset; served as the point-person for all study related staff, materials, and participant and community partner correspondences; conducted dyadic data analyses using SPSS, Mplus, and AMOS 19; presented a poster of the findings at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference in February, 2015; served as first author on the forthcoming manuscript.

• Student Advisor

  • Mar 2012 - Jul 2013

  Managed the Psychology Department inquiry email account, responding to approximately 40-75 emails per week; maintained a schedule of at least 10 individual undergraduate advising appointments per week; performed regular new/transfer student and Department-specific orientations; organized and performed various supplemental workshops to provide career advancement training for undergraduates; filed appropriate paperwork for deadline extensions, withdrawals, reinstatements, special registrations, etc. as needed; coordinated with undergraduate psychology- and sociology-themed clubs to create large-scale collaborative educational events; Created and administered student progress and satisfaction surveys, and produced Departmental reports for faculty based on general findings and areas of interest to the University. Provided information regarding coursework; graduate program searches, applications, testing, and admittance; seeking faculty advisors; choosing a major; and assessing research techniques to undergraduate students currently enrolled in or considering enrollment in the Psychology Department at PSU; read and evaluated DARS reports.

• Project Manager

  • Jul 2012 - Dec 2012

  Study of Emotions, Relationships, and Health (PI: Cynthia Mohr, Ph.D.):Managed staff of three graduate and two undergraduate research assistants; conceptualized the study and drafted analytical models with the Principle Investigator and collaborators; submitted the proposal to the Portland State Institutional Review Board (IRB); supervised the development of the online survey; made connections with course instructors, through which I orchestrated the recruitment of more than 1,400 students over a four-month period; cleaned, organized, and structured the final dataset; served as second author on a poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference in February 2015, and second author on forthcoming manuscript; served as the point-person for all study related staff, materials, and participant and instructor correspondences.



Oregon Health & Science University

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2010 - Sep 2013

  Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences (PI: Ryan Olson, Ph.D.):Assisted in the formation of materials for a randomized controlled trial of the SHIFT health intervention for truck drivers (Phase II), which included creating a master database of all recruitment organizations, measures of interest and corresponding hypotheses, proposed data analysis procedures, and participant rewards; coded client and counselor language for 29 participants/58 recorded Motivational Interviewing (MI) sessions from the SHIFT pilot study (Phase I), using the MI Treatment Integrity (MITI) and Client Language Assessment in MI (CLAMI) coding systems; created a client global rating scale for coding; assisted in the formation of nutrition and exercise training modules and materials for Phase II; Created all of the coding sheets and data entry materials for both projects; coauthored a paper presented at the International Conference on Motivational Interviewing in Amsterdam.

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2010 - Aug 2011

  Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology (PI: Jeanne-Marie Guise, M.D.):Assisted in the collection and organization of over 1,300 articles for a comparative effectiveness review of case management; uploaded articles and references to EndNote; performed data entry and created multiple spreadsheets of study demographic information and outcomes on the variables of interest; and commented on articles and topics recently submitted for review.