Subhashini Poola, MD, MPH, CCRC.
Somerset, New Jersey 08873
732-***-**** or 732-***-**** (cell)
E-mail:acn36c@r.postjobfree.com
Education:
New York Medical College, Graduate School of Health Sciences
Valhalla, New York, NY
Degree: M.P.H. May 1999
Major: Public Health
The Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health,
Baltimore MD
Certificate: Graduate Program in Infectious Disease Epidemiology July
1992.
Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Diploma: Scientific Medical Information 1985.
Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Diploma: Health Culture of Population 1985
Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Degree: M.D. 1985
Andhra University, S.V.K. P. College, Markapur, India 1974-1978.
Association of clinical Research Professional certificate:
Certified Clinical Research Professional 2007
Honor code certificate - Harvard University: Fundamentals of Clinical
Trials.
A course of study offered by HarvardX, an online learning initiative of
Harvard University through edX.
Computer Skills:
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, SAS, Spread Sheet
and graphics, Bibliographic Databases, Microsoft Project, and Computer
assisted diagnosis and Microsoft access.
Professional Experience:
City University of New York
New York, NY.
Adjunct Faculty -2013-Present
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine: 230 W 125th Street, New York, NY
10027
2009 - 2013
Assistant Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Course Director and Coordinator - Public Health and Preventive Medicine DO
program
Course Director - Anatomy & Physiology I BS/DO program
Course Director - Anatomy & Physiology II BS/DO program
Touro College - 27-33 West 23 Street, New York, NY 10010; Department of
Biology 2006 - 2009
Adjunct Professor.
Teaching Biological sciences lectures and labs. Developing presentations
advise students and attend meetings.
Middlesex County College - 2600 Woodbridge Ave, Edison New Jersey 08817;
2006
Adjunct Professor.
Teaching Biological sciences lectures and labs.
University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey 2003 - 2006
Program Development Analyst.
. Responsible for the day-to-day clinical research operations at the
center.
. Prepared budget
. Maintained regulatory compliance for research projects.
. Interacted with industry managers & institutional authorities in
budget negotiation, protocol development and implementation.
. Prepared quarterly reporting of safety data and /or adverse effects
for the Dean of Research.
. Collaborated with the Director of the center in strategic planning to
meet the ongoing demands created by the advancement in technology and
new methods of delivering health care services.
. Interacted with different institutions regarding collaborating with
clinical research studies.
. Conducted patient recruitment for ongoing clinical research projects
at the center. Oriented new research and clinical patients to the
centers' resources.
. Responsible for handling patients' serum samples and shipping to the
appropriate laboratories for analysis as related to the aims and
objectives of specific clinical research projects.
. Interacted with different institutions regarding collaborating in
clinical research studies.
. Provided support in the use of computer applications and their use in
statistical analysis and data management, Power Point presentations.
. Lead the quality assurance and Public Health activities at the center.
. Interacted with various health insurance company managers regarding
Remicade infusions for the patients who are being treated at the
center.
. Facilitated publication of brochures from the Center.
. Responsible for clinical assistance, research methodology, supervision
and training fellows, residents (when rotated through Clinical
Research Center) and other relevant personnel.
. Identified the health education needs of support groups.
. Participated in Continuing Medical Education activities.
. Interacted with community health support group leaders and helps them
in ongoing public health activities.
. Created and maintains advanced patient research database.
. Performed other related duties as assigned.
University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School, New Brunswick 08901; New Jersey 2002-2003
Assistant Research Coordinator.
. Prepared a representation of problems that the patient and study
subject (clinical research) will identify.
. Established short-term and long-term goals, which maximizes function
of study requirements.
. Participated in multi-disciplinary planning of study requirements.
. Utilized hospital and community resources in study planning
coordination.
. Assisted physician with determination of methods of patient study
project and determines physician needs for the study.
. Worked with physicians to develop patient teaching programs.
. Studies/coordinates access needs of grant requirements.
. Participated in planning with grant provider, administration and
physician conferences.
. Implemented appropriate study document system by direct contact of
grant provider, Institutional Review committee, specifications,
university requirements and patient requirements.
. Took information from the patient related to the physical changes
affecting the patient and provided the information to the physician.
. Assisted in the recruitment of patients for clinical research studies
including reviewing patient histories and charts for inclusion and
exclusion criteria and interviewing prospective patients.
. Explained protocols and purpose of research study to patients at the
request of the physician or nurse.
. Assisted patients in understanding the purpose of the study and any
follow-up that may be needed as a result of findings.
. Participated in case report form completion for each patient at each
visit according to the protocol of the research duty.
. Participated in data collecting in a database of study research
requirements.
. Assisted in development of expected outcome statements to assess the
usefulness of the study requirements.
. Worked with physician and grant provider in evaluating the study
outcome.
. Performed other related duties as assigned.
Department of Health
Greenwich, Connecticut 2001
Epidemiologist
Responsibilities included:
. Monitoring health status to identify and solve community health
problems.
. Diagnosing and investigating health problems and health hazards in the
community.
. Mobilizing community partnerships and action to identify and solve
health problems.
. Linking people to needed personal health services.
. Evaluating effectiveness, accessibility and quality of personal and
population based health services.
. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.
. epidemiology
. Observations in the field of epidemiological studies and strategy
development related to the identification of specific health problems
in the community through communications and data collection and
analysis using statistical software packages.
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ 1989
Health Unit Coordinator
Gandhi Hospital, Secundrabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Medical Intern 1986-1987
. Diagnose and treat the patients
. Supervising the staff.
. Worked in the following departments.
. Neurology&Acute Medical Care Unit
. Neuro Surgery & Orthopedics
. Pediatrics
. Casualty
. Fever Hospital (communicable diseases)
. Social and Preventive Medicine
. Medicine
. Surgery
. Obstetrics/Gynecology
Medical Academy Hospitals, Sofia, Bulgaria
Medical Intern 1984-1985 .
Worked in the clinics of:
. Internal Diseases
. Surgical diseases
. Obstetrics and Gynecology
. Pediatrics Diseases
. Infectious Diseases
. Epidemiology
. Hygiene
. Tropical medicine
Memberships:
American Association of Public Health.
Association of Clinical Research Professionals.
Research Papers:
1. Poola S. 1999. Coronary Artery Disease Among Asian Indians. MPH Thesis.
Graduate School of Health Sciences, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New
York, NY.
2. Sharma T, S. Poola, A. Panja, and KM. Das. 2004. Potential cause of
unresponsiveness to remicade (infliximab) therapy in patients with crohn's
disease. Am. J. Gastroenterology 99:S269.
3. Sharma T, S. Poola, A. Panja, and KM. Das. 2005. Lack of response to
Infliximab (Remicade) Therapy in patients with Crohn's Disease may relate
to disease phenotype. Am. J. Gastroenterology 100:S317.
Professional Services:
Moderator - Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section, 138th
Annual meeting of the American Public Health Association held in Denver,
Colorado (2010).
Moderator - Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section, 139th
Annual meeting of the American Public Health Association held in Washington
D.C. (2011).
Moderator - Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section, 140th
Annual meeting of the American Public Health Association held in San
Francisco, CA (2012).
Abstract reviewer - American Public Health Association's Annual Meeting
(2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 1014)
Committees: Serving in Community service committee, Research committee,
Library committee
Guest Lecturer: Touro College of Pharmacy - NY.