Health Process Improvement

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Funmi Tade MD. MPH.

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SKILLS QUALIFICATION

• Master of Public Health: Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University May 2013

• Clinical: 4 years of experience in diagnosis and management of infectious diseases, phlebotomy, conducting

ward rounds and presentation of cases at grand rounds

• Health Records: a working knowledge of CPT and ICD-9 coding principles, government regulations, and

protocols and third party payer requirements regarding coding and billing

• Research: 2 years of experience in descriptive studies, modeling, linear and logistic regression analysis and

survival analysis using SAS, SPSS, Epi-Info. Comprehensive knowledge of Perinatal and Infectious disease

Epidemiology

• Clinical Trials: Detailed Knowledge of Clinical Trials Process (Phases 1 – 1V), Protocol, Analysis, and

Regulations. Comprehensive knowledge of the Requirements of clinical trials protocols, inclusion and

exclusion criteria, informed consent, selection and withdrawal of subjects and adverse effects, costing,

budgeting and protocol deadlines (e. g. for recruitment, contract execution), Clinical trials

Contract/Agreement. Detailed knowledge of data compilation, statistics and Patient recruitment (referral,

advertising – flyer, radio advertising, local newspaper). Detailed knowledge of Good Clinical Practice and the

International Conference on Harmonization guidelines (also working on the online certification)

• Community outreach: Conduct seminars on HIV and Newborn Screening in Georgia and submit reports to

Georgia Department of Public Health

• Quality and Process Improvement: root cause and system analysis, PDSA cycles and interpretation of data

to develop quality improvement strategy

• Communication: Excellent academic oral and writing skills developed through work, class projects and

presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant and Mentorship under an Associate Clinical Administrator

Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA May 2013 - Present

• Reviewed Clinical Trial Protocols for Procedural completeness, and costing, – Informed Consent,

Inclusion/Exclusion criteria, Physical Exams, Medication, and assisted Principal Investigator in reviewing

other regulatory documents and Project Specific Operating Procedures (SOPs).

• Reviewed IRB documents for Compliance – making sure Informed Consent is written at a

comprehensible level for study participant, adverse effect monitoring procedures are in place, etc.

• Performed subject recruitment through setting up booth in public places

• Performed screening procedures for clinical trials such as relevant history, demographics, and vital

signs in order to determine which subjects will participate in baseline assessments.

• Monitored Safety Assessments-Serious Adverse Effects (SAE), processed and made corrections to

Case Reports Forms and identified protocol deviation

• Assisted in online researching of the requirements for filing an FDA application for an

Investigational New Drug (IND) via FDA website.

• Participated in Study specific training (Lunch & Learn) for Clinical Trials i.e. billing, IRB issues.

• Reviewed policy stipulations of the National Institutes of Health relating to research grants

applications and clinical trials research applications for compliance, salary requirements, and deadlines

Public Health Intern: Community Health records unit, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta May 2012- May 2013

• Working knowledge of CPT and ICD-9 coding principles, government regulations, and protocols and third

party payer requirements regarding coding and billing

• Research on topics to inform the strategic and operational plan for Children’s health information exchange

and population management

• Perform gap analysis and recommend workflow changes in preparation for the stage 2 meaningful Use

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• Wrote reports and gave presentations to the executive body using MS excel and PowerPoint

Outreach and Marketing Assistant: Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia Mar.2012-Jun.2012

• Recruit and educate pregnant women on newborn screening and prevention of maternal to child

transmission of HIV

• Conduct community survey on HIV and Newborn Screening and submit reports to Georgia Dept. of

Public Health

• Provide marketing tracking and research information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data

and trends

• Maintain the organization’s equipment and inventory

Evaluator: CDC pilot course on Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Mar. 2012

• Reviewed and evaluated a 2 stage online course on diagnosis and management of chronic fatigue syndrome

Volunteer: CLABSI team, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta Sept.2011- Jan. 2012

• Prepare charter for reduction of central line associated bloodstream infections in the 5E intensive

care unit

• Conceptualize and implement tests of change for process improvement in the intensive care unit

• Analyze, report and interpret quantitative/qualitative data to monitor each test of change

Assistant Research Coordinator: Dept. of LGS. Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Feb. 2010- July 2011

• Coordinated the strategic planning and community mobilization for improved health services at the

local government level

• Assisted in the administrative activities relating to collaboration of the research team with the

community leaders in the communities and ensured protocols are followed

• Reviewed 5 years literature on curriculum for health planning and development in Nigerian local

governments

• Analyzed qualitative data on problems of health service delivery at the grassroots level

Medical Doctor/ Research Assistant: Federal Medical Center, Lagos, Nigeria 2010-2011

Federal University of Technology Health Center, Nigeria 2010-2011

University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria 2009-2010

• Conducted pre-school medical interviews and clinical assessment of freshmen students for infectious

diseases

• Coordinated clinical trials of anti-sickling agents in Sickle cell disease undergraduates

• Actively involved in data collection from patient case files and records for creation of data base of

patients’ admission, diagnosis, treatment and outcomes in pediatric oncology

• Conducted diagnosis and management of diseases in the ER

Peer Health Educator: Campus Health and Rights Initiative. Nigeria 2004-2009

• Conceptualized and successfully implemented an HIV voluntary counseling and test sessions for about 550

clients (2% of the total student population) in 3 days.

• Worked as a team in raising awareness and educating the campus students on reproductive health issues.

EDUCATION

Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta GA May 2013

Master of Public Health, Health Policy and Management (CGPA: 3.79)

Certificate in Maternal and Child Health

Institute of healthcare Improvement May 2013

Certificates in Health care quality and Process Improvement

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Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Feb. 2009

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

CERTIFICATES AND ADDITIONAL SKILLS

• CITI certificates in Biomedical Research Basic Course; Biomedical Responsible Conduct

of Research; Social and Behavioral Research Basic Course; Good Clinical Practice and

ICH (GCP) course

• IHI Open School Certificates in Introduction and fundamentals of Patient safety, Patient

and family centered care, team work and communication, root cause and system analysis,

Models of improvement, Measuring for improvement, Human side of quality improvement

• Computer Skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, SAS, SPSS, Endnote

• Language skills: English, French, Spanish

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