Project Management

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July 25, 2010

Hala Imam

EDUCATION

Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT

Received Masters Degree in Public Health (MPH) in May 2007.

The University of Texas, Austin, TX

Bachelor of Arts: Plan II Honors & Middle Eastern Studies. Graduated with Honors in May 2005

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Crowell & Moring, LLP. Washington DC.

Health Care Paralegal June 2008 to May 2009

• Performed legal research, literature reviews, document management and related case work for

hospital management corporations, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies and other

healthcare related clients

• Assisted in the development of legal strategy for clientele.

• Drafted measures and tools (using Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and company extranet) to

assist healthcare clients with Medicare updates/ improvements act (MIPPA 2008) and a fraud

and abuse in managed healthcare resource guide.

• Trained in Lexis Nexis, Westlaw, Ringtail, and Excel.

Georgetown Center for Trauma & the Community. Washington DC.

Research Intern May 2006 to May 2007

• Planned and executed research project on the difficulties survivors of domestic violence face in

the court systems.

• Drafted manuscript of research history, methods, findings, conclusions and relevant implications.

• Developed reliability measurement tools for secondary analysis.

Yale PMS & Perinatal Research Program – Pink and Blue Study. New Haven, CT.

Research Assistant Jan 2006 to Feb 2007

• Screened for potential sample subjects for study that aims to see whether women with major

depressive disorders are at risk for preterm delivery or delivering low birth weight babies.

• Gained further hands on research experience on women’s health issues.

SKILLS

OVID, PUBMED, SPSS, familiarity with SAS • Proficient in data collection, synthesizing information,

problem analysis and resolution, articulation and presentation of project needs • Work easily with groups or

independently • Requirements Gathering • Fluent in English, Urdu/Hindi, moderate understanding of Spanish,

Arabic • Project Management • Process Review

PENDING PUBLICATIONS

Masters in Public Health Thesis.

• Difficulties in the court system for survivors of domestic violence.

• Developed study question, methodology, and analysis; Currently undergoing final edits for

publication.