Manager Human Resources

Deneen Esposito

Email: *********@********.***

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City: Nottingham

State: MD

Zip: 21236

Country: USA

Phone: 410-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $60,000

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Educational Background:

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Job History / Details:

Deneen Renee Esposito, BA

30 Powderock Place

Baltimore, MD 21236

410-***-**** (home)

443-***-**** (cell phone)

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WORK EXPERIENCE:

Senior Research Coordinator/Research Manager/Neuropsychometrician

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Neurology, Baltimore, MD September 1992 until June 2012.

Manage and oversee daily operation of HIV Neurology trials and coordinators.

Responsible for administrative and personnel matters including supervision of all research staff. Coordinate scheduling of physicians for study visit coverage. Implement

protocols for staff training. Handle all HR issues including hiring, firing and staff professional development. Reported directly to the Chairman of the Department of Neurology.

Became departmental expert on IRB, clinical trials, recruitment and retention for Department of Neurology. Worked on all submissions for new faculty, junior faculty and faculty who did not have a coordinator, in Department of Neurology. Also, responsible for training newly hired coordinators in study coordination and policy and procedure for clinical trials. As well, selected by Department Chairman to design a Clinical Trials Unit for Department of Neurology. Also, named to start up Committee for Office of Recruitment and Retention to assist in getting office started up by sharing expertise on how to recruit and maintain human subjects in research.

Coordinate both clinical trials and observational research studies by conducting study visits and protocol adherence. Perform, score and interpret neuropsychological testing to determine severity of cognitive impairment among HIV positive individuals. Provide counseling, intervention and follow-up care to study participants, as needed. Complete case report forms and insure integrity of study data. Available 24 hours per day via cellphone for patient care issues. Liase among CTCC, IDS, GCRC, IRB, NIH, drug companies, other research institutions and patient care providers regarding study issues, as well as clinical concerns. Assure HIPPA compliance and certification in all areas of HIV Neurology Research.

Act as liaison to Neurology Administration by handling budgetary and personnel issues including hiring, disciplinary action and human resources issues. Primary contact for HIV Neurology group regarding issues concerning budgets, purchasing and study generated payments. Assisted in developing study budgets for clinical trials and NIH funded studies. Assisted in study set up with various sponsors and other agencies. Act as custodian for $16,000 petty cash account by administering and tracking patient payments. Responsible for reconciliation and replenishment of account. Track budgetary spending and income. Generate patient reimbursement and accountability for accurate payment of accounts and appropriate patient payment.

Case Manager/Instructor People Encouraging People, Baltimore, MD

October 1988-September 1992

Responsible for developing a program to teach independent daily living skills to

Chronically mentally ill persons in a Community Rehabilitation Program.

Developed assessment materials, implemented and executed assessment

plans. Development and maintenance of goals, as well as monthly progress notes was required. Duties also consisted of, and were not limited to, case management, personal counseling, crisis-intervention, consultation with other professionals, and participation on client interdisciplinary treatment teams and membership on organizational committees. Direct supervision of Occupational Therapy Students from Towson State University was also included.

Due to extensive work with both hearing impaired clients and staff, basic sign language skills were developed. Ability to communicate with those with minimal language skills, and creative implementation of various communication styles, was essential.

Psycho-Social Counselor

Sinai Hospital, People Encouraging People

Baltimore, MD

February 1987 until October 1988.

Worked with the chronically mentally ill persons in the community. Duties included case management, crisis-intervention, developing individual rehabilitation plans, instruction in clerical office skills, leading various educational groups and providing on-going psychological and social support. Developed independent living skills curriculum for the program. This position required supervision of ten to twenty-five clients, in various instructional settings.

Psychology Department Assistant

Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV

Fall l986.

Worked with Psychology Professors in various research. Assisted with Experimental Psychology Laboratory by supervising Psychology majors.

Clinical/Research Assistant to Director of the Adolescent Trauma Recovery Program

University of Maryland Hospital/Medical System,

Baltimore, MD

Summer 1986-Internship

Duties included data gathering, reviewing patient records, office work, extensive use of IBM-PC and assisting in follow-up study of in-patients who had sustained severe closed head injuries. Developed skills in neuropsychological testing.

EDUCATION:

Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, West Virginia, 26003

Bachelor of Arts Degree, December 1986

Major: Psychology

Senior Thesis: Effects on Family Life Due to Behavioral Changes

Caused By Closed Head Injury

HONORS

Presidential Scholarship, Wheeling Jesuit University

Deans List, Wheeling Jesuit University

National Deans List

Whos Who Among American College and University Students

Psi Chi National Honor Society

Staff Person the Year, People Encouraging People

Awarded CERT Mini Grant, People Encouraging People

Recognized for Twenty Years of Service to the Johns Hopkins University

Senthilkumar Natesan, Amanda Brown, Yiling Liu, Justin C. McArthur, Deneen Esposito and Suzanne Gartner. In Vivo Persistence of a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Variant Defectice for both Protease and Reverse Transcriptase. Submitted to Journal of Virology (January 2007).

Lynn M. Wachtman DVM MPH, Richard L. Skolasky MA, Patrick M. Tarwater PhD, Deneen Esposito, BA, Giovanni Schifitto MD, Karen Marder MD MPH, Michael P. McDermott PhD, Bruce A. Cohen MD, Avindra Nath MD, Ned Sacktor MD, Leon G. Epstein MD, Joseph L. Mankowski DVM PhD, and Justin C. McArthur MBBS MPH .Platelet decline: An avenue for investigation into the pathogenesis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Associated Dementia. Submitted to Archives of Neurology (December 2006).

The DANA Consortium on the Therapy of HIV Dementia and Related Cognitive Disorders (1996). Clinical Confirmation of the American Academy of Neurology algorithm for HIV-1 Associated Cognitive Motor Disorders. Neurology 47 (5): 1247-1253.

The DANA Consortium on the Therapy of HIV Dementia and Related Cognitive Disorders (1997). Safety and Tolerability of the Antioxidant OPC-14117 in HIV Associated Cognitive Impairment. Neurology 49 (1): 142-146.

Selnes, OA, Galai N, McArthur JC, Cohn S, Royal W, Esposito DR, Vlahov D (1997). HIV-infection in intravenous drug users: Long-term follow-up. Neurology 48: 223-230.

The DANA Consortium on the Therapy of HIV Dementia and Related Cognitive Disorders (1998). A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial of Deprynyl and Thioctic Acid in HIV Associated Cognitive Impairment. Neurology 50 (3): 654-651.

Vedhara, K, Schifitto, G, McDermott, M and the Dana Consortium for HIV Dementia and Related Cognitive Disorders (1999). Disease Progression in HIV-Positive Women with Moderate to Severe Immunosuppression: The Role of Depression. Behavioral Medicine 25 (Spring 1999).

Sacktor N, Skolasky RL, Lyles RH, Esposito DR, Selnes OA, McArthur JC (2000). Improvement in HIV-associated motor slowing after antiretroviral therapy including protease inhibitors. Journal of Neurology 6 (1): 84-88.

Adams HR, ODonnell JP, Palumbo D, McDermott MP, Kieburtz K, Esposito DR, Marder K, Sacktor N, Albert S, Selnes OA, Stern Y, Epstein L, Schifitto, G (2003)-in submission to Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society.

Attenuated CNS Infection in Advanced HIV/AIDS with Combination Therapy (2003)-in submission to JAMA.

ABSTRACTS

Hasenauer D, Selnes OA, Nance-Sproson TE, Esposito DR, McArthur JC. Psychomotor slowing in HIV-associated dementia (HAD): CNS effect or fatigue

Neuroscience of HIV Infection Conference, Paris, France, March 6-9, 1996.

Sacktor N, Lyketsos C, Esposito DR, Nance-Sproson T, Skolasky R, Selnes OA, McArthur JC. Depression subtypes in HIV infections. ANA Meeting, 1997.

Sacktor N, Skolasky R, Esposito DR, Lyles R, McFarlane G, Nance-Sproson T, Selnes OA, McArthur JC. Combination antiretroviral therapy including protease inhibitors improves psychomotor speed performance in HIV infection, 1998.

REFERENCES: Excellent professional references furnished upon request.

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