Clinical, Health, and Research Informatics/Health IT Project Implement

Nonie E. Pegoraro, MA, MS

CLINICAL & RESEARCH INFORMATICS PROFESSIONAL

HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND EXCHANGE SPECIALIST

ADDRESS: ** ****** ******, ****** ** 10803

PHONE: 914-***-****, MOBILE: 718-***-****, EMAIL: *********@*****.***

Summary of Experience

I recently completed my graduate studies in Health Informatics and Policy and Clinical and Translational Research

Investigations at Cornell University. I am seeking a position in the field of Clinical and/or Research Informatics. In

addition to my recent academic credentials, my professional experience includes skills in the following areas:

• Integrating phenotype and genotype data from disparate clinical and research information systems for bio-

specimen repositories using EPIC, Click Commerce, and Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap)

• In-depth knowledge of medical codes sets (ICD-9, ICD-10, SNOMED, LOINC, CPT, NDC, etc…)

• Health Information Exchange (HIE) software solution implementation, support, and training

• Health Language 7 (HL7) and Extract Transform Load (ETL) methods for clinical and research systems data

integration

• Real-time Clinical Data Repository (CDR) implementation, maintenance, and support using Oracle Golden Gate

in Tandem Enscribe and SQL environments

• Clinical Decision Support (CDS),Clinical Quality Improvement (CQI), predictive analytics, and patient safety

software solutions implementation using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, Process Proxy Smart Grid

®, and IBM products

• Clinical research database design and implementation using REDCap, RexDB, and Microsoft SQL Server

Management Studio

• Business and feasibility analyses of complex IT issues related to the secondary use of Electronic Health Record

(EHR) data

• Clinical research operations, data management, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), human research protections,

HIPAA Privacy Rules, research participant recruitment & retention, and Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Management

Work Experience

Weill Cornell Medical College January

2013- Present

Program Manager, Research Informatics, Architecture for Research Computing in Health

• Responsible for leading the design, development, implementation, and ongoing operation of quality and research

data repositories for Anesthesiology, Advanced Digestive Diseases, Myeloid Biology, and Urological Cancer

programs

• Serve as the primary intermediary between researchers and their teams, business analysts, programmers and

other technical staff, and vendors

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• Maintain functional knowledge of clinical source system data to enable the effective data integration, and

delivery of training and research protocol needs

• Develop and oversee the development of the necessary test scenarios, documentation, training materials, support

knowledge base, and data dictionaries

• Work directly clinical and research users to gather business and data requirements, analyze work flows and data

flows, create specifications, answer questions, set expectations, plan and deliver products

• Produce executive summaries, presentations, and internal reports/briefs

Continuum Health Partners April

2011- January 2013

Senior Manager, Clinical Informatics and Analytics Applications, Information Technology (IT)

Department

• Managed the implementation, configuration, testing, rollout, and training for Health Information Exchange

(HIE) software solutions in support of Medical Home Initiative (MHI), Independent Physicians Association (IPA)

• Duties included developing use case definitions, EMPI tuning, secured messaging configurations, consent system

delivery, CCD XDS document development, semantic standardization, development of implementation and

training materials

• Supervised 3 data architects, 2 data analysts, project management resources, and vendor resources

• Charged with planning, implementation, and management of real-time Clinical Data Repository (CDR) and data

marts to support clinical decision support, predictive analytics, quality improvement, patient safety, and research

• Managed knowledge assets such as data dictionaries and Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD) to enable the

effective delivery and training

• Worked with project clinical management staff to develop clinical workflows, project charters, and plans based

on project and end-user requirements

• Produced executive summaries, presentations, and internal reports/briefs

Hospital for Special Surgery June 2010

- April 2011

Senior Research Coordinator, Quality Research Center (QRC)

• Designed and implemented clinical quality and research data management systems using REDCap (Research

Electronic Data Capture)

• Led projects to streamline data collection and data analysis to increase efficiency, eliminate redundancy, and

increase data quality and integrity

• Developed policies and procedures ranging from clinical data acquisition, processing, storage, and distribution,

research management, and the use of uniform methods across the healthcare quality research portfolio

• Provided strategic planning for operations and extramural funding

• Provided research project coordination and management for sponsored and supported research projects

• Ensured research projects were in compliance with all human research and fiscal regulatory requirements

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RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN COLUMBUS AUGUST 2009 - JUNE

2010

Program Manager, Ohio Perinatal Research Network (OPRN)

• Charged with the design, implementation, and management of the Ohio Perinatal Research Network (OPRN), the

e-perinatal Clinical and Bio-specimen Repository and Registry using EPIC, Click Commerce, and REDCap

• Provided project management and IT business solutions expertise for the e-perinatal EPIC Neonatal Data Store,

oriented specifically for OPRN research needs

• Provided OPRN and e-perinatal content expertise for data mart development and implementation

• Managed all aspects of OPRN, operations, research protocol development, human research protection regulatory

and sponsored programs administration

• Served as the OPRN research and development liaison for the National Institute of Health (NIH) sponsored

Center for Clinical and Translation Sciences

• Provided strategic research & development planning for OPRN principal investigators

Health and Hospitals Corp. February 2007 -

June 2009

Senior Director, Office of Clinical and Health Services Research

• Managed all aspects of human research protection regulatory and sponsored programs administration

• Provided strategic research & development planning for principal investigators and project directors

• Appointed the HHC Research Authorized Official Representative (AOR), Human Research Protection

Administrator, and Research Integrity Officer (RIO)

Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar September 2005 -

December 2006

Director, Research Compliance, Research and Sponsored Programs (RASP), one-year contract in Doha,

Qatar Persian Gulf

• Planned, designed, and implemented the first ever human research protection training seminar in Qatar

http://qatar-weill.cornell.edu/media/chronicle/pdfs/qatarChronicle_v2_n3_high.pdf

• Produced the first Arabic translation of the 1979 Belmont Report which lays down the ethical principles

governing the conduct of research involving human subjects in the United States (copy available upon request)

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Education

Cornell University, Master of Science (MS), Health Informatics & Policy

May 2014

The curriculum addressed the need for clinical systems science perspectives in healthcare and incorporated a trans-

disciplinary approach by fusing traditional methods from health services research with computational and informatics

techniques. My thesis requirement was a systematic literature review of abstracts from PUBMED® (MEDLINE®) related

to the secondary use of electronic health record data for research.

Cornell Medical College, Advanced Graduate Certificate, Clinical and Translational Investigations

May 2014

As a recipient of the National Institute of Health (NIH) K-30 Grant, I completed courses in the following topics:

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Bioinformatics Grant Writing and Scientific Journalism

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Biostatistics Molecular Biology and Genetics in Clinical

Research

• Clinical Trials Design and Analysis

• Principles of Clinical Pharmacology

• Data Management for Clinical Research

• Responsible Conduct of Research

• Foundations of Clinical Research

• Foundations of Epidemiology

Cornell University, Graduate Certificate, Health Information Technology (HIT)

June 2011

I was the recipient of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)

Health Information Technology (HIT) Training Grant. The program provided a practical hands-on educational

approach that examined the national legal, social, financial, and political environment surrounding Electronic Health

Record (EHR) implementation to achieve the Federal Meaningful Use (MU) requirements. It also addressed the

appropriate and secure use of EHR data to improve health care delivery.

Ohio State University, Master of Arts (MA), Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

December 1999

I was the recipient of the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship and studied abroad in Cairo Egypt at

the American University in Cairo (AUC). My studies were interdisciplinary and included courses in: Arabic, Hebrew,

Turkish, linguistics, translation theory, political science, culture, literature, and art.

Ohio State University, Bachelor of Arts (BA), International Studies

March 1995

My studies examined the cultural, economic, historical, and political forces impacting the Middle East and U.S. policy. I

also studied abroad in Jordan at the Yarmouk University in the city of Irbid.

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Professional Certificates

Harvard School of Public Health, Professional Certificate, Ethical Issues in International Health Research

My studies examined the ethical guidelines for international research involving human subjects, conducting research in

refugee populations, and international and cultural issues associated with genetic research.

Management Concepts, Professional Certificates

• Uniform Administrative Cost Requirements for Grants: OMB A-102 and 2 CFR Part 215

• Applying for Federal Grants and Cooperative Agreements

• Managing Federal Grants and Cooperative Agreements

• Advanced Cost Principles

Languages

English-Advanced, Arabic- Intermediate, Hebrew-Intermediate, Italian-Elementary, Turkish-Elementary, Spanish-

Elementary, Amharic-Elementary

Volunteer Activities/Memberships/Hobbies

• Elected Official-Democratic Party District Leader-Pelham, Westchester NY

• Former United States Peace Corps Volunteer in Ethiopia

• Former AmeriCorps volunteer

• Member of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)

• Member of the National E-Health Collaborative HIE Workgroup

• Member of Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)

• Member of Health Language 7 (HL7)

• Member Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R)

• Former Certified Institutional Review Board (IRB) Professional (CIP) (expired 6/10)

• Member of the Applied Research Ethics National Association (ARENA)

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• Member of the National Council University Research Administrators (NCURA)

• My international travels include: Jordan, Egypt, Israel, Qatar, Ethiopia, Australia, Japan, Great Britain,

Germany, France/Corsica, Switzerland, Italy, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Canada and Mexico

• Avid squash player, scuba diver, Alpine hiker and rock climber, and Alpine mushroom forager

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