Joel Birkemeier MPH, MD

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EDUCATION New York University College of Global Public Health New York, NY Cross Continental MPH, Focus in Global Health and Policy School and internship in Accra Ghana and Abu Dhabi UAE for 4 months each. MPH, May 2018

Davenport University Grand Rapids, MI

M.B.A., Focus in Healthcare Management, Expected Graduation: December 2025 International American University College of Medicine Dallas, TX M.D., May 2013

LIM College New York, NY

B.B.A. in Marketing, 2007

WORK EXPERIENCE Founder Global Wellness Mission NGO June 2020 – Present

• Oversee all functional and financial aspects of the various wellness programs carried out in the community of Labadi Accra Ghana.

• Implement and monitor/evaluate program impact within the community.

• Grant and proposal writing, fundraising and other development, partnership activities.

• Establish after school wellness programs for youth members – Math/English tutoring classes, dancing, art, nutrition, mental health, physical activity and health programs weekly. Senior Clinical Trial Project Manager - Lead for all Moderna Oncology studies PPD Thermo Fisher June 2022 - Present

● Manage 10 Moderna studies and coordinates activities of all functional departments and vendors involved in the project from study start up to study closer. Work to develop plans/guidelines for project implementation using PPD tools (Connextion, Preclarus, study dashboard). Monitor and analyze project status to ensure successful completion of project parameters, milestones, timetables. Ensures teams are entering and updating internal tracking tools. Work with teams to identify potential risks, develop contingency plans.

● Plans and communicates to team members study specific tasks and priorities for projects. Delegates, as appropriate, assigned responsibilities to project team members. Liaises with managers in all functional areas within PPD to optimize performance and utilization of the project team members. Appropriately escalates any issues or potential issues to management for all project related issues.

● Works closely with other departments to manage all financial, data management and budget aspects of the study including establishing and recognizing financial milestones for invoice and subcontractor purposes, approving subcontractor invoices, and working with the project team to establish appropriate controls to ensure that project resources and expenses are aligned with budgets.

• Mentor and train new project managers and junior members of the team.

● Acts as principal liaison between Moderna and PPD using good clinical practice by facilitating the flow of information between PPD and Moderna. Provides Moderna with timely project updates, project related fiscal information, ensures correct protocol interpretations, and obtains direction and feedback on implementing scope of work. Discusses and obtains feedback from Moderna regarding PPD’s performance to date.

Senior Clinical Trial Project Manager

ACM Global Laboratories April 2021 - June 2022

● Represent ACM as the client’s primary point of contact for CROs and referral labs.

● Manage 15 global protocols, above 30 million in contract value.

● Act as mentor and resource for junior members of department and teams.

● Develop the Global Laboratory Specification Document, Investigator Manual, and reviews protocol specific Global Work Practice Instructions.

● Evaluate and communicate monthly project metrics and analyses all activity related to the trial, including monthly budget review.

● Assume full responsibility for study conduct on behalf of ACM, ensuring client’s goals and timelines are met and performs troubleshooting and problem-solving functions.

● Participates in the development of ACM Standard Operating Procedures and protocol specific procedures as they relate to regulatory requirements.

Senior Global Project Manager

New York University June 2018 – May 2021

● Oversee all SEVIA Platform modifications for each country (Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Guatemala and Philippians) program and liaise with JHPIEGO team and software application development team.

● Strategic planning with consortium members when it comes to project status, monitoring and evaluation deliverable as they relate to the SEVIA platform as they follow FDA guidelines.

● Provide data management and clinical operational procedure support to the SEVIA-AVE sites in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute and National Library of Medicine within SUCCESS project countries.

● Manage/oversee country-specific, tailored provider educational/training manuals for fieldwork activities.

● Plan procedures, recommend standards, and interpret policy, in order to maximize efficiency and productivity and meet the needs of the program. This includes analyzing and monitoring current procedures and endorsing administrative practices to facilitate service delivery.

● Administration and follow-up support for communication needs among consortium members, including research, document preparation and report drafting. Compose reports and briefings as necessary in addition to IRB documents.

● Write, edit and review grant submissions, manuscripts and abstracts – Cervical cancer, Hypertension, Breast cancer, maternal hemorrhage and acute kidney injury.

● Oversee all safety activities for hypertension and acute kidney injury study in Tanzania. Senior Advisor

Ghana Health Services in Accra Ghana August 2017- May 2018

● Design, organize and implement a community-based hypertension program.

● Plan and organize a blood pressure screening event for over 300 people in La Community Accra Ghana.

● Monitor and evaluate the three-month intervention with five community leaders, local NGO and district health director for 65 patients.

● Create a social network with community leaders and local NGO for people with high blood pressure to be screened regularly, daily phone calls for medication adherence and assistance into the healthcare system.

● Create and administer 120 surveys during the blood pressure screening.

● Organization of stakeholder meetings to gain perspective of local needs.

● Policy review and analyses of Non-Communicable Diseases prevention for Ghana. Clinical Research Manager

NYU College of Global Public Health July 2016- August 2017

● Monitor Clinical Investigations and Study Initiation for DESERVE (Cardiovascular Prevention 5-year clinical study).

● Oversee recruitment for DESERVE Study subjects and Estimate Enrollment Potential at Sites-increased minority recruitment for cardiovascular prevention study by tailoring for language and culture.

● Report on any new Cardiovascular prevention scientific journal articles or reports to use in planning of new projects, papers or presentations.

● Develop presentations for StrokeNet – Stroke Prevention website with monthly presentations on new and current cardiovascular prevention research projects.

● Oversee and manage all areas including budgeting, IRB protocol submissions, and on-going IRB regulations.

● Manage data collection and Redcap entry, analyze data for clinical trial significance, draft manuscripts and abstracts for publications.

● Plan and develop cultural related DESERVE for implementation in Accra Ghana. Clinical Research Scientist and Lab Manager

NYU Medical Center Neuroscience and Ophthalmology March 2015 - August 2016

● Liaised and communicated with clinical operations, data management, statistics, drug safety, and regulatory areas for neurological patients.

● Participated and contributed extensively to Strategic Development and Clinical Development Plans for The Eye Tracking lab to study Neurological patients.

● Organized formal and informal advisory board meetings and maintained contact with doctors and heads of departments on new developments related to PTSD, MS, Concussion and Stroke projects.

● Administered eye and hand movement tests on various subjects to test against patients with either a stroke, MS, movement disorder, concussion or traumatic brain injury. Medical Field Representative

3D Medical January 2013 – March 2015

● Provided pain cream compound drug information and samples to doctors & practices.

● Consulted with doctors to provide a variety of pharmaceutical solutions to their pain patients.

● Built strong relationships with doctors & educated them on various 3D Medical products. Medical Editor

ThirdAge.com August 2014 – March 2016

● Developed presentations and communication materials for Cardiovascular conditions (stroke, heart attack)

● Assessed and edited accuracy of medical condition information, sources and medical journals.

● Coordinated activities related to the preparation and compilation of data and information.

● Explained medical conditions in a manner consistent with the target audience and regulatory requirements. SKILLS STATA analytical software

PUBLICATIONS Abstracts:

T.E. Hudson, J.R. Rizzo, W. Dai, J. Birkemeier, J Martone, T Chou, L Balcer, S Galetta, J Rucker. Eye Movement Underpinnings of the Mobile Universal Lexicon Evaluation System (MULES): Computerized Analysis of Rapid Picture Naming Using EyeLink. Poster Presentation: American Academy of Neurology: 2017 April 22-28; Boston, MA.

J. Birkemeier, T.E. Hudson, J.R. Rizzo, W. Dai, J. Verstraete, J. Rucker. The Visual Performance of Non-Native vs native English speakers on a Sideline Concussion Screen: An Objective Look at Eye Movement Recordings. Poster presentation: Association of Academic Physiatrists: 2016 Feb 16-20; Sacramento, CA. J. Birkemeier, T.E. Hudson, J.R. Rizzo, W. Dai, I. Selesnick, L. Hasanaj, L.J. Balcer, S.L. Galetta, J.C. Rucker. The Ocular Motor Underpinnings of Rapid Number-Naming as a Sideline Performance Measure for Concussion. Poster Presentation: American Academy of Neurology: 2016 April 15-21; Vancouver, BC, Canada. C. Hainline, J.R. Rizzo, T.E. Hudson, W. Dai, J. Birkemeier, R.C. Nolan, I. Kister, L. J. Balcer, S.L. Galetta, J.C. Rucker. Ocular Motor Behavior in a Rapid Number Naming Task in Multiple Sclerosis. Poster Presentation: North American Neuro-Ophthalmology: 2016 Feb 27- Mar 3; Tucson, AZ. Poster Presentation: American Academy of Neurology: 2016 April 15-21; Vancouver, BC, Canada. T.E. Hudson, J. Birkemeier, J.R. Rizzo, W. Dai, I. Selesnick, L. Hasanaj, L.J. Balcer, S.L. Galetta, J.C. Rucker. The Ocular Motor Underpinnings of Rapid Number-Naming as a Sideline Performance Measure for Concussion. Poster Presentation: North American Neuro-Ophthalmology: 2016 Feb 27- Mar 3; Tucson, AZ. K. Dempsey, J. Birkemeier, J.R. Rizzo, L. Hasanaj, L.J. Balcer, S.L. Galetta, J. C. Rucker. Yield of the Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmologic Examination in Patients with Concussion. Poster Presentation: North American Neuro- Ophthalmology: 2016 Feb 27- Mar 3; Tucson, AZ. Poster Presentation: American Academy of Neurology: 2016 April 15-21; Vancouver, BC, Canada.

K. Dempsey, J. Birkemeier, T. Hudson, W. Dai, I. Selesnick, L. Hasanaj, L.J. Balcer, S.L. Galetta, J. C. Rucker, J.R. Rizzo. Visual Performance of Non-Native versus Native English speakers on a Sideline Concussion Screen: An Objective Look at Eye Movement Recordings. Poster Presentation: North American Neuro-Ophthalmology: 2016 Feb 27- Mar 3; Tucson, AZ.

L. Hasanaj, N. Webb, L. Serrano, R. Nolan, J. Raynowska, J. Birkemeier, T. Hudson, J.R. Rizzo, W. Dai, S.L. Galetta, J. C. Rucker, L.J. Balcer. Rapid Number Naming and Quantitative Eye Movements May Reflect Contact Sport Exposure in a Collegiate Ice Hockey Cohort. Poster Presentation: North American Neuro-Ophthalmology: 2016 Feb 27- Mar 3; Tucson, AZ.

Manuscripts:

J. Raynowska, L. Hasanaj, I. Zhang, L. Serrano, J. Birkemeier, R. Nolan, N. Webb, A. Silverio, J. Rucker, S.L. Galetta, L. Balcer. Agreement of the Spiral-Bound and Computerized Tablet Versions of the King-Devick Test of Rapid Number Naming for Sports Related Concussion. SciMed Central. J.R. Rizzo, T. Hudson, W. Dai, J. Birkemeier, R.M. Pasculli, I. Selesnick, L.J. Balcer, S.L. Galetta, J.C. Rucker. Rapid number naming in chronic conucussion: eye movements in the King-Devick test. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 2016;3(10):801-811. doi:10.1002/acn3.345. C. Hainline, J.R. Rizzo, T.E. Hudson, J. Birkemeier, J. Raynowska, R.C. Nolan, L. Hasanaj, T.C. Frohman, S.L. Galetta, L.J. Balcer, J.C. Rucker. J Neurol. 2017 May;264(5):989-998. doi: 10.1007/s00415-017-8484-1. Epub 2017 Apr 7

J. Raynowska, J.R. Rizzo, J.C. Rucker, W. Dai, J. Birkemeier, J. Hershowitz, I. Selesnick, L.J. Balcer, S.L Galetta, T. Hudson. Brain Injury. 2017 December;32(2):200-208. doi/full/10.1080/02699052.2017.1374469 Presentations:

Plenary Speech and Top 10 Newsworthy Abstract.

“The Visual Performance of Non-Native vs native English speakers on a Sideline Concussion Screen: An Objective Look at Eye Movement Recordings.” Association Academic Physiatrists.

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