Public Health Research Specialist

Amanda Ponce, B.A., MSPH (Candidate)

adm85v@r.postjobfree.com Miami, FL 786-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/aponce0895 PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Public health professional with four years strong experience in public health education and work with at- risk populations. Outcome-oriented offering distinguished career in bridging gaps between scientific, medical and local communities in order to move projects that control and eradicate infectious diseases and eliminate generational poverty.

• Exceptional program/project management skills, including oversight of a $2M budget, contracts/grants, human capital and consultant/vendor resources.

SKILLS

• Knowledge of Electronic Health Records

Software (EPIC)

• RedCap

• Eprost

• SAS/NVIVO Data Analysis

• Grant Financial reconciliation

• Fluent in Spanish

EDUCATION

University of Miami (Candidate)

Miami, FL

Master of Science in Public Health June 2021

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Bachelor of Arts, Biology May 2017

EXPERIENCE

University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL January 2019-Present Department of Psychology

Research Support Specialist, November 2020 – Present

• Responsible for managing the Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR), Five Point Initiative

(FPI), which includes the coordination of all operational, personnel, programmatic, and budget matters.

• Serve as the administrative liaison between the FPI of the Center for HIV and Research in Mental Health (CHARM), university administrators and the local community partners.

• Ensure standard operating procedures are in place and implemented to achieve the goals of the FPI grant and of community engagement activities.

• Plan, lead and collaborate to establish an infrastructure to increase HIV/AIDS mental health research at the University of Miami.

• Provide professional level support for investigators proposing research clinical studies involving human subjects and assist in the generation of databases, and update and maintain documentation.

• Liaise with the University of Miami Institutional Review Board (IRB) to develop and implement proce- dures to accomplish research goals in a timely manner.

• Monitor and control data collection and management of the “consent to contact” patient database.

• Collaborate and engage with local agencies such as Empower U, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and Positive People Network, Inc. and residents in local Miami communities. Department of Gastroenterology

Clinical Research Coordinator August 2019 – June 2020

• Designed, conducted, and managed the K23 grant entitled “The Impact of diet patterns and PUFA-re- lated polymorphisms on ulcerative colitis in Hispanics” under the Principal Investigator, Oriana Mazorra Damas, MD.

• Assisted the PI in development of materials and tools necessary to appropriately train individuals in- volved in the conduct of the study around issues related to (but not limited to) protocol requirements, schedule of visits, execution of research plan. Maintained documentation of training.

• Assisted Principal Investigator to assure that all key personnel or persons ‘engaged’ in the research project have met training requirements in accordance with federal regulations and university and spon- soring agency policies and procedures.

• Conducted the informed consent process including interactions with the Human Research Protection Office (HRPO) (IRB) and discussions with research participants, including answering any questions re- lated to the study. Obtained appropriate signatures and dates on forms in appropriate places. Assure amended consent forms are appropriately implemented and signed.

• Collected and processed biological specimens.

• Cooperated with the university and sponsoring agency compliance and monitor efforts related to human research participant protection. Reported instances of noncompliance to the appropriate compliance office.

• Collaborated with the PI and department to prepare a categorized budget and justification.

• Prepared IRB/HRPO and any other regulatory submission documents as required by the protocol.

• Established and organized study files, including but not limited to, regulatory binders, study specific source documentation and other materials.

Department of Public Health Sciences

Qualitative Research Intern January 2019 – June 2019

• Collaborated with senior researchers on mixed-methods projects developed study designs, collected and analyzed quantitative and qualitative data, as well as drafted reports and other deliverables to ad- dress research needs.

• Performed data collection tasks, including conducting surveys, interviews, focus groups, and collection of administrative data.

• Conducted qualitative data analysis tasks, including coding and analyzing data in NVivo.

• Prepared understandable interpretations of data, such as sequences, graphs, charts, illustrations, ta- bles, slides, and statistical summaries.

Branches, Inc.

AmeriCorps Member August 2017 – August 2019

• Engaged low-income children, youth, and families to help improve academic performance through the planning, developing, and leading of educational sessions.

• Provided over 2000 hours of mentoring, tutoring and homework assistance to the K-12 grade students.

• Planned and led weekly science lessons to students aged 5 to 18 years of age.

• Manage a team of 15 volunteers at the South Miami Satellite location.

• Supervised the planning of events meant to raise over $100,000 and coordinated activities of volun- teers and interns related to event planning and execution.

• Create marketing materials, like flyers and brochures, to be used for the promotion of events and other fundraising pushes.

• Collaborate with organizations and community groups to build partnerships and enhance fundraising activities.

CERTIFICATIONS

Conflict of Interest (COI) Feb. 2019 – Feb. 2023

CITI Program

Good Clinical Practice and ICH (GCP) Feb. 2019 – Feb. 2022 CITI Program

Human Subjects Research (HSR) Feb. 2019 – Feb. 2022 CITI Program

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