Health Management

KRUTI JOSHI, B.S., MPH

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 61 Brighton Way, North Brunswick, NJ 08902 (732) 763- 5842 ************@*****.***

EDUCATION

University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey–School of Public Health: Piscataway, NJ – 05/ 2010, Master’s in Public Health – Clinical Epidemiology, GPA: 3.6

Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey: New Brunswick, NJ – 05/2008, Bachelor’s in Science - Public Health, GPA: 3.5

CITI Collaborative IRB Training Initiative, Certification Received: July 25, 2009

EXPERIENCE

New York Hospital at Queens – Department of Emergency Medicine – Flushing, NY

Clinical Research Coordinator, 06/2010 – Present

Manage and Monitor estimated 30 Research Associates on daily basis and provide intensive training and guidance on research activities.

Liaise between Sponsor, Investigator, IRB management, etc to assure IRB protocol and regulatory guidelines are met.

Provide regulatory management of clinical studies operations and ensure that the integrity of clinical data is in adherence to GCP, ICH Guidelines, CFR and company’s SOP.

Plan, design, and review research protocols, informed consent forms, monitoring plans, case report forms, study budgets, tracking spreadsheets, and other study-related forms.

Ensure proper reporting of all SAE/AEs and protocol deviations and violations, collection of Endpoint packet documentation.

Coordinate the practical aspects of epidemiological research by integrating the research associates and the study investigators and facilitating communication among them as well as enforcing Good Clinical Practice (GCP).

Provide daily surveillance and clinical investigation to track new active cases within the Emergency Room.

Design clinical prospective surveys, electronic databases via access/excel.

Develop didactic and research activities in the Emergency Ultrasound Division, by teaching the residents and external rotators, designing and developing research projects and developing external networking activities.

Facilitate Patient recruitment and patient enrollment, subject follow-up, and data entry.

Provide statistical support, develop statistical analysis plan, and perform programming and analysis activities using STATA.

Interpret statistical results, report clinical findings into written study abstract and/or manuscript and submit for publication.

Conduct systematic scientific literature search, and identify potential research hypotheses based on the discrepancies in current studies.

Provide general management including set weekly schedule for research associates, prepare monthly research and scholarly activity report, and agenda for departmental meetings, coordinate logistics, etc.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company – New Brunswick, NJ

MSDS Specialist/ Consultant, 05/2008 – 12/2008 (6-month contract)

Conducted literature searches to identify supporting information using toxicological, physical, environmental, pharmacological and other scientific data, and regulatory information.

Interpreted clinical studies data, research articles, and other scientific sources based on BMS drug products or materials.

Summarized, analyzed, and interpreted test results in preparation for submission to regulatory organizations.

Provided safety support for existing products and evaluated the safety of ingredients and formulations following FDA guidelines, GCP and company SOPs.

Performed routine categorizations, calculations, and dangerous goods classification.

Prepared new or revised Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) using SAP and Safety/Risk Assessment Documents meeting Global Regulatory and Compliance requirements.

Devised new and efficient training templates as well as created technical phrases in the SAP module.

Provided intensive training to new hires in creating MSDSs using SAP EHS module.

Bloustein Center for Survey Research – New Brunswick, NJ

Interviewer / Project Coordinator Assistant, 09/2005 – 05/2008

Conducted interviews, data entry and data management for large datasets, for various projects (Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, HIV Prevention, Labor Study, Morristown Transit project).

Assisted the Business Administrator with tasks related to departmental finances.

INTERNSHIP

New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services, Communicable Disease - Trenton, NJ

Principal Investigator, 09/2009 – 05/2010 (MPH Fieldwork Project)

Designed and implemented research development and Assured Protocol Compliance and all IRB activities.

Conducted statistical analyses for an Epidemiologic study to examine the relationship between the rates of Anti-microbial resistance to rates of Prescription in NJ.

Executed Descriptive Statistics, Logistic Regression Modeling, and Chi-Square Tests using SAS 9.2.

Coded, tested, debugged, documented and maintained SAS programs.

Managed large NJ Medicaid health claims and hospital-level surveillance datasets.

Presented the findings of the study to the UMDNJ – School of Public Health faculty and student body.

Edison Department of Health & Human Services, Dr. William Toth Memorial Health Center – Edison, NJ

Intern, 07/2007 – 12/2007 (Fall Semester)

Devised a Pandemic Influenza Emergency Preparedness Program and educational materials as well as provided Health Education sessions for all Edison Daycare Centers, Pre-schools, and Senior Citizen Population.

Reviewed patient data and provided health information during clinics and doctor visits.

New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services, Vital Statistics – Trenton, NJ

Public Health Research Intern, 03/2007-09/2007

Conducted data entry and data management for vital statistics datasets; primarily birth, death, and abortion data.

Essex Regional Health Commission – West Orange, NJ

Intern for Community Health Assessment on Obesity, 09/ 2006 – 01/2007 (Fall Semester)

Interviewed health care professionals and collected qualitative data from all Essex County municipalities in order to assess the impact of Childhood and Adult obesity to achieve the Healthy People 2010 Goal.

Developed Logistic Regression Models to examine the relationship between physical activity and obesity.

Published the findings of childhood and adult obesity in Community Health Improvement Plan and presented to Essex County Health Department.

Provided a report that indicated possible policy changes and health education enhancement to reverse the obesity rate.

SKILL

Programs: SAS, SAS Enterprise, SPSS, STATA, EpiInfo, ArcGIS, SAP, and Microsoft Excel/Access

Languages: Fluent in English, Gujarati and Hindi

Others: IRB Management, Modeling: Regression Analyses, Meta-Analyses, Survival Analysis, Markov simulation, Decision-making, Cost-effective studies, and Data analysis, Interpretation, and Evaluation

INTEREST

Clinical research study management, Statistical Analysis and Data Interpretation, Pharmaceutical Development,

RECOGNITION/PUBLICATION

Delta Epsilon Iota Academic Honor Society (2006-Present), Dean’s List (2004-2008), and St. Peter’s University Hospital Volunteer Award, Community Health Improvement Plan Publication (01/2007). Essex County.

P. Lema, M.D., A. Giard, M.D., J.Jones, M.D., S. Gupta, M.D., K.Joshi, M.P.H., A. Datta, M.D. R.D.M.S. Ultrasound Measurement of the Inferior Vena Cava With Position Changes in Healthy Volunteers. Lang Research Center. New York Hospital Queens. 05.11.11.

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