Consulting Projects

Girls on the Run Napa & Solano 

• Program Development and Delivery
  • Develop, coordinate, and implement parent education workshops 
  • Grant writing 
  • Logic Model revision
• Program Evaluation
  • Survey development and revision
  • Data collection protocol
  • Data analysis of pre- and post-season survey data
  • Data summary report and presentations

Napa Valley Unified School DistricT

• General Evaluation Support for grants specific to wellness and student services
  • Data Collection protocol development
  • Online Data Collection tool development
  • Data analyses and reporting, both for internal use and grant reporting
• Wellness Council representation

On the move - LGBTQ Connection

• Provided guidance for IRB application preparation 

Move Together - Pro Bono Incubator

• Provided template and recommendations for grant application format

Program Development and Evaluation Projects

Napa County Office of Education

Program and Evaluation Manager

• Program Development
  • Grant Writing - with successful federal funding for two substance use prevention coalitions and state funding for tobacco use prevention education
  • Developed Community Coalition logic models and action plans
• Program Management of substance use prevention programs in schools and community
  • Worked with all public secondary schools in Napa County to provide primary prevention curricula in the classrooms
  • Tobacco Use Prevention Education Coordinator (previous)
• Program Evaluation management
  • Coordination of California Healthy Kids Survey data collection and dissemination of results
  • Survey development, particularly for evaluating prevention programs
  • Data collection protocol development and management
  • Data analyses and presentation of findings
  • Validation of a Volunteer Capacity Assessment used by non-profit organizations throughout the state of California

STRIDES

Co-Founder and Co-Director

• Developed, implemented, and evaluated a suicide prevention program for continuation high school students
• Program Development
  • Logic Model and SMART Objectives
  • Developed a 10-week, 20-session evidence based positive youth development curriculum
• Grant Writing and Funding Development
• Program Implementation and Delivery 
  • Delivered positive youth development program to students
• Event Organization
  • Organized and directed STRIDES 5k Run/Walk
• Program Evaluation 

Research Projects

University of North Carolina -Sheps Center for Health Services Research

Project Manager

• Managed two AHRQ-funded studies - a qualitative study and a randomized control trial
• Project Management
  • Recruitment of primary care practices, physicians, and 825 of their patients to participate in qualitative interviews or a randomized controlled trial comparing communication strategies about the benefits and harms of preventive screening.
  • Developed research protocols and conducted quality management and control procedures
•  Data Collection
  • Interview guide and survey development
  • Validation of survey instrument
  • Conducted qualitative interviews
  • Survey data collection
• Data Analysis
  • Analyzed qualitative and quantitative data
• IRB application preparation, modification, and renewal
• Publication and Presentation preparation

innovation Research & Training

Program Coordinator

• Coordinated a NIDA-funded, randomized control trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a media literacy, substance abuse prevention program for high school students.
• Program Development
  • Grant Writing
  • Development of media literacy curriculum 
• Program Coordination
  • Recruitment of high schools throughout the United States
  • Protocol development with each school district
  • Prepare IRB applications

University of California, Los Angeles - Integrated Substance Abuse Programs

Project Coordinator

• Coordinated NIDA-funded study regarding motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy as aftercare for participants with dual diagnoses of substance dependence and depression
• Project Coordination
  • Recruited and consented participants
  • Data collection protocols
• Data Collection
  • Conducted structured interviews, including PRISM, Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI), Hamilton Depression Scale, Addiction Severity Index (ASI)

Department of Veteran Affairs/Stanford University - Center for Health Care Evaluation

Project coordinator

• Coordinated HSR&D funded study investigating the effectiveness of intensive referral to self-help groups for veterans with dual diagnosis
• Project Coordination
  • Recruited participants
  • Training of staff in assessment
• Program Delivery
  • Facilitated group sessions about dual diagnosis self-help groups
• Data Collection and Analysis
  • Clinical Interview assessments using the MINI and ASI
  • Database development and management
  • Data entry
  • Data analysis 

The Renfrew Center

Evaluation and Research Coordinator

• Data Collection and Analysis
  • Supervise data collection from all patients at admission and discharge for residential treatment outcome study 
  • Developed computerized data collection instruments and procedures 
  • Database Development and Management
  • Data Analysis for Quarterly Reports
• Manuscript and presentation preparation

Other Projects

University of California, Los Angeles - Bruin Resource Center

Body Image Program Coordinator

• Program Development
  • Designed body image workshops for college students 
• Program Coordination
  • Managed team of undergraduate students as peer leaders for Reflections Body Image Program

Childrens' Hospital Los Angeles

Master of Public Health Intern

• Program Development
  • Developed a curriculum for healthcare providers about health issues for young LGBT women
• Program Coordination
  • Coordinated "The Ticket" Youth Conference for 200 youth
• Program Delivery
  • Provided substance use education to high school students
• Data Analysis and Manuscript Preparation