April Boyd

Coordinated scholarly activity and medical student research.

• Assisted students with identifying a mentor and project based on student's interests and goals.
• Assisted students with travel approvals, plans and reimbursements.
• Corresponded with mentors and provided instruction and assistance as needed.
• Reviewed final project reports for completeness and entered grades when projects had received final review and approval.
• Prepared detailed reports, presenting data clearly and concisely for the Dean's Office.
• Maintained Scholarly Activity website.
• Developed and maintained spreadsheets to track and chart student's progress with research from first to fourth year.

Assisted with Summer Research Fellowships; worked with the director, students and payroll services to complete required paperwork and entered documents to pay trainees and served as a contact.

Coordinated Medical Student Research Day (2007 – 2015)

• Organized speakers, judges and students for oral and poster presentations.
• Arranged venue, catering and all details for event.
• Worked closely with the director and judges to ensure that the event was organized and successful.
• Worked with various organizations to make sure the event was publicized to our target audience each year.
• Created an abstract book of all participants each year that served as a resources and history for the program.
• Processed payment request for catering, poster printing services, student awards, poster design awards and all other related expenses.

Provided administrative and clerical support to the Senior Associate Dean for the School of Medicine.

• Created and edited correspondence, maintained calendars, set appointments, coordinated meetings, scheduled conference rooms, arranged travel and processed reimbursements.
• Supervised Office Service Specialist position and work-study students.
• Coordinated annual special projects; President's Award for Excellence in Teaching, LCME medical school questionnaire and Argus Awards Ceremony.
• Maintained committee notebooks for meetings.

Provided patient care assistance for the Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology.

• Assisted patients with appointments, medication refills, insurance claims, laboratory results, physician referrals and other related needs.
• Maintained patient files.
• Transcribed clinic notes and letters to patients.
• Worked closely with Rheumatology Faculty, Staff and Nurses to assist patients as efficiently as possible.

• Provided general clerical support to the Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education.
• Provided patient care assistance for the Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology.

• Assisted Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology faculty and fellows with general clerical duties.
• Maintained patient files for the Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology.