Arshiya Patel

• Create and manage databases on RedCap: 1. Emory Children's Center Vaccine Research Clinic (ECC-VRC), Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit (VTEU) - Participant Database 2. RSV Epidemiology in older adults and pregnant women study (ROAPS).
• Assist with study data collection and analysis.
• Filter and merge large datasets (Georgia Registry of Immunization Transactions and Services - GRITS - Records).
• Develop SAS codes to capture inconsistent, missing, and invalid data entries on RedCap.
• Created a complete data dictionary for a major COVID-19 clinical study.
• Contribute to developing study proposals, protocols, data analysis plans, reports, manuscripts, and presentation of study findings
• Assist employees and staff with data cleaning and analysis using SAS
• Provide RedCap support to employees
• Update organizational systems and subsystems to improve and streamline data collection. Suggested improvements in data management.
• Continually improve knowledge, skills, and performance-based on feedback and self-identified professional developmental needs.
• Complete data cleaning and data validation of existing data sets to promote a robust data management platform, resulting in accurate data analysis and entry.
• Work flexible hours; weekend, and holiday shifts.

• Coordinated Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine trial.
• Developed study recruitment strategies and tools, surveys, and standard operating procedures for data quality control efforts.
• Supervised collection and processing of study specimens.
• Screened patient records, databases and physician referrals to identify prospective candidates for research studies and enroll patients per study protocol.
• Worked with principal investigator and sponsors to facilitate daily trial activities and comply with research protocols.
• Monitored scheduling of procedures and coordinate with other services as needed.
• Maintained compliance with protocols covering patient care and clinical trial operations.
• Prepared regulatory submissions for Emory Institutional Review Board.
• Managed research project databases and monitor data integrity.
• Analyzed data and generate reports and infographics for internal and stakeholder reporting.
• Work flexible hours; weekend, and holiday shifts.

Classes taught:

1. Foundations of Global Health HSC 4624

2. Introduction to Health Professions HSC 2000

3. Nutrition for Sports, Fitness, and Wellness, HUN 3272

4. Nutrition and Disease, HUN 3296

• Checked assignments, proctor tests, and provide grades according to university standards.
• Provided relevant and timely feedback on student assignments.
• Mentored students through office hours and one-on-one communication.
• Examined course materials, lessons and assignments for discrepancies and helped professors resolve problems.
• Oversaw classes of up to 1000 students in Health sciences/pre-med majors.
• Lead courses independently with minimal oversight from professors.

• Performed descriptive and analytic epidemiologic investigations involving cases, clusters and outbreaks of COVID-19.
• Conducted case investigations and interviews, contact tracing, prompt implementation of appropriate control measures, coordinating shipment of laboratory specimens to BPHL, case documentation and timely reporting, research and public health surveillance, and field epidemiological investigations of disease clusters, outbreaks, and individual cases of COVID-19.
• Explained information and recommendations regarding isolation and quarantine parameters, services available to case, and monitors case for ongoing needs and disease clearance.
• Answered telephone inquiries involved with contact tracing duties related to quarantine and monitoring of contacts.
• Worked 12 hour shifts 6 days a week during peak COVID-19 pandemic.

• Assisted with a project involving a retrospective chart review of Hepatitis C virus-positive patients from the FOCUS screening initiative in order to build demographic data to solidify the link between Hepatitis C Virus and intravenous drug use. Presented at the FCEP conference, August 2019.
• Gathered, arranged, and corrected research data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for presentations.
• Performed statistical, qualitative and quantitative analysis.
• Worked both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced hospital environment.

• Assessed health needs of the community/site through censuses, surveys, interviews, and observations.
• Conducted planning and implementation of menstrual hygiene workshops in low-resource community settings.
• Educated individuals and communities about personal hygiene and environmental sanitation practices
• Drafted internal documentation for all programs and activities conducted.
• Networked with local organizations, leaders, and consumers, resulting in establishment of new and lasting partnerships and relationships.

• Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmaceutical Society of University of Tartu, Estonia
• Under supervision, synthesized Antimicrobial drug-loaded electrospun nanofibrous matrices for application in chronic wound infection
• Performed drug release, dissolution, and antimicrobial activity and efficiency studies.
• Skills acquired: Plating techniques for bacteria, NMR spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, various microscopy techniques, and Dissolution testing
• Calibrated and maintained instruments to keep equipment fully operational.

• Assisted in and observed the workings of quality control, capsule, tablet, liquid orals, dry syrup, and packaging departments.
• Adhered to filling and filtering procedures; calculated dilutions, concentrations and yields.
• Adhered to current good manufacturing practices, standard operating methods and legal regulations to maintain a safe and clean work environment.
• Stored, retrieved, mixed and monitored chemicals used in production process.