Bradley Parsons

Main duties performed for groups studying future Alopecia Areata (AA) therapies:

• Advise teams on optimal treatment frequency for AA by sharing insights from local support groups and recent research trends
• Adapt study questionnaires and marketing materials to ensure terminology is relevant for capturing data on both common and unique manifestations of AA
• Advocate for tracking mental health and quality of life outcomes as key indicators of treatment success for AA
• Assist international research groups in optimizing US patient recruitment by connecting teams with nationwide AA registry networks

Other contributions to AA patient advocacy:

• Filmed a long-form interview detailing my personal journey with AA Universalis, presented at the National Sales Meeting of a major US pharmaceutical company
• Counseling children with AA nationwide as a certified Youth Mentor

• Led clinical research study of sleep patterns in 86 JHU student athletes using Under Armour Band smartwatch technology
• Responsible for the preparation of study protocols, informed consent documents, lifestyle questionnaires, IRB approval forms, and grant applications
• Designed strategized marketing materials with JHU Athletics to maximize study recruitment and personally enrolled all 86 participants
• Developed a Standard Operating Procedure to help train participants to properly track data and report issues
• Maximized study adherence by scheduling follow up meetings and phone call with participants over the school year
• Scraped and databased large-scale datasets collected over 5 school semesters
• Performed independent data analysis using a variety of statistical methods

• Executed independent patient check-ins to update health information in an electronic medical records system, facilitating proper organization and transfer of patients between triage units
• Transported ambulatory medication and provided post-op patient family care in over 10 trauma surgeries