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Cassia Brockway

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Practice Transformation Consultant

Elevation Health Partners
05.2023 - Current
  • Coaching, motivational interviewing, clients and deliverables, project management, care transformation, behavioral health integration, quality improvement and data management and interventions, panel presentations at the California Primary Care Association's 2024 Quality Improvement and Financial conferences to communicate key findings for application within health centers and amongst stakeholders across California.

Practice Transformation Engagement Specialist

Elevation Health Partners
05.2022 - 05.2023
  • Driving and supporting projects from concept to execution, including: HEDIS/P4P programs, data investigation, interpretation, connection, care transformation, behavioral health integration, quality improvements, health plan reporting, implementation science and research
  • Creating cohesion within project teams and frequent collaboration with internal team members and safety net providers across Michigan

COVID-19 Contact Tracer & Case Investigator

Drexel University
09.2021 - 04.2022
  • Contact tracing of Drexel students with unconfirmed and confirmed cases of COVID-19, including any contacts at risk of exposure
  • Tracking data in RedCap software, conducting calls with individuals, and utilizing protocols to escalate and coordinate need for housing or any urgent symptoms such as loss of breath or chest pain
  • Maintaining HIPAA compliance and utilized skills of data collection, interviewing, and fostering a safe space.

Vaccine Administrator

COVID Check Colorado
05.2021 - 06.2021
  • Team-based work with nurses at a drive-up vaccination site to gather information from patients and oversee administration of COVID-19 vaccinations
  • Precise documentation and data collection were essential, with emphasis on inquiries about anaphylaxis to any triggers, in addition to team communication to ensure patient safety
  • Large Spanish-speaking population in the area, and interviewing patients while instilling trust was paramount to providing a successful experience to patients
  • All CCC sites closed down at the end of June once the majority of Coloradians were vaccinated

Education

Masters of Public Health - Epidemiology

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
03.2022

Bachelor of Arts - Biology, Minor in Psychology

West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
05.2019

Skills

  • Creativity and innovation
  • Population health, quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Deliverable creation for various clients and scientific writing
  • Effective and goal-oriented collaboration
  • Patient experience and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
  • Growth strategies and relationship building
  • Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), SharePoint, NVivo software, experience with planning and test documentation (Software Engineering Lifecycle), and coding software (CCS, HTML, SAS, SPSS, R)

Laboratory Experience

Metagenomics Lab, West Virginia University 

Researcher and Published Author, January 2018-May 2019

Honors program capstone and thesis research project with a goal to identify the presence and functionality of the bacteria Wolbachia in fleas, to investigate  implications on the flea life cycle, and potential long-term  implications towards vector disease control. Responsibilities and applied skills included:

  • qPCR, PCR, DNA extraction, RNA extraction
  • Flea maintenance, Flea sexing
  • Critical thinking, collaboration, scientific writing, panel presentation, deliverables and visual representations
  • Adaptation when results were different than expected

Projects

Minority-Driven Strategies for COVID Vaccination

Presentation created from surveyed qualitative results gathered from a research project at COVID Check Colorado. Results led to an understanding of impactful strategies to mitigate barriers amongst minority populations and increase COVID vaccination practices.


Addressing COVID Myths and Barriers to Vaccination

Flyer addressing surveyed Colorado natives' expressed reasons for apprehension and resistance towards receiving the COVID vaccine. Information was compiled using results from a qualitative survey conducted at COVID Check Colorado, along with current CDC guidelines and consensus information about vaccination.


Examining the Association Between Familial Sleep Patterns and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Project conducted using statistical analysis in SAS to assess potential correlations between sleep patterns amongst: mothers during pregnancy, proband children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and overall family sleep patterns, to prevalence/severity of ASD symptoms in sibling children.


NASA IV&V Summer Internship

Project management, website building to meet needs of project managers by creating templates to save hundreds of hours of team time allocated

Timeline

Practice Transformation Consultant

Elevation Health Partners
05.2023 - Current

Practice Transformation Engagement Specialist

Elevation Health Partners
05.2022 - 05.2023

COVID-19 Contact Tracer & Case Investigator

Drexel University
09.2021 - 04.2022

Vaccine Administrator

COVID Check Colorado
05.2021 - 06.2021

Masters of Public Health - Epidemiology

Drexel University

Bachelor of Arts - Biology, Minor in Psychology

West Virginia University
Cassia Brockway