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Cynthia Lee

Chicago,IL

Summary

Dedicated employee with excellent problem solving and analytical abilities with a background and experience in the fields of psychology, applied behavior analysis, epidemiology and research. Knowledgeable Desired Position with strong foundation in epidemiological research and analysis. Conducted significant studies on disease patterns and public health interventions, contributing to impactful health policy updates. Demonstrated proficiency in statistical software and data interpretation, with keen ability to collaborate on multidisciplinary teams.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lecturer -Health Sciences

City Colleges of Chicago
09.2024 - Current
  • Designing courses to meet learning outcomes and promotes students’ active participation in their own learning
  • Creating an effective learning environment that fosters students’ intellectual curiosity and helps students to problem solve using discipline-specific thinking strategies
  • Employing a variety of formative and summative assessments to ensure that classroom instruction leads to student learning and the attainment of student learning outcomes for the course
  • Helping students reach their academic, personal, and career goals and fosters a safe environment that respects the diversity of individuals and ideas by modeling respect for all students and conveying confidence in every student’s ability to learn
  • Contributes to and provides leadership in academic and professional communities and promotes collaboration and teamwork among members of these communities

Analyst/Care Coordinator

CVS/Aetna
06.2024 - Current
  • Facilitates appropriate healthcare outcomes for members by providing assistance by identifying and assisting with accessing benefits and education for members through the use of care management tools and resources through the use of care management tools and information/data review
  • Conducts comprehensive evaluation of members needs/eligibility and recommends an approach to case resolution and/or meeting needs by evaluating members benefit plan and available internal and external programs/services

Behavioral Health Clinician registry (ER)

University of Chicago/Comer’s Children hospital (Synergy Health)
04.2022 - Current
  • Provide comprehensive neuropsychological assessments, psychotherapeutic interventions, diagnosis, and treatment of mental, emotional, behavioral, addictive, developmental disorders and disabilities using specialized clinical knowledge and advanced clinical skills from training and research in the adult ER of University of Chicago Medicine and Comer Children’s hospital ER
  • Trained and part of Comers Children Hospital clinical research trial team for adolescent depression and suicide
  • Trained member of (BERT) Behavioral emergency response team who responds and de-escalates mental health crisis in the hospital

Behavioral Health Advisor, ER Psych Consultation Coordinator (registry)

Franciscan Health Hospital
04.2003 - Current
  • Assist children in program (school, group therapy etc.)
  • Chart daily progress notes regarding their progress
  • Provide one-on-one interventions, lead therapeutic groups, attend IDT meetings if needed and maintain the health and safety of all residents on the unit
  • Assess ER psych patients per phone, tele-psych and in person, conduct neuropsychological testing, provide recommendations to on call psychiatrist for inpatient or outpatient care, document and write orders, work with local law enforcement and courts/judges to determine if patients are a threat to themselves and others and completing immediate detention per involuntary admissions orders
  • Trained and part of Franciscan Hospital research team via IU School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry for Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) in Adolescents
  • Therapeutic Crisis Intervention certification yearly

CDC COVID Health & Equity Program Manager

Illinois Department of Public Health
04.2022 - 03.2024
  • Plans, researches, educates, organizes, executes, controls, and evaluates the operation of the COVID Health & Equity Program
  • Develops a detailed understanding of COVID impacts on behavior and opportunities in sub-populations of focus utilizing quantitative and qualitative inputs
  • Works in conjunction with the Division of Research Health and Evaluation team at UIC
  • Assists in recruiting members of the Program’s Regional Team and multi-sector community advisory groups
  • Reviews COVID Health & Equity Program needs and oversees the development of educational and training materials directed to populations of focus utilizing individual and group behavioral change models/theories
  • Documents COVID Health & Equity Program successes and challenges through written monthly/quarterly reports
  • Works in collaboration with IDPH COVID Health & Equity Team Leads from Minority Health, and Rural Health to understand agency-level COVID Health goals and office level strategies listed above
  • Organizes and acts on input provided by IDPH's Regional Health Officers, local health departments, COVID Health & Equity Grants Coordinator, and Program evaluator to execute regional activities
  • Meets with regularly with CDC project officer to discuss progress and program goals
  • Works as Grant Administrator for grantee, budgeting and management of project and 10 million dollar grant, data collection, project management and research
  • Reviewing and scoring grant applications, monitoring and updating data via the EGRAMS grant system, salesforce platform management, develops detailed workplan for COVID Health & Equity Program with assignments, establishes priorities among assignments, timelines of completion, monitors progress, and revises workplan as needed
  • Identify and discuss COVID Program projects, problems, and issues; meet with representatives of other agencies and establishes working relationships with external partners to reach the target population
  • (Remote contract employee)

Executive/Administrative Assistant

Health Masters Inc Home health Agency
02.2002 - 01.2020
  • Audit patient files, schedule field employee’s assignments and visits
  • Review resumes and Conduct interviews with potential employees and provide initial on the job orientation
  • Prepare and document Medicare, Medicaid, and waiver and choice payer source files to be billed via Medicaid and Medicare sites
  • Typed correspondence for doctors, pharmacists and therapists
  • Track and progress reports of employees for the paychex systems
  • Schedule patients 60 day update assessments using OASIS (the Outcome and Assessment Information Set) data set for use in home health agencies and encode and transmit the OASIS using the CMS’s healthcare software program HAVEN
  • Maintained Administrators and CEO monthly calendar’s (appointments, travel etc.)
  • Interact with employees and patients daily to make sure scheduled visits were being met
  • 40 hrs a week (as needed during pandemic)

Case Management, Parent Educator, Addictions Coordinator

Crown Counseling Services
02.2016 - 01.2018
  • Assist clients in maintaining and improving their ability to manage their everyday physical, mental, and psycho-social needs
  • Providing community resources and education for each client
  • Attending court and testifying on behalf of my clients
  • Performing multiple duties such as mediating and handling conflicts between patients and family members, conducting education and testing, conduct third party supervised visitation between family and children, attending court appointments, and documenting all information per Department of Children Services protocol
  • 40 plus hrs a week

Social Work Director

Aperion Care Tolleston Park
10.2010 - 02.2016
  • Member of the Management/Admission team
  • Assisted residents in maintaining and improving their ability to manage their everyday physical, mental, and psycho-social needs
  • Providing counseling, discharge planning, gradual psych med reductions and referrals
  • Responsible for implementing care plans and completing resident social service BIMS and PHQ-9 assessments using the 3.0 Minimum Data Set (MDS)
  • Trained and proficient in Point click Care long term care-electronic health record software and Abaqis, long term care’s newest Quality Assurance Program
  • Performed multiples duties such as mediating and handling conflicts between resident’s, family members and staff and providing dementia training and in-services to staff related to social services and resident abuse
  • Investigated any allegation of resident abuse
  • Member of admission referral team (assess prospective resident's via hospital, home, paper referrals etc.)
  • Trained in Indiana Preadmission screening process
  • Accomplishments were no deficiency tags in annual surveys for 4 and a half yrs
  • For social service department

Education

Masters of Psychology - Applied Behavior Analysis concentration

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Chicago, IL
10.2020

Bachelor of Science Degree - Criminal Justice

Indiana University Northwest
Gary, IN
12.2002

Skills

  • Research and analysis
  • Presentations
  • PowerPoint
  • Organization

Certification

  • CPR/BLS/First Aid Instructor, American Heart Association
  • Certified Dementia Practitioner, National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners
  • Health Information Technology Certification, Moraine Valley Community College
  • Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI), Certification yearly. Training to create a trauma-sensitive environment where children and adults are safe and pro-actively prevent and/or de-escalate potential crisis situations.
  • Covid-19 Compliance Certification, Safe Sets Infectious diseases

Activities

CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate), Sworn officer of the court advocating and providing for abused and neglected children. Testifying at court on behalf of casa clients, doing visits and providing reports to the court/judge.

Internship

Lake County Court Probations, 01/2002, 10/2022, Carried a small caseload of clients, conducted mental health assessments, treatment plans, locus, and a variety of mental health paperwork; observed court proceeding; provided varied interventions with clients; reviewed and analyzed criminal history information, psychiatric records, police reports and other relevant data; and participated in any ongoing projects and research initiatives.

Timeline

Lecturer -Health Sciences

City Colleges of Chicago
09.2024 - Current

Analyst/Care Coordinator

CVS/Aetna
06.2024 - Current

Behavioral Health Clinician registry (ER)

University of Chicago/Comer’s Children hospital (Synergy Health)
04.2022 - Current

CDC COVID Health & Equity Program Manager

Illinois Department of Public Health
04.2022 - 03.2024

Case Management, Parent Educator, Addictions Coordinator

Crown Counseling Services
02.2016 - 01.2018

Social Work Director

Aperion Care Tolleston Park
10.2010 - 02.2016

Behavioral Health Advisor, ER Psych Consultation Coordinator (registry)

Franciscan Health Hospital
04.2003 - Current

Executive/Administrative Assistant

Health Masters Inc Home health Agency
02.2002 - 01.2020

Masters of Psychology - Applied Behavior Analysis concentration

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Bachelor of Science Degree - Criminal Justice

Indiana University Northwest
  • CPR/BLS/First Aid Instructor, American Heart Association
  • Certified Dementia Practitioner, National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners
  • Health Information Technology Certification, Moraine Valley Community College
  • Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI), Certification yearly. Training to create a trauma-sensitive environment where children and adults are safe and pro-actively prevent and/or de-escalate potential crisis situations.
  • Covid-19 Compliance Certification, Safe Sets Infectious diseases
Cynthia Lee