Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Websites
Affiliations
Presentations And Invited Lectures
Professional Awards
Publications
Training
Certification
Timeline
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Christy Bales

Cleveland,OH

Summary

Meticulous and analytical Researcher with 15 years of educational and hands-on experience in microbiology and epidemiology. Adaptive team player with in-depth knowledge of data collection, confidential document control and problem-solving.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Research Associate/Post Doc

Case Western Reserve University
01.2022 - Current
  • Development of Protocol, Consents, CRFs, MOP for clinical trials
  • Recruitment
  • Developing interview guides, conducting structured interviews and focus groups, transcriptions, and data analysis with NVivo (qualitative work, NVivo)
  • Data collection (REDCap)and data analysis (quantitative work, R, SPSS, SAS)
  • Manuscript development (Qualitative, Quantitative, Dissemination and Implementation).

Adjunct Professor, General Education

Rasmussen College
01.2018 - Current
  • Professor for Microbiology Lecture and Lab in an asynchronous format
  • Developed supplemental material for active learning.

Research Assistant 3

Kelly Services/Case Western Reserve University
10.2021 - 01.2022
  • Development of protocols
  • Conducting structured interviews, qualitative analysis and manuscript writing
  • Recruitment for studies, data collection and analysis.

Visiting Professor, General Education

Chamberlain University
07.2017 - 10.2021
  • Professor for Microbiology and Anatomy and Physiology 1-4
  • Development of instructional material
  • Tutoring and mentoring
  • Lab management.

Full-time Professor, General Education

Fortis College
01.2006 - 10.2016
  • Professor for Microbiology, Biology, and Anatomy and Physiology
  • Curriculum development
  • Lab management.

Education

Master of Science in Data Science -

Eastern University
Saint Davids, PA
08.2024

PhD in Public Health, Specializing in Epidemiology -

Walden University
Minneapolis, MN
05.2020

Master of Science in Microbiology and Immunology -

Wright State University
Fairborn, OH
12.2005

Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications -

East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN
07.1997

Skills

  • Programming: (Python, R, SQL)
  • Software: (SPSS, SAS, NVivo, Sigma Stat and Sigma Plot)
  • Visualization: (Tableau, gglplot, Matplotlib)
  • Databases: (MySQL, REDCap, SurveyMonkey), Data Collection
  • Analytical Techniques: (Machine Learning, Regression Analysis, Clustering, Bivariate analysis, Data Cleaning, Data Mining, data Wrangling, Data Interpretation)
  • Reporting Standards
  • Literature Reviews, Research and Analysis, Experimental Design, Scientific Writing

Affiliations

  • The National Society of Leadership and Success
  • IADR

Presentations And Invited Lectures

  • Oral Presentation, Inflammatory Cytokines and Cell Adhesion Molecules in a Rat Model of Decompression Sickness, Annual Scientific Meeting of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, 06/2006
  • Poster Presentation, Annual Scientific Meeting of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, 06/2006
  • Poster Presentation, IADR/AADOCR/CADR General Session & Exhibition, Theory-based Oral Health Education and Self-Efficacy of Pediatric Providers, Accepted for March 2024

Professional Awards

Case Western Reserve University-Staff Innovator of the Year Award, 2023

Publications

  • Inflammatory Cytokines and Cell Adhesion Molecules in a Rat Model of Decompression Sickness, Nancy J. Bigley, Heather Perymon, Gloria C. Bowman, Barbara E. Hull, Harold F. Stills Jr., Richard A. Henderson, Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research, 2008, 55-63
  • Motivators and Barriers Affecting Physical Activity Participation in Online Graduate Students, Gloria Christine Bales, Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies, 2020, 8597, [Link to your dissertation]

Training

  • 16th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, 12/2024, Advancing D&I Science By Addressing Dynamic Changes in Context and Fit
  • Epic EHR-Used for clinical research trials-LEAP@ MetroHealth and GPS Training at University Hospitals including SlicerDicer, 2022/2023
  • GCP – Social and Behavioral Research Best Practices for Clinical Research, Case Western Reserve University (CITI), 2021

Certification

· Epic EHR-Used for clinical research trials-LEAP@ MetroHealth and GPS Training at University Hospitals including SlicerDicer-2022/2023

· GCP – Social and Behavioral Research Best Practices for Clinical Research, Case Western Reserve University (CITI), 2021

Timeline

Research Associate/Post Doc

Case Western Reserve University
01.2022 - Current

Research Assistant 3

Kelly Services/Case Western Reserve University
10.2021 - 01.2022

Adjunct Professor, General Education

Rasmussen College
01.2018 - Current

Visiting Professor, General Education

Chamberlain University
07.2017 - 10.2021

Full-time Professor, General Education

Fortis College
01.2006 - 10.2016

Master of Science in Data Science -

Eastern University

PhD in Public Health, Specializing in Epidemiology -

Walden University

Master of Science in Microbiology and Immunology -

Wright State University

Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications -

East Tennessee State University
Christy Bales