Gabriela Becerra Phillips
West Columbia,SC
Summary
Experienced program coordination professional prepared for this role. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results. Highly adaptable with skills in project management, stakeholder communication, and resource allocation. Valued for reliability and ability to meet changing needs.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Program Coordinator
Primary Pediatric Care
03.2023 - Current
- Designed and created a recruitment flyer to attract potential participants.
- Reach out to interested individuals, schedule and coordinate paid qualitative interviews for research participation.
Program Coordinator I
CAARE Program K23
11.2022 - Current
- Engage with families at bedside to present and pitch study enrollment opportunities. Families enrolled were educated about the CAARE App with researcher guiding them. Enrolled families using REDCap, MUSC’s TRRP Portal, and CAARE Portal.
- Contacted families for post-baseline assessments; provided mental health services or connected families with mental health clinical resources for those who screened positively.
- Develop and maintain a tracking spreadsheet for participant enrollment and retention.
- Create and design postcards for newly enrolled participants to ensure effective communication.
- Oversee data analysis and collection through REDCap.
Program Coordinator II
ARHQ Grant
06.2022 - Current
- Developed study materials and recruitment materials such as creating Education Booklets and Recruitment Flyer.
- Creating manuals and tracking sheets to manage data and daily monitoring of participant recruitment.
- Lead on communications with IRB such as submitting Protocol Amendments, documenting Protocol Deviations and Continuing Review.
- Assisted the development of the REDCap database such as creating assessments and setting up the alert systems.
- Oversee data analysis and collection through REDCap.
- Trained team members from George Washington University for study implantation such as study enrollment, baseline completion, and thorough walk through of REDCap.
- Trained and is leading MUSC Interviewers for postbaseline Assessments. Making calls and completing postbaseline assessments with participants and connecting resources for mental health services.
- Assisted George Washington University team members with virtual recruitments.
- Uploading study information and provide data collection in Clinical Trials and the National Institute of Mental Health Data Archive NDA.
- Manage purchases for recruitment and study materials.
- Screen traumatically injured adult patients, offering additional resources if needed.
- Prepare and submit RPPR (Research Performance Progress Reports) and coordinated DSMB (Data and Safety Monitoring Board) meetings, including organizing documentation, supporting postdoctoral interns with required materials and leading meeting facilitation.
Program Coordinator I
CAARE Program R01
01.2022 - Current
- Assisted on the development of the study materials and recruitment materials such as creating Education Booklets and Referral list.
- Trained team members from University of Houston, University of Kentucky, University of Michigan, and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles for study implantation such as study enrollment, baseline completion, and thorough walk through of REDCap.
- Trained and is leading MUSC Interviewers for postbaseline Assessments. Making calls and completing postbaseline assessments with participants and connecting resources for mental health services.
- Created tracking sheets for study retention.
Research Assistant
Trauma Resilience and Recovery Program (TRRP)
10.2018 - Current
- Complete mental health screenings, brief interventions, and education on mental health treatment with traumatically injured patients.
- Trained interns and volunteers rotating through the clinic.
- Screened traumatically injured adult and pediatric patients in a Level I trauma center.
- Since July 2020, collected TRRP data from other hospitals across the Carolinas. Also collected TRRP Data for the Center of Telehealth.
Program Assistant
SPARK (Supporting Providers and Reaching Kids) Program
10.2018 - Current
- Developed animated videos using Animaker, a video animation software. Participated in parent education videos for the refurbishment of the toolkit.
- Facilitated recruitment and conducted interviews with children and their caregivers via phone calls collecting quantitative interviews for a longitudinal study, for English and Spanish speaking participants.
- Administrated the distribution of participant and clinic incentives.
- Prepared interns and other team members on study procedures such as conducting interviews, using spreadsheets, and databases for documentation and tracking.
- Facilitated and maintained strong relations with providers and caregiver participants to retain study participation.
- Contributed as a key team member in qualitative coding, analyzing Family and Provider Qualitative Interviews, and identify thematic codes.
- Lead communication with Clinical Trials, providing updates on study progress and completion. Preparing to submit required data for Clinical Trials by February 2025.
Research Assistant
Burn Behavioral Health (BBH)
09.2021 - 04.2022
- Managed patient portal and burn registry in EPIC to determine eligible patients.
- Developed clinic procedures.
Server
Laura Alberts
05.2018 - 10.2019
Server
Charleston Beer Works
08.2018 - 04.2019
- Handled food and beverage orders while providing excellent guest services in a fast-paced, high energy environment.
- Provided interpersonal customer service, speaking with customers and troubleshooting any issues/complaints.
Server
Flying Saucer
09.2015 - 04.2018
Camp Counselor
Go Kiawah!
06.2016 - 08.2016
- Provided assistance to camp counselors and administrative leadership by supervising campers at all times to ensure safety and enjoyment.
Server
Tabbuli
12.2014 - 08.2015
Extended Day Counselor
Orange Grove Charter Elementary School
08.2013 - 08.2015
- Responsible for taking daily attendance and making sure that each child was accounted for.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC05.2018
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Trident Technical College
Charleston, SC05.2015
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James Island Charter High School
Charleston, SC06.2013
Skills
- EPIC-Medical Documentation
- Microsoft Office
- REDCap
- IBM SPSS
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Training coordination
- Project coordination
- Data management
- Problem-solving
- Team collaboration
- Crisis management
- Data analysis
Certification
- Core Clinical Research Training July 2022
- Citi Training, Good Clinical Practice and ICH June 2023
- Citi Training, GCP Social and Behavioral Research Best Practice for Clinical Research February 2022
Poster Presentations
- Gabriela Becerra, B.S., Hannah Espeleta, Ph.D., Kenneth Ruggiero Ph.D. (2024, October). Increasing Engagement in Mental Health Services via Phone-based screenings: A Shared-Decision Making Protocol
- Hood, C.O., Higgins, K., Becerra, G., Bravoco, O., Davidson, T.M., Nemeth, L., Houchins, R., Ruggiero, K.J., & Ridings, L.E. (2022, August). Using technology to promote emotional health after pediatric injury. NIMH Mental Health Services Research 25th Annual Conference.
- Gabriela Becerra, B.S., Olivia Bravoco, B.S., Kenneth J. Ruggiero, Ph.D., Leigh Ridings, Ph.D. (2021, November). COVID-19 Adaptations: Using Telehealth to Increase Service Engagement for Traumatically Injured Patients. Presented at the South Carolina Telehealth Alliance, Columbia, South Carolina.
- Meagan Mack, M.A., Gabriela Becerra, B.S., Yulia Gavrilova, Ph.D., Olivia Bravoco, B.S., Margaret Anton, Ph.D., Leigh Ridings, Ph.D., Tatiana Davidson, Ph.D., Kenneth J. Ruggiero, Ph.D. (2020, September). Identifying and Dressing the Mental Health Needs after Violence-Related Injury. Presented at the South Carolina Telehealth Alliance, Columbia, South Carolina.
- Espeleta, H.C., Wicraft, S.M., Raffa, T., Kartiko, S., Dawson, D., Becerra, G., Roisman, H., Hughes-Halbert, C., Mueller, M., Powell, E., Brock, T., Sarani, B., & Ruggiero, K.J. (under review). Hybrid I randomized controlled trial of an integrated stepped-care mental health intervention for traumatic injury patients.
- Tatiana M. Davidson, PhD, Hannah C. Espeleta, PhD, Leigh E. Ridings, PhD, Hannah E. Sebald, BS, Nicole Litvitskiy, BS, Gabriela Becerra, BS, & Kenneth J. Ruggiero, PhD. Supporting Providers and Reaching Kids (SPARK): A Novel Approach to Help Providers Deliver High Quality Child Mental Health Care. (2022) Presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.
- Espeleta, H.C., Davidson, T.M., Sebald, H., Litvitskiy, N., Becerra, G., Hanson, R.F., Hazelton, T., Ruggiero, K.J., & Ridings, L.E. (2022, September). Supporting Providers and Reaching Kids (SPARK): The Importance of Community Partnerships to Promote Engagement and Utilization of a Tablet-Based Provider Tool. Oral presentation submitted to the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration Conference, San Diego, CA.
- Ridings, L.E., Higgins, K., Hood, C., Becerra, G., Houchins, R., & Ruggiero, K.J. (2022, November). Giving Caregivers a Seat at the Table: Using Caregiver Input to Develop and Refine mHealth Solutions to Accelerate Emotional Health Recovery after Pediatric Traumatic Injury. In Ridings, L.E. (Chair), Stakeholder Input is Key: Leveraging Technology to Address Mental, Physical, and Behavioral Health Sequelae for Diverse Trauma-Exposed Populations. Symposium submitted to the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 38th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Timeline
Program Coordinator
Primary Pediatric Care
03.2023 - Current
Program Coordinator I
CAARE Program K23
11.2022 - Current
Program Coordinator II
ARHQ Grant
06.2022 - Current
Program Coordinator I
CAARE Program R01
01.2022 - Current
Research Assistant
Burn Behavioral Health (BBH)
09.2021 - 04.2022
Research Assistant
Trauma Resilience and Recovery Program (TRRP)
10.2018 - Current
Program Assistant
SPARK (Supporting Providers and Reaching Kids) Program
10.2018 - Current
Server
Charleston Beer Works
08.2018 - 04.2019
Server
Laura Alberts
05.2018 - 10.2019
Camp Counselor
Go Kiawah!
06.2016 - 08.2016
Server
Flying Saucer
09.2015 - 04.2018
Server
Tabbuli
12.2014 - 08.2015
Extended Day Counselor
Orange Grove Charter Elementary School
08.2013 - 08.2015
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Trident Technical College
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James Island Charter High School
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
University of South Carolina