Lauren Fisher
Washington,DC
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Research Program Manager
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
01.2022 - Current
- Serves as the primary clinical research professional and is responsible for regulatory, operational, and financial coordination of multiple complex research activities across 6 disease-specific Centers within the Johns Hopkins Medicine Division of Rheumatology.
- Ensures compliance with regulations and policies by members of the medical staff and other staff participating in research involving human subjects.
- Independently created and maintains a comprehensive compliance program to ensure all faculty, staff, and fellows within the Division of Rheumatology (n= 200) maintain standards and regulations pertaining to the responsible conduct of research and research ethics and integrity (GCP, ICH, FDA, OHRP, IRB, NIH).
- Oversees recruitment and training of new staff and directly manages clinical research coordination staff, including daily operations, mentorship, continuing education, and evaluation.
- Prepares all study protocols and relevant clinical documents for new and continued research proposals for the Scleroderma Research Center within the Division of Rheumatology, ensuring timely submission and adherence to reporting requirements to the IRB by the principal investigator (PI) and other study team members as needed.
- Cultivates relationships with external industry and academic stakeholders to facilitate collaboration, harness knowledge, and increase understanding of disease.
- Supervised a large-scale, division wide CTMS migration, resulting in a smoother workflow in day-to-day clinical operations and ensuring program activities and expenditures are in compliance with the terms of the funding agency and/or sponsor.
- Led the development and usability testing of an interactive, patient-level visualization and analysis tool (VAT) that automates illustration of a scleroderma patient's trajectory across multiple organs and illustrates this relative to a reference population, including patient subgroups who share risk factors with the index patient, to improve estimation of disease state.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Columbia University
01.2021 - 02.2022
- Supported Dr. John P. Allegrante, Senior Professor of Health Education, Deputy Provost, Department of Health and Behavior Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University and Adjunct Professor of Sociomedical Science, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia to plan future lessons and prioritize workflow.
- Outlined, reviewed and edited public policy and health policy reports for clarity.
- Translated complex public policy concepts clearly and effectively to students.
- Documented attendance and completed assignments to maintain full class and student records.
- Mentored students through office hours and one-on-one communication.
- Planned and delivered lectures and course materials to communicate course content and provide students with subject matter knowledge.
- Assisted with development and implementation of new course materials to enhance learning experience.
Senior Research Program Manager
University of California, Berkeley, The Forum for Collaborative Research
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Managed a portfolio of three complex research projects and spearheaded a cross-functional team of collaborators to perform research and maximize productivity.
- Cultivated relationships with key healthcare stakeholders and excelled in stakeholder management, ensuring all parties were aligned with project goals, resource provisioning, and timelines.
- Instituted a robust project tracking system to advance ongoing projects and evaluate respective initiatives for effectiveness, feasibility, and quality.
- Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
Health and Wellness Program Manager
Wounded Warrior Project
08.2019 - 01.2021
- Developed and implemented individual health education programs to address the short-term and long-term objectives of improving quality of life measures among participating combat veterans in 5 different states.
- Maintained an inclusive approach to health decision-making and goal-setting processes among participants through weekly health coaching calls.
- Functioned as a resource for veterans requiring additional assistance and/or support through facilitation of interactions between veterans and/or additional Wounded Warrior Project staff.
- Collaborated with external stakeholders such as the Allegheny Health Network Healthy Food Center and Pennsylvania Department of Veterans Affairs to develop supplemental physical health and wellness programming opportunities for veterans.
- Monitored and evaluated programmatic effectiveness and identified opportunities for improvement.
- Met with project stakeholders on regular basis to assess progress and make adjustments.
- Participated in vendor selection and management process for program initiatives.
- Spearheaded a nutrition referral program for veterans and veteran families to support long-term adherence to healthy eating behaviors.
Heath Coach
American College of Sports Medicine
03.2015 - 09.2019
- Supported sixty individual clients from diverse and different populations over three years as they pursued personal health and wellness goals.
- Supported implementation of client health plan, weight loss programs and personalized fitness and exercise programs.
- Collected and analyzed physiological data through clinical exercise testing to devise safe and effective physical activity and nutrition interventions.
- Maintained records of clients' health progress and compared to health goals.
- Appraised client readiness for behavior changes through motivational interviewing.
Associate
Youth INC
09.2014 - 03.2015
- Interfaced with programmatic staff from a network of 52 non-profits in New York City serving youth living at or below the poverty line.
- Identified re-branding needs of Youth INC as a non-profit incubator
- Drafted internal facing memos, updates to senior leadership, and reports to the Senior Board of Directors.
- Facilitated biannual Senior Board of Directors meetings and prepared all written materials.
- Pioneered a Young Professionals Board of Directors to mentor children in the non-profit network.
- Fundraised $100,000 through the Young Professionals Board of Directors to champion Youth INC operational, revenue and health impact goals.
Education
Doctoral Candidate - Health Education/Population Health
Columbia University
Remote/New York, NYMaster's of Arts - Applied Physiology
Columbia University
New York, NY05.2019
Bachelor's of Arts - Cultural Anthropology, Public Health
Boston University
Boston, MA05.2014
Skills
- Clinical research
- Grant writing
- Human subjects research
- Responsible conduct of research
- Regulatory Compliance (GCP, ICH, FDA, NIH, IRB)
- Research Program and Project Management
- Electronic Medical Health Records (EMR)
- Program Management
Sections
- Clinical Research Program Manager, 01/2022 to Present, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, Maryland, Serves as the primary clinical research professional and is responsible for regulatory, operational, and financial coordination of multiple complex research activities across 6 disease-specific Centers within the Johns Hopkins Medicine Division of Rheumatology., Ensures compliance with regulations and policies by members of the medical staff and other staff participating in research involving human subjects. Independently created and maintains a comprehensive compliance program to ensure all faculty, staff, and fellows within the Division of Rheumatology (n= 200) maintain standards and regulations pertaining to the responsible conduct of research and research ethics and integrity (GCP, ICH, FDA, OHRP, IRB, NIH)., Oversees recruitment and training of new staff and directly manages clinical research coordination staff, including daily operations, mentorship, continuing education, and evaluation., Prepares all study protocols and relevant clinical documents for new and continued research proposals for the Scleroderma Research Center within the Division of Rheumatology, ensuring timely submission and adherence to reporting requirements to the IRB by the principal investigator (PI) and other study team members as needed., Cultivates relationships with external industry and academic stakeholders to facilitate collaboration, harness knowledge, and increase understanding of disease., Supervised a large-scale, division wide CTMS migration, resulting in a smoother workflow in day-to-day clinical operations and ensuring program activities and expenditures are in compliance with the terms of the funding agency and/or sponsor., Led the development and usability testing of an interactive, patient-level visualization and analysis tool (VAT) that automates illustration of a scleroderma patient's trajectory across multiple organs and illustrates this relative to a reference population, including patient subgroups who share risk factors with the index patient, to improve estimation of disease state.
- Senior Research Program Manager, 2/2021 to 1/2022, University of California, Berkeley, The Forum for Collaborative Research, Washington, District of Columbia, Managed a portfolio of three complex research projects and spearheaded a cross-functional team of collaborators to perform research and maximize productivity., Cultivated relationships with key healthcare stakeholders and excelled in stakeholder management, ensuring all parties were aligned with project goals, resource provisioning, and timelines., Instituted a robust project tracking system to advance ongoing projects and evaluate respective initiatives for effectiveness, feasibility, and quality.
- Health and Wellness Program Manager, 8/2019 to 2/2021, Wounded Warrior Project, Pittsburgh, PA, Developed and implemented individual health education programs to address the short-term and long-term objectives of improving quality of life measures among participating combat veterans in 5 different states., Maintained an inclusive approach to health decision-making and goal-setting processes among participants through weekly health coaching calls. Functioned as a resource for veterans requiring additional assistance and/or support through facilitation of interactions between veterans and/or additional Wounded Warrior Project staff., Collaborated with external stakeholders such as the Allegheny Health Network Healthy Food Center and Pennsylvania Department of Veterans Affairs to develop supplemental physical health and wellness programming opportunities for veterans., Monitored and evaluated programmatic effectiveness and identified opportunities for improvement. Spearheaded a nutrition referral program for veterans and veteran families to support long-term adherence to healthy eating behaviors.
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, 1/2021 to 2/2022, Columbia University, New York, NY, Supported Dr. John P. Allegrante, Senior Professor of Health Education, Deputy Provost, Department of Health and Behavior Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University and Adjunct Professor of Sociomedical Science, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia to plan future lessons and prioritize workflow., Outlined, reviewed and edited public policy and health policy reports for clarity., Translated complex public policy concepts clearly and effectively to students.
- Heath Coach, 3/2016 to 9/2019, American College of Sports Medicine, New York, NY, Supported sixty individual clients from diverse and different populations over three years as they pursued personal health and wellness goals., Collected and analyzed physiological data through clinical exercise testing to devise safe and effective physical activity and nutrition interventions., Appraised client readiness for behavior changes through motivational interviewing.
- Associate, 9/2014 to 9/2015, Youth INC, New York, NY, Interfaced with programmatic staff from a network of 52 non-profits in New York City serving youth living at or below the poverty line., Identified re-branding needs of Youth INC as a non-profit incubator., Drafted internal facing memos, updates to senior leadership, and reports to the Senior Board of Directors., Facilitated biannual Senior Board of Directors meetings and prepared all written materials., Pioneered a Young Professionals Board of Directors to mentor children in the non-profit network., Fundraised $100,000 through the Young Professionals Board of Directors to champion Youth INC operational, revenue and health impact goals.
Timeline
Clinical Research Program Manager
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
01.2022 - Current
Senior Research Program Manager
University of California, Berkeley, The Forum for Collaborative Research
01.2021 - 01.2022
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Columbia University
01.2021 - 02.2022
Health and Wellness Program Manager
Wounded Warrior Project
08.2019 - 01.2021
Heath Coach
American College of Sports Medicine
03.2015 - 09.2019
Associate
Youth INC
09.2014 - 03.2015
Doctoral Candidate - Health Education/Population Health
Columbia University
Master's of Arts - Applied Physiology
Columbia University
Bachelor's of Arts - Cultural Anthropology, Public Health
Boston University
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