Marisa McCormack
Seattle,WA
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Research Coordinator II (COVID Project Lead)
Swedish Medical Center
11.2021 - 11.2022
- Developed and fostered partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to increase recruitment of diverse populations in Seattle
- Owned project schedule and met 100% of deadlines for recruitment and data collection milestones by identifying and mitigating roadblocks
- Developed strategic plans to improve processes for efficient data collection, standard operating procedures, and tracking community engagement
- Identified problems, created innovative solutions, and participated in their resolution to keep project on track and improve employee workload
- Collected, evaluated, and modeled data using supportive tables, graphs, and visual representations
- Provided operational support by assisted with grant management and budget analysis for completed procedures.
Health Promotion Associate (Student Worker)
University Of California San Diego
03.2020 - 10.2021
- Implemented community friendly webpages, visual aids, and educational materials about COVID, Immunizations to improve health outcomes.
- Developed COVID Resource webpages in 25 different languages. Worked with community members to translate and ensure acceptance of materials.
- Planned outreach for National Immunization Week and National Influenza Week that involved writing newsletters, creating flyers, and leading meetings.
- Assisted management with grant tracking by organizing completed outreach tasks, calculated population impact and reviewed grant specific fulfillment.
- Organized community partnerships with Latinx and African American organizations in San Diego. Met monthly to discuss campaigns, concerns and plan combined events between organizations.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University Of California San Diego
10.2020 - 06.2021
- Checked assignments, proctored tests, and provided grades according to university standards
- Identified current public health topics relevant to each lecture to engage students in discussion and debates
- Lectured for Occupational/Environmental Health and Health Policy college- level courses for over 160 students
- Prepared lessons and presentations according to course outline to convey required material and deepen student understanding of subject matter
- Identified negative trends such as groups of students missing key concepts and worked with professors to resolve concerns.
Head of PBMC Lab
Optimal Research
06.2018 - 10.2020
- Created an organized training processes and schedule for training staff on laboratory techniques and safety for each study protocol. Evaluated staff skills after each training was completed.
- Managed inventory using excel spreadsheets and reordered supplies based on processing schedule.
- Created an organized filing system to store lab temperature logs, safety logs and sample collection worksheets by study procedure and month.
- Implemented new standard operating procedures to improve sample inventory in -80 freezer, shipment of samples and data completion before storage.
- Designed spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel for daily, weekly, and monthly reporting to efficiently track staff's lab processes and sample collection.
Clinical Research Coordinator
Optimal Research
05.2018 - 10.2020
- Screened patient records, databases, and physician referrals to identify prospective candidates for research studies
- Coordinated and conducted patient visits to collect informed consent, vitals, lab samples and EKG
- Worked with principal investigator and sponsors to facilitate daily trial activities and comply with research protocols
- Improved operations creating organizational improvements for collecting and reviewing patient information
- Scheduled patients visits within visit window using the availability of staff and Principal Investigator.
Education
Master's of Public Health - Health Behavior
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, CABachelor of Science - Kinesiology
Southwestern University
Georgetown, TXSkills
- Community Engagement
- Project Management
- Data Management
- Collaboration with Community Partners
- Written and Verbal Communication
- Promote Community Health
- Innovative Ideas
Accomplishments
- Conducted an extensive literature review for background and methodology validation.
- Synthesized research findings to identify key health trends in adolescent physical activity programs.
- Conducted data analyses using SPSS and prepared results for interpretation and presentation.
- Identified flaws in thesis and developed original ideas for improvement using public health principles.
- Developed recommendations for political, social, economic policies and programs that will improve adolescents' participation in physical activity programs.
- Created recruitment materials that included flyers and postcards. Distributed materials to local schools, organizations and businesses.
- Educated participants on MyPlate, portion sizes, calorie counting and mindful eating dieting techniques.
- Created educational brochures and materials for calorie counting, MyPlate, mindful eating
- Completed preliminary data analyses and prepped article for submission
- Delivered poster presentation on Comparison of Calorie Counting vs. Self-Evaluation Methodology for Weight Loss at Texas ACSM in 2016.
Master's Thesis Project Lead University of California, San Diego
SCOPE Internship Research Assistant Southwestern University
Software Experience
- Microsoft: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, Publisher
- Google Drive: Docs, Sheets, Forms and Slides
- Graphic Design: Photoshop, Canva, Adobe Illustrator
- Web Design: Dreamweaver and Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
- Data Management and Analysis: REDCap, EPIC (EMR system), SPSS, R Studio
- Other: Slack, Zoom, Prezi, Survey Monkey
Volunteer Experience
Medical Team International
Lahai Health
Georgetown Animal Shelter
Timeline
Clinical Research Coordinator II (COVID Project Lead)
Swedish Medical Center
11.2021 - 11.2022
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University Of California San Diego
10.2020 - 06.2021
Health Promotion Associate (Student Worker)
University Of California San Diego
03.2020 - 10.2021
Head of PBMC Lab
Optimal Research
06.2018 - 10.2020
Clinical Research Coordinator
Optimal Research
05.2018 - 10.2020
Master's of Public Health - Health Behavior
University of California San Diego
Bachelor of Science - Kinesiology
Southwestern University