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Michael J. Kaiser, Ph.D.

Albemarle,NC
Michael J. Kaiser, Ph.D.

Summary

Social Scientist and Researcher with 12 years of experience in research roles. Recognized for superior quality work and expertise in:

• Health Services Research
• Project Management
• Proposal Writing/Business Development
• Program Evaluation
• Quantitative & Qualitative Data Analyses
• IRB/OMB/PRA Clearances & 508 Compliance

Overview

18
years of professional experience

Work History

Factory Motor Parts
Concord, NC

Warehouse Associate
06.2023 - 04.2025

Job overview

  • Managed weekly inventory valued at $100,000+ for car parts.
  • Detected inconsistencies in quality and implemented corrective measures.
  • I assisted the sales team by retrieving parts to fill orders.

Econometrica, Inc.
Bethesda, MD

Consultant
12.2022 - 06.2023

Job overview

  • Generate effective technical proposal and grant responses for federal RFPs and RFQs
  • Engage in ad-hoc technical writing tasks and analyses
  • Engage in additional business development activities as needed

Shattuck & Associates
Great Cacapon, WV

Senior Project Director
12.2018 - 06.2021

Job overview

  • Performed comprehensive program planning and evaluation activities including developing evaluation plans and tools, conducting literature reviews, collecting, and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, and generating reports
  • Engaged with several non-profit entities to coordinate evaluation work packages and deliverables
  • Delivered usable recommendations to clients for making programmatic decisions and goal setting
  • Analyzed the effectiveness of a film series in San Diego, California, that influenced public perception and engagement in public health and self-health activities
  • Tracked and analyzed data to evaluate public health grantees’ program effectiveness along several outcome measures
  • Facilitated numerous phone interviews, focus groups and surveys
  • Created and maintained local- and cloud-based databases
  • Provided senior review, editing deliverables, and mentoring staff

Econometrica, Inc.
Bethesda, MD

Senior Research Associate
08.2012 - 07.2016

Job overview

  • Managed two consecutive projects related to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Medication Therapy Management (MTM) program
  • Authored the winning bid that extended the MTM project and netted an additional $934,000 and billable work for several staff members
  • Led a multi-year 24-member subject matter expert panel webinar series that produced substantive changes in MTM policy
  • Conducted several dozen interviews, surveys, focus groups and webinars
  • Collected, cleaned and analyzed data and presented research findings to internal and external clients
  • Designed, edited and tested survey instruments, interview guides, user manuals and data collection templates
  • Conducted literature and document reviews on a monthly basis
  • Authored and edited all project reports, memos and audio/visual recordings submitted to CMS
  • Facilitated 20 on-site visits to collect primary data on participants’ experiences with the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Initiative (Model 1)
  • Provided subject matter expertise and research assistance to several additional Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) projects, including PACE, PQRS, CCTP and MTMP
  • Contributed technical approach and capabilities sections to over 40 federal, state and tribal proposals
  • Authored and submitted NIH R01 grant to field test an instrument detecting disparities in minority patient hospital readmissions
  • Initiated and chaired Econometrica’s first SAS Users Group to effectively disseminate SAS best practices and continued education among staff researchers

Optimal Solutions Group
College Park, MD

Research Associate
04.2011 - 01.2012

Job overview

  • Consulted with senior researchers on research strategies to improve quality measures in evaluating Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAO); Improved MAO template coding protocols through review of best practices in the literature
  • Led small team with producing a scoring methodology for abstract concepts associated with MAO templates; designed analytical models to minimize costs and increase the effectiveness of MAO program evaluations
  • Authored several issue briefs, issue analysis papers and memoranda which sought to improve program functions and outputs
  • Analyzed hundreds of federal statutes, regulations and policies to inform project deliverables
  • Supervised and mentored several junior staff

Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research
Baltimore, MD

Research Analyst
09.2010 - 08.2011

Job overview

  • Company Overview: Research center within the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, which specializes in social science and public policy research
  • Conducted health services research into healthcare equity and disparities among doubly under-served disabled minorities
  • Conducted literature reviews and multivariate statistical analyses using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data set
  • Contributed to study manuscripts for publication in health services research journals
  • Research center within the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, which specializes in social science and public policy research

Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research
Baltimore, MD

Research Assistant
09.2007 - 05.2010

Job overview

  • Company Overview: Research center within the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, which specializes in social science and public policy research
  • Engaged in quantitative health services research for over a year examining disparities in quality and access outcomes of minority Medicare beneficiaries using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS)
  • Performed qualitative content analyses on healthcare-related legislation and policies
  • Conducted several literature reviews ranging across many political and policy-related topics
  • Transcribed hundreds of hours of interviews for UMBC researchers
  • Research center within the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, which specializes in social science and public policy research

Education

University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

Ph.D. from Public Policy Analysis

St. Joseph's University
Philadelphia, PA

Master of Science from Hospital Administration

The College of Saint Rose
Albany, NY

Bachelor of Arts from Public Communications

Accomplishments

  • Betty J. Cleckley Minority Issues Research Award, Aging and Public Health Section, American Public Health Association, honorable mention, Oct. 2011
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Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

Remote

Important To Me

Work from home optionWork-life balanceCompany CultureCareer advancement

Languages

English
Native language
Spanish
Beginner (A1)
A1

Software

Stata

Tableau

MySQL

PopSQL

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

OneNote

Project

Teams

Sharepoint

Mendeley

Snap Surveys

Survey Monkey

Salesforce

Zoom

Interests

Foreign Languages

Writing

Voice-over acting

Cooking

Timeline

Warehouse Associate

Factory Motor Parts
06.2023 - 04.2025

Consultant

Econometrica, Inc.
12.2022 - 06.2023

Senior Project Director

Shattuck & Associates
12.2018 - 06.2021

Senior Research Associate

Econometrica, Inc.
08.2012 - 07.2016

Research Associate

Optimal Solutions Group
04.2011 - 01.2012

Research Analyst

Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research
09.2010 - 08.2011

Research Assistant

Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research
09.2007 - 05.2010

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Ph.D. from Public Policy Analysis

St. Joseph's University

Master of Science from Hospital Administration

The College of Saint Rose

Bachelor of Arts from Public Communications

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