Patrick Courtney
Houston
Summary
Versatile, motivated health and human services research professional, who is interested in the areas of informatics, analysis, and planning
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Management Analyst II
City of Houston, Health and Human Services
07.2015 - 05.2025
- Researched and analyzed project activities and procedures according to 1115 Waiver guidelines.
- Evaluated findings and assisted in preparing specific management reports.
- Created interactive online maps of area resources (e.g. primary care clinics, food pantry locations, Metro routes). Mapped covid-19 data as needed.
- Composed a report that analyzed local differences between hospital based emergency rooms and free standing emergency rooms.
- Prepared report for management that analyzed local opioid poisonings and deaths due to fentanyl.
Temporary/contract jobs; volunteer data analysis
06.2013 - 07.2015
- Volunteered to analyze local health insurance enrollment data for Harris County and Houston metro area.
- Mapping data for public mental health agency.
- Quality assurance review of insurance enrollment documentation.
Research Associate, School of Public Health
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
06.2006 - 06.2013
- Expanded, improved and grew Emergency Department Utilization Study from 9 to 25 hospitals.
- Networked with and solicited data and funding from hospital senior management for participation in study. Used ArcView and ArcGIS to relate emergency room data to Census data.
- Recoded and standardized data from hospitals, assisted in analyses of data.
- Composed and finalized aggregate report and individual hospital reports (20+ annually).
- Restructured reports in late 2007 for purposes of creating a user friendly format.
- Performed ad hoc follow up analyses.
Data reviewer
US Oncology
12.2005 - 03.2006
- Collected, reviewed, and reported information on case report forms (CRFs) for patients enrolled in research protocols.
Research Associate, School of Public Health/Project Director
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
12.2002 - 12.2005
- Managed day to day operations of behavioral surveillance of gonorrhea transmission among high risk heterosexuals. Participants were predominantly low income and African American.
- Collaborated with staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to develop protocol. Used ArcView and ArcGIS.
Senior Research Assistant, School of Public Health/Assistant Project Manager
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
02.2002 - 07.2002
- Worked with site and regional coordinators to identify and locate participants in clinical trials who were lost to follow up.
Education
Master of Arts - Counseling and Social Psychology (double major)
Ball State University
Muncie, IN01.1996
Skills
- Microsoft Office (Word, Access, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher, Outlook), SPSS, JMP, statistics, data extraction and recoding, formulas, chart creation, report writing, geographic information systems (GIS), ArcGIS, geocoding, shapefiles, mapping, basic medical terminology, ICD9, DSM IV
- Working with diverse populations, working with internal and external customers, sense of initiative, customer service, ability to meet deadlines, punctuality
Timeline
Management Analyst II
City of Houston, Health and Human Services
07.2015 - 05.2025
Temporary/contract jobs; volunteer data analysis
06.2013 - 07.2015
Research Associate, School of Public Health
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
06.2006 - 06.2013
Data reviewer
US Oncology
12.2005 - 03.2006
Research Associate, School of Public Health/Project Director
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
12.2002 - 12.2005
Senior Research Assistant, School of Public Health/Assistant Project Manager
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
02.2002 - 07.2002
Master of Arts - Counseling and Social Psychology (double major)
Ball State University
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