Priscilla Abedu
Bronx,NY
Summary
I am an experienced Clinical Trial Researcher and Patient Advocate with 8+ months of experience in working on clinical trial interpretation and medical care efficiency for cancer patients. Expertise in collection of data from 600+ clinical trials and building them into a database for patient understanding and acting as a liaison between patients and their clinical care teams. Seeking to leverage expertise in screening patients, collection and interpretation of data, writing, and administering questionnaires and preparation of reports on different cancer types.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Trial Researcher & Patient Advocate
Sagely Health
Newton, MA
10.2021 - Current
- Transferred 600+ clinical trials into company's database to ease process of matching patients with right clinical trials.
- Responsible for communicating with clinical trial investigators and clarifying recruitment and eligibility status of potential patients.
- Responsible for training all incoming co-op students for specific clinical trial data transfer into database.
- Prepared variety of different written communications, reports, and documents.
- Participated in writing of questionnaires that patients can present to their physicians to help match them up with right clinical trials.
- Maintained patient files and status reports and document quality control.
- Independently built entire database of NIH approved Cancer Centers, Pancreatic Cancer centers and Proton Therapy Centers to help with recommendation of cancer care services to patients.
- Researched and assessed adverse events of new drug therapies to filter out trials that could be potentially harmful to patient.
Pharmacy Technician
Walmart
Lynn, MA
09.2019 - 08.2020
- Answered incoming phone calls and addressed questions from customers and healthcare providers.
- Calculated dosage, filled prescriptions and prepared prescription labels with absolute accuracy.
- Stocked, labeled and inventoried medication to keep accurate records.
- Communicated with patients to collect information about prescriptions and medical conditions or arrange consultations with pharmacists.
- Processed over 150+ prescriptions per day in busy pharmacy achieving decreased customer wait times and maintaining excellent customer satisfaction.
- Solved customer problems in-person or over telephone by providing assistance with placing orders, navigating systems and locating items.
- Ensured compliance with both state and federal regulatory laws.
Medical Scribe
Salem Hospital Emergency Department
Salem, MA
03.2019 - 03.2020
- Accompanied physicians through day in fast-paced, stressful environments.
- Worked seamlessly with 5 different physicians, keeping in mind each physician's preferred method of writing notes and delivering of care.
- Documented complete information about examinations, treatment plans, lab results and other details of minimum of 30 patients daily directly into charts.
- Stayed on top of current patient loads to facilitate efficient and organized workflow.
- Translated patient medical histories and complaints into accurate and concise medical terminologies.
- Followed all HIPAA rules and regulations regarding patient confidentiality.
- Entered transcribed materials into electronic health records system, EPIC.
Customer Service Representative
Walmart
Lynn, Walmart
06.2018 - 09.2019
- Greeted customers and helped with product questions, selections and purchases.
- Helped customers complete purchases, locate items and join reward programs.
- Checked pricing, scanned items, applied discounts and printed receipts to ring up customers.
- Answered questions about store policies and addressed customer concerns.
- Issued receipts and processed refunds, credits or exchanges.
- Trained new associates on cash register operations, conducting customer transactions and balancing drawer.
- Successfully prevented about 10+ fraudulent money services scams by identifying red flags in timely fashion.
Research Assistant
University Of Massachusetts Boston
Boston, MA
06.2017 - 05.2018
- Assisted graduate student on final project to study the effect of the chemokine CXCL 12 on renal cancer cells.
- Planned, modified, and executed research techniques, procedures and tests.
- Summarized research results by preparing written reports, graphs, fact sheets and tables.
- Performed statistical, qualitative and quantitative analysis of collected data.
- Drafted progress reports of experiments and presented them at weekly laboratory meetings.
- Prepared literature for presentations or submission to peer-review journals.
- Cleaned and maintained equipment in good working order.
- Attended weekly seminars at Dana Farber Cancer Institute with various health professionals as keynote speakers.
Education
Master of Science - Biomedical Sciences
Tufts University
Boston, MA05.2022
Bachelor of Science - Biology
University of Massachusetts - Boston
Boston, MA05.2018
Skills
- Administrative and Office Support
- Database Search and Data Entry Skills
- Communicating to Patients and Families
- Patient Confidentiality and Data Security
- Efficient and Detail-Oriented
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Research Paper Writing
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Good Clinical Practice
- Microsoft Office
- Lab Equipment Operation
Additional Information
Completed my Master's Program thesis on the associations between food insecurity, socioeconomic status, health insurance coverage and COVID-19 vaccination intent. I did an extensive amount of research on the above mentioned factors and also analysis and interpretation of data collected by the Household Pulse Survey (HPS).
Timeline
Clinical Trial Researcher & Patient Advocate
Sagely Health
10.2021 - Current
Pharmacy Technician
Walmart
09.2019 - 08.2020
Medical Scribe
Salem Hospital Emergency Department
03.2019 - 03.2020
Customer Service Representative
Walmart
06.2018 - 09.2019
Research Assistant
University Of Massachusetts Boston
06.2017 - 05.2018
Master of Science - Biomedical Sciences
Tufts University
Bachelor of Science - Biology
University of Massachusetts - Boston
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