SARAH A. PITMAN
Austin
Summary
Highly skilled and detail-oriented researcher with a track record of effectively managing and leading teams. Adept at implementing process improvements that significantly increased operational efficiency and team productivity. Known for strong problem-solving abilities and excellent communication skills, instrumental in driving team success.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Supervisor and Event Manager, Graduate Assistant
Texas Center for Equity Promotion, The University of Texas at Austin
11.2024 - Current
- Present project updates in executive committee meetings and facilitate center activities to align with research goals achieving a higher attendance at quarterly symposium than in the previous quarter
- Manage multiple research initiatives for PI’s at UT, balancing deadlines and prioritizing tasks effectively
- Lead survey research on PI project space satisfaction to inform improvement and reorganization of inventory to improve inventory accessibility by over 30% at follow-up
- Develop and implement data collection strategies, ensuring high-quality and accurate survey responses
Project Manager
Prevention Research Lab, The University of Texas at Austin
08.2020 - Current
- Manage up to seven concurrent projects, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality research findings at two international conferences and three published scientific papers in Preventative Medicine and Journal of Community Health
- Design and execute survey and case study research projects, including questionnaire development, programming, and data analysis using Qualtrics and STATA
- Mentor up to 10 undergraduate students at once in research methodologies and projects
Graduate Research Assistant
College of Education, The University of Texas at Austin
09.2021 - 05.2023
- Designed and conducted surveys, focus groups, and interviews, via Qualtrics, Zoom, and Google Forms to evaluate graduate student satisfaction and engagement
- Communicated data insights about student retention into presentations, reports, and visualizations using Tableau and Figma to inform stakeholders in the College of Education at UT
- Increased Canvas page use by over 40% at program follow-up, and website use by over 20% at follow-up
- Utilized Adobe Suite and Tableau for data visualization, effectively communicating research findings
Undergraduate Clinical Research Assistant
Mind-Body-Medicine Research Lab, Baylor University
08.2018 - 05.2019
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary researchers to translate findings and create presentations
- Ensured data accuracy and quality control through meticulous review of survey response analysis
- Conducted experimental studies following research protocol, implementing single-blind designs to evaluate hypnotherapy’s effects on stress reduction
- Optimized data processing workflows in Excel, improving efficiency in survey response analysis
Education
Doctor of Philosophy - Health Behavior and Health Education
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX05.2025
Master of Science - Health Behavior and Health Education
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX05.2022
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology, Sociology
Baylor University
Waco, TX05.2019
Skills
- Healthcare data
- Survey design
- Longitudinal analysis
- Questionnaire development
- Data collection
- Data validation
- Participant recruitment
- Statistical analysis
- Stakeholder agreement
- Qualtrics
- R
- STATA
- Figma
- Tableau
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Google Suite
- Adobe Suite
- Attention to detail
- Problem-solving
- Multitasking
- Project management
- Communication
- Training and mentoring
- Administrative support
- Project planning and development
- Research and analysis
Publications
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=34rnYTUAAAAJ&hl=en
Timeline
Supervisor and Event Manager, Graduate Assistant
Texas Center for Equity Promotion, The University of Texas at Austin
11.2024 - Current
Graduate Research Assistant
College of Education, The University of Texas at Austin
09.2021 - 05.2023
Project Manager
Prevention Research Lab, The University of Texas at Austin
08.2020 - Current
Undergraduate Clinical Research Assistant
Mind-Body-Medicine Research Lab, Baylor University
08.2018 - 05.2019
Master of Science - Health Behavior and Health Education
The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology, Sociology
Baylor University
Doctor of Philosophy - Health Behavior and Health Education
The University of Texas at Austin
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