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Overview
Work History
Education
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Publications Presentations
Skills Assets
Values
Awards
Licensure Certification
Certification
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Tericka S. Cesar

Miami,USA

Summary

Values: Compassion, Respect & Purpose-Driven Action

Personable and analytical with strong foundation in research methodologies and data analysis. Well-versed in literature review processes and proficient in quantitative and qualitative research techniques. Capable of contributing to impactful research projects with precision and insight. Keen interest in developing research environment and ability to quickly learn and apply new research techniques. Ready to use and develop data analysis and literature review skills in role.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Independent Legal Nurse Practitioner Consultant

Independent
Miami
09.2025 - Current

Professional and comprehensive clinical evaluation of case presentations from law groups

Research Assistant

University of Miami
01.2023 - 08.2025
  • Research for University of Miami, research with Dr
  • Arsham Alamian: arsham.alamian@miami.edu
  • Data analysis, undergraduate research support

Research Assistant

University of Miami
01.2022 - 01.2023
  • Research for University of Miami, research with Dr
  • Cynthia Lebron: clebron@med.miami.edu (2023)
  • Orientation towards understanding research portfolio as a graduate student

Teacher Assistant

University of Miami
08.2022 - 12.2022
  • Instructor support for University of Miami, evaluating course work and advising up to 55 students per course
  • Dr(s) Hooshmand and David Zambrana
  • David.zambrana@jhsmiami.org

Academic Coach

Instructional Connections
05.2021 - 08.2022
  • Instructor/support for Institutional Connections, evaluating course work and advising up to 55 students per course
  • Simmons’s University Graduate School of Nursing, Research Methods Coach, YSU, Behavioral Counseling Coach
  • Melissa Salmon: melissa.salmon@iconnect-na.com; Mary Ross mross@simmons.edu

Research Nurse Practitioner

Medical Research Network- MRN
05.2019 - 08.2022
  • Provide clinical assessments and support with clinical trials in patients' homes to facilitate patient retention and enhance supportive with home nursing support/procedures (in home infusion, phlebotomy, lab processing, comprehensive clinical assessments etc.)
  • Joyce Smith -Clinical Country Lead

Independent Nurse Consultant

Independent Nurse Consultant - PRN
Miami, USA
04.2019 - 06.2022
  • Research, organize and analyze medical records
  • Prepare narrative summaries and chronologies
  • Identified areas of liability and causation
  • Identify relevant medical and current research literature to support position
  • Other related duties
  • Manuel Reboso (Attorney) / Angela Soto Paralegal and Intake Coordinator-305-373-0708

Advanced Registered Nurse, Practitioner/ Mid-Level Provider

Federal Detention Center
Miami, USA
01.2017 - 01.2019
  • Provided diagnostic and therapeutic medical care and services
  • Observed & evaluated patients, performed history & conducted physical examinations & urgent/ emergency care
  • Treated 10-25++ patients daily
  • Contact: Dr
  • Kendes Archer (305) 982-1316

Academic Coach

Instructional Connections
12.2016 - 04.2017

Adjunct Faculty

Miami Dade College
Miami, USA
08.2015 - 01.2017
  • Developed Curricula
  • Taught, evaluated, and advised up to 50 students per course
  • Contact: Ileana Baldizon, Assistant to the Chair, Natural Science, Health, and Wellness (305)-237-7566

Legal Nurse Consultant

Stewart, Tilghman, Fox & Bianchi PA
Miami, USA
09.2015 - 09.2016
  • Organized and analyzed medical records
  • Prepared narrative and chronologies
  • Identified areas of liability and causation
  • Identified relevant medical literature to support position
  • Other related duties
  • Carol Goraczko, Paralegal, 305-358-6153

Staff ER RN

Metro Nashville General Hospital
Nashville, USA
05.2008 - 03.2011
  • Provided immediate treatment, rapid evaluation and lifesaving procedures and stabilization of all types of medical, surgical, obstetrical, and pediatric emergencies
  • Providing quality health care services to acutely ill patients and care for non-acute presentations for a 16 bed ED
  • Contact: Variable Nursing Supervisor, Nights (615) 891-0124

Collaborating Principal Investigator

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, USA
06.2006 - 01.2011
  • Company Overview: General Clinical Research Center
  • Clinical Investigation: Renal Salt Handling in Postural Tachycardia Syndrome Following Dietary Dopa (Fava) Administration
  • Research study exploring how plants can play a role in gain/loss of sodium in the urine and in the regulation of blood pressure
  • Fava beans contain a lot of the chemical that increases the production of dopamine by the kidneys
  • Dopamine is a chemical mostly present in the brain and kidneys, which assists in regulation of the body’s salts
  • Co PI(s): Emily Garland PhD (615) 604-1389 David Robertson M.D
  • (615) 343-6499
  • General Clinical Research Center

Adult Nurse Practitioner

Integritas-Donelson Rehab and Care
Nashville, USA
01.2010 - 06.2010
  • Collaborated with facility’s medical director providing care and treatment services for all residents
  • Planned and evaluated resident medical care
  • Examined, treated chronic and acute illnesses and minor injuries
  • Performed selected laboratory testing referrals to physicians as needed and performed necessary procedures
  • Supervisor: Kathy Gretton, FNP (615-290-8232)

Nutrition Research Associate/Community Educator

Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, USA
05.2003 - 05.2005
  • Coordinated activities associated with community recruitment in addition to training graduate students for fieldwork
  • Designed models for dietary change for NIH/EXPORT grant community project focused on reducing cardiovascular disease risk and reducing health disparities
  • Organized and carried out 'Professionalism' lecture series for Nutrition undergraduate and graduate students
  • Supervisor/Mentor: Ralphenia D
  • Pace PhD, R.D, LD (334) 727-8323

Education

Doctoral Studies -

University of Miami School of Nursing
Miami, FL
06-2025

Master of Science - Adult Nurse Practitioner Program, Cardiovascular Health Management

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Nashville, TN
12.2006

Master of Science - Food and Nutritional Sciences

Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, AL
06.2003

Bachelor of Science - Biology

Barry University, School of Health Sciences
Miami, FL
12.2001

Skills

  • Presentation skills
  • Development skills
  • Deliverance skills
  • Communication skills
  • Organization skills
  • Event coordination skills
  • Leadership skills
  • McKesson
  • EMR
  • Microsoft Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Written and oral communication
  • Collaborative research
  • Teaching experience
  • Scientific communication
  • Scientific presentations
  • Computational skills
  • Lab management
  • Research procedures
  • Qualitative research
  • Quantitative research
  • Research protocols
  • Experimental design
  • Documentation requirements
  • Research design
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration
  • Manuscript preparation
  • Statistical modeling
  • Specific research projects

Publications Presentations

  • An increase in renal dopamine does not stimulate natriuresis after fava bean ingestion, EM Garland, TS Cesar, S Lonce, MC Ferguson, D Robertson, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 05/2013, 97, 5, 1144-50
  • Master’s Thesis, 2003, Influence of Soy Protein and Soy Isoflavones on Lipid Metabolism in an African American Population
  • Singled Out: The Relationship between Marital Status and Risk of Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome in Hispanic Children (age 2-10), APHA 2023, Atlanta, GA
  • Just Chill! Being Angry Increases your Odds for Metabolic Syndrome (METS), APHA 2024, Minneapolis, MN
  • Family Matters: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Family Health Scale: Factor Structure, Invariance and BMI Relationships in a Subpopulation of African Americans, McKnight 2024, Tampa, FL, USA

Skills Assets

  • Presentation skills
  • Development and deliverance skills
  • Communication skills
  • Organization and event coordination skills
  • Leadership skills
  • McKesson
  • EMR
  • Microsoft Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint

Values

  • Compassion
  • Respect
  • Purpose-Driven Action

Awards

  • Yale Bouchet Fellow, 2025
  • McKnight Fellow, Florida Education Fund, 2022-Present
  • Chancellor’s List, Vanderbilt University, 2004-2005
  • Tuskegee University Food and Nutritionist Sciences Club, Publicist, 2002-2003
  • Who’s Who Among American College Universities, 1997
  • National Dean’s List, 1996-1997
  • Inducted into Sigma Xi (Research Honor Society), Barry University, 1999-2001
  • Secretary PTA Center for Modern Languages, 2019-2020
  • LBJ SHIP MENTORING NASA STEM Researcher Digital Badging Completion, 2023

Licensure Certification

  • Registered Nurse; Advanced Nurse Practitioner, ARNP9320003, FL, 08/2011, 08/31/2026
  • Adult Nurse Practitioner: Board Certified, The American Nurses Credentialing, 2010008931
  • ACLS and BLS
  • Collaborative Institutional Training for the Protection of Human Research Subjects for Research Investigators, 2006, 2011
  • Collaborative Institutional Training for the Protection of Human Research Subjects for Research Investigators, 2022

Certification

·Registered Nurse; Advanced Nurse Practitioner: 8/2011- 8/31/2023 (Florida License) # ARNP9320003

·Adult Nurse Practitioner: Board Certified, The American Nurses Credentialing 2010008931

Timeline

Independent Legal Nurse Practitioner Consultant

Independent
09.2025 - Current

Research Assistant

University of Miami
01.2023 - 08.2025

Teacher Assistant

University of Miami
08.2022 - 12.2022

Research Assistant

University of Miami
01.2022 - 01.2023

Academic Coach

Instructional Connections
05.2021 - 08.2022

Research Nurse Practitioner

Medical Research Network- MRN
05.2019 - 08.2022

Independent Nurse Consultant

Independent Nurse Consultant - PRN
04.2019 - 06.2022

Advanced Registered Nurse, Practitioner/ Mid-Level Provider

Federal Detention Center
01.2017 - 01.2019

Academic Coach

Instructional Connections
12.2016 - 04.2017

Legal Nurse Consultant

Stewart, Tilghman, Fox & Bianchi PA
09.2015 - 09.2016

Adjunct Faculty

Miami Dade College
08.2015 - 01.2017

Adult Nurse Practitioner

Integritas-Donelson Rehab and Care
01.2010 - 06.2010

Staff ER RN

Metro Nashville General Hospital
05.2008 - 03.2011

Collaborating Principal Investigator

Vanderbilt University
06.2006 - 01.2011

Nutrition Research Associate/Community Educator

Tuskegee University
05.2003 - 05.2005

Master of Science - Adult Nurse Practitioner Program, Cardiovascular Health Management

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

Master of Science - Food and Nutritional Sciences

Tuskegee University

Bachelor of Science - Biology

Barry University, School of Health Sciences

Doctoral Studies -

University of Miami School of Nursing
Tericka S. Cesar