Yvette Bolla
Tucson,AZ
Summary
Experienced Program Manager/Nurse Informaticist offering 17 years of demonstrated success in coordinating large-scale healthcare projects and scientific research studies.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Program Manager, Precision Aging Network
University Of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
12.2019 - Current
- Coordinated development of a successful $60M grant submission to the National Institutes of Health to launch a 5-year national research study, the Precision Aging Network (PAN), with the goal of developing individualized therapies for Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias.
- Created the project management infrastructure to initialize and monitor project activities involving six research universities, one private research organization partner, and 38 research faculty, involving four separate but interrelated projects with 7 support teams.
- Oversight of budgets, financial reports, and spending projections for the overall program. Assists with editing scientific papers and other academic products from PAN executive leadership. Organizes the annual meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board and assists the Steering Committee to prepare their annual report to the National Institutes of Health.
Director, Clinical Informatics
Tenet Health, St. Joseph's Hospital
Tucson, United States
03.2018 - 06.2019
- Directed team activities to complete 19 electronic health record system projects in one year, including educating clinicians (1200+) on new processes and providing real-time support for issue resolution
- Designed and opened Clinical Informatics Resource Center for walk-in staff training
- Worked closely with organizational leadership to strategically affect direction of operations
Senior Consultant, Project Manager
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, New York
03.2011 - 06.2017
- Created, presented project scope documents, budgets to leadership
- Met all contractual goals on time, on budget (7 projects in 6 years)
- Implemented $30 million lab project, in conjunction with Abbott Diagnostics. Subsequently, developed process improvement plan for current state sales, product implementation processes for Abbott Diagnostics North America
Manager, Clinical Informatics
Tucson Medical Center
Tucson, United States
06.2013 - 03.2015
- Directed team of 32 direct reports to manage 12 work groups, 2 advisory teams to design and maintain electronic health record system to meet organizational quality and patient safety metrics
- Delivered ongoing training to 1,400 staff annually
- Established and administered annual budget with effective controls to prevent over-spending and support sustainability objectives
Senior Policy Analyst
American Nurses Association Inc. (ANA)
Silver Springs, Maryland
04.2011 - 10.2011
- ANA media liaison to Health IT Policy Committee (Capitol Hill)
- Wrote ANA pledge to join National Consumer eHealth Program
- Directed strategies on practice issues for National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators, used by 2000 hospitals nationwide
Public Policy Analyst
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
Bethesda, MD
06.2010 - 04.2011
- Investigated policy issues/trends daily, prepared weekly newsletters/policy briefings to benefit 4,000 AMIA constituents
- Created briefings to influence policy with Institute of Medicine, American Academy of Nursing, Alliance for Nursing Informatics
- Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time
Marketing Director, Flandrau Science Center
University of Arizona (UA)
Tucson, AZ
04.1999 - 08.2001
- Team developer - feasibility studies, reorganization plans, capital campaign strategies - for successful proposal/election process creating new tax district to finance cultural center development in Tucson
- Directed all science center marketing, community engagement, retail store operations to reach UA student population (45,000), local county residents (1M+), 17 school districts, 241 non-charter public schools
- Received UA 2000 Team Award for Excellence for campus-wide communications project
Public Outreach Manager
National Optical Astronomy Observatories
Tucson, AZ
09.1990 - 04.1999
- Managed media requests, public information activities for 4 science research facilities in North America and Chile
- Founding member - Southwest Consortium of Observatories for Public Education (SCOPE) - collaboration of 7 astronomy observatories to promote public awareness of science research activities
- Special Achievement: Comet Hale-Bopp Day - Kitt Peak (March 22, 1997). Organized book signing event with comet discovers. Over 1K public attendance, televised nationally (NBC, ABC, CBS)
Public Affairs Specialist
National Science Foundation
Ballston, VA
09.1998 - 03.1999
- Responsible for all media relations - Directorate of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Office of Legislative and Public Affairs, Media and Public Information Section - National Science Foundation
- Wrote, distributed press releases on research findings representing divisions of Mathematics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Physics and Materials Research
- Coordinated joint press releases with key science organizations (NASA and Space Telescope Science Institute)
- Served as media assistant to NSF Director, traveling with, advising on media strategies prior to keynote speeches
- Created media guidelines for International Gemini Project to facilitate press activities between partners in the United States, Chile, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Argentina and Brazil
Education
Bachelor of Arts - English/Journalism
Baruch College of The City University of New York
New York, NYMaster of Science - Nursing/Nursing Informatics
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OHSkills
- Project management
- Strategic planning
- Scientific journalist
- Grant writer
- College educator
- Natural leader
Previous Employment
- Faculty Instructor, Nursing Informatics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
- Clinical Nurse, Adult Cystic Fibrosis, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
- Clinical Nurse, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
- Director, Challenger Learning Center of the Southwest Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, AZ
- Grant Writer & Editorial Assistant, Scripps Clinic & Research Foundation, La Jolla, CA
Publications
- “Two Separate, Large Cohorts Reveal Potential Modifiers of Age-Associated Variation in Visual Reaction Time Performance", Aging and Mechanisms of Disease, July 2021
- "Meaningful Use 101”, Nursing Management, August 2011
Certification
- BLS/CPR
Licenses
- Registered Nurse in Arizona, License number 230242
- Registered Nurse in Ohio, License number 310355
Honors
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing
Professional Memberships
- American Nursing (ANA)
- American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA)
- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
Timeline
Program Manager, Precision Aging Network
University Of Arizona
12.2019 - Current
Director, Clinical Informatics
Tenet Health, St. Joseph's Hospital
03.2018 - 06.2019
Manager, Clinical Informatics
Tucson Medical Center
06.2013 - 03.2015
Senior Policy Analyst
American Nurses Association Inc. (ANA)
04.2011 - 10.2011
Senior Consultant, Project Manager
Mount Sinai Medical Center
03.2011 - 06.2017
Public Policy Analyst
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
06.2010 - 04.2011
Marketing Director, Flandrau Science Center
University of Arizona (UA)
04.1999 - 08.2001
Public Affairs Specialist
National Science Foundation
09.1998 - 03.1999
Public Outreach Manager
National Optical Astronomy Observatories
09.1990 - 04.1999
Bachelor of Arts - English/Journalism
Baruch College of The City University of New York
Master of Science - Nursing/Nursing Informatics
Case Western Reserve University
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