Tamara Tatevosian-Geller, MPH

Experience

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  University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

  Sept 2011 - May 2013

  Research Assistant of Law Librarian

  Assisted the foreign and international law librarian with collection development and maintenance duties by helping process publisher materials, search library catalogs, prepare loose materials for binding, retrieve materials from stacks, etc... Additionally, I came to be of use in a project where I had to translate a list of law book titles from English to Russian. As needed, sometimes I helped the foreign law librarian (my supervisor) with course preparation.

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  University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

  May 2013 - Aug 2015

  EEG Technician and Research Assistant

  Under the auspices of the Perelman School of Medicine Sleep and Chronobiology lab, and funding from the Office of Naval Research, I was the EEG technician and research assistant for sleep deprivation studies by Dr. David F. Dinges. I monitored human subjects in the sleep lab under guidance of strict protocol, administered neuropsychological tests to subjects, recorded behavioral and metabolic data, and, after training, learned to affix EEG electrodes to subjects' scalp and record EEG data.

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  City of Philadelphia – Department of Public Health

  May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Hepatitis Epidemiology Program Intern

  I interned with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health Division of Disease Control focused on community disease surveillance and monitoring of communicable diseases. The focus of the team with Dr. Kendra Viner was Hepatitis C and reduction of disease impact on the community. I worked with Disease Case Reports coming from PA-NEDSS (Pennsylvania National Electronic Disease Surveillance System) to the health department Communicable Disease Management System (CDMS). Along with the hepatitis investigators, I called affected patients as well as providers all over the city to record standard surveillance data and request medical and test information, as well as provide public health outreach information and guide affected populations about finding necessary care and information. I participated in other aspects of health department work such as weekly progress meeting with the disease investigations team and research club. Show less

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  Temple Health – Temple University Health System

  Nov 2017 - Oct 2021

  For the research team of Dr. Laura Goetzl- professor and vice chair for research in the department of obstetrics and gynecology, division of maternal fetal medicine at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, I coordinated all aspects of NIH funded research as well as study creation and maintenance through the Institutional Review Board (IRB) ethics board. I was directly responsible for traveling to multiple clinical locations and enrolling subjects in clinical studies, as well as participating in processing of biological specimens in lab settings for supporting translational research work which led to peer reviewed publications. Show less Under the auspices of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania funded program, the Temple/Wedge Center of Excellence (1 of 45 in Pennsylvania) which offered evaluation by experts in high-risk pregnancy and psychiatry, access to drug treatment, counseling, and specialized prenatal consultation, I worked directly with the Medical Director as the Program Manager of the Center. My role was to support the identification of patients with substance use disorder and coordination of their transition to treatment in our Center. I worked with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare providers to ensure smooth patient care, advocacy such as legal processes with the Department of Health and Human Services, and collaboration and communication with community stakeholders related to the project. I worked closely with other centers and managed care organizations (MCOs) and attended state-level meetings to present our work. I was involved in the monthly evaluation and reporting of program progress/data reporting and suggestions for program improvement. Show less

  • Health Services Specialist

    Aug 2015 - Oct 2021

  • Program Manager of the Temple Opioid Program

    Nov 2017 - Sept 2021
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  Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia

  Oct 2021 - Oct 2022

  Public Health Fellow at Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia

  Fellowship with the Ministry of Health through a national initiative by the Armenian Diaspora High Commissioner's Office "iGorts" Program.As a fellow, I was Secretary of the Task Force on Primary Care Reform, which utilized the WHO Operational framework for Primary Health Care to conduct an assessment of the situation, present gaps and offer recommendations for improvement in all areas of reform. Alongside my colleagues, I participated in the organization of a workshop for local and international stakeholders to procure feedback of our work.I participated in drafting the Strategy and Task List that was approved by the Minister of Health and has become the five-year policy/plan for primary care reform in Armenia. My other responsibilities included participating in drafting a monitoring dashboard for tracking progress of the rollout of the project and working with the team leaders to discuss design of the pilot project.I gained invaluable skills such as policy research and preparation, collaboration with government and non-government agencies, stakeholder engagement, and how a health system works from the top-down on a national level. Show less

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  Co-Klinik

  Nov 2022 - Jun 2024

  Director of Health Technologies and Initiatives Development