Roman Johnson, Ph.D.

Experience

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  Georgia State University - Center for Leadership in Disability

  Aug 2015 - Jul 2016

  Researcher

  ● Constructed tools and qualitative interviews for parents of neurodevelopmentally disabled children● Acquired, manipulated, developed longitudinal data sets, verifying accuracy and consistency over time● Analyzed social barriers via secondary archival data and presented 100-page needs assessment report● Advised GA Division of Maternal and Child Health and Department of Labor Workforce Development

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  University of Alabama at Birmingham

  Aug 2016 - Apr 2018

  Project Manager

  ● Won 6 years of funding worth $500K for designing video-based curriculum for palliative care providers● Taught and TA’d 6 classes for 500+ students over 4 years, including a 9-week, 100-hour summer intensive● Trained students in various learning objectives, and provided mentoring to talented 1st gen scholars

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  UAB Medicine

  Aug 2016 - Jul 2020

  Junior Research Scientist

  ●Presented 130-page dissertation containing 4-years of research at multiple domestic, global conferences● Used $70K from NIH and UAB to evaluate mixed data on the gut microbiome’s role in cancer prevention● Ensured medical researchers received 2-month training in qualitative coding for thematic investigations● Complied 100% with federal, university, and sponsoring agencies’ research policies and procedures● Provided the first-authored publication in Frontiers in Oncology: Gastrointestinal Cancers Show less

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  Harvard University

  Aug 2020 - Aug 2022

  Health Research Scientist

  ● Receive $140K in NIH funding to partner with the Harvard Cancer Prevention Postdoctoral Program● Manage 4 long-term projects worth $12M and contribute to securing next 6 years of funding for lead PI● Present at 3 conferences to share findings with leaders in medical, public health, and nonprofit fields● Contribute to 3 scientific publications and synthesize parallel research projects into a large-scale report● Daily analyze data using matplotlib, pandas, scikit, python, and longitudinal and logistic regression● Transform qualitative data derived from clinics and patient experience surveys into quantitative metrics● Apply for, receive access to, and investigate proprietary data from a confidential 5-university coalition Show less

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  Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital

  Oct 2022 - now

  Health Research Scientist

  ● Receive $90K in NIH funding to partner with Fostering Diversity in HIV Research Program● Merit scholarship selected to present at Nurses in AIDS Care Annual Research Conference to share findings with leaders in medical, public health, and nonprofit fields● Contribute to 2 scientific publications and synthesize parallel research projects into a large-scale report● Daily analyze data using matplotlib, pandas, scikit, python, and longitudinal and logistic regression● Transform qualitative data derived from clinics and patient experience surveys into quantitative metrics● Apply for, receive access to, and investigate proprietary data from a confidential 5-university coalition Show less