Elise Russo

Experience

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  Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services

  May 2011 - Apr 2012

  Epi/Health Education Intern

  Collaborate with HCPHES Environmental Health Division and the University of Houston to create an evidence and behavior-based food safety management system for Harris County restaurants.Compile data relating to all foodborne illness complaints and outbreaks between 2005 and 2010 in order to analyze and describe burden and type of foodborne illness within Harris County, TX.

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  Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston

  Aug 2012 - Jul 2017

  Health Science Specialist in the Dept. of Medicine, Health Services Research

  • Coordinate, organize, and maintain research projects and related data collection, analysis, reporting, and compliance processes (Institutional Review Board submissions, clinicaltrials.gov entries, local research and development approval processes, data access requests) for an AHRQ R01, VA HSR&D CREATE project, and multiple subprojects stemming from these two large grants• Supervise, train, and delegate work amongst two research coordinators, a computer programmer, and two chart reviewers• Plan and organize research project team meetings, including tracking of action items, deadlines, and team member responsibilities• Assimilate data, draft, edit, and prepare manuscripts and abstracts for initial submission as well as for final publication• Assist in grant preparation, including gathering, editing, and organizing application components prior to submission Show less

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  Patient Care Intervention Center

  Jul 2017 - Oct 2017

  Project Manager

  Responsible for preparing grant applications; designing research projects to develop, refine, and validate patient-centered and health information technology-related tools; and maintaining existing projects to determine the frequency and related risk factors of High-Need, High-Cost patients in the Harris County community

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  Quandary Peak Research

  Oct 2017 - Apr 2020

  Health IT Project Manager

  Coordinate the Software Quality Oversight Organization (SQOO) for an electronic health record vendor company's Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA). This includes orchestrating data collection activities (meetings, functional and back-end demonstrations of software, independent data collection endeavors using the company's internal systems); organizing and documenting project activities and progress; developing project-specific policies and procedures; aiding in report drafting, editing, and submission; and tracking progress towards goals for both the client and SQOO, which includes meeting regularly with SQOO members and members of the client company's project management team. Assist the Director of the Health IT and Audits Division with business development, including personnel (human resources, including recruitment and on-boarding); development of company/division-specific policies, procedures, and other internal documents; drafting of website content specific to the Division, and other related tasks. Show less

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  Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  Apr 2020 - now

  Director of Operations for the Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center

  Responsible for organizing, facilitating, and executing educational programs, training events, research and evaluation projects, and several other initiatives meant to improve the safety and effectiveness of VUMC's clinical information systems and user experience related to these systems.