Jared Elzey

Experience

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  Daily Herald

  Jan 1998 - Jan 1999

  Police Brief Coordinator

  Primary contact between Illinois' third largest newspaper and 18 suburban Chicago police stations. Wrote an average of 60 column inches per day and several feature articles per week.

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  Rocketown

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  Marketing Coordinator

  Responsible for writing, editing and proofing all internal and external communications.

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  Rubicon

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  Head of Claims Tracking

  Developed and managed a tracking system for an Internet-based medical billing company. Wrote training manual for data entry staff and personally tracked a daily average of 450 insurance claims on 670 spreadsheets. Responsible for producing month end reports for 36 doctors by which the company billed for its services.

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  Dell

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2003

  Sales Rep

  Inside sales for small businesses

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  Meharry Medical College

  Jan 2003 - Feb 2023

  The Services & Support Unit comprises the Meharry Research Concierge Services (MeRCury), the Meharry Office of Scientific Editing and Publications (MOSEP), and Community Engaged Research Administration (CERA). The Office for Research SSU works to accomplish Meharry's mission of eliminating health disparities.MeRCury is an open-ended research administration help desk.MOSEP is a team of scientific editors and writers supporting Meharry researchers.CERA is an activity leveraging SSU expertise for the benefit of community organizations interested in a mutual research partnership with Meharry.I serve on multiple institutional committees aiming to improve the administrative effectiveness and strategic direction of the institution. I am also Meharry's liaison to the All Children Excel Nashville Collective Impact Initiative, for which Meharry's Office for Research & Innovation has been a key backbone organization since 2016. Show less Office for Research, School of Medicine. Conceived of and implemented MeRCury, the Meharry Research Concierge Services. MeRCury is a team of Investigator Advocates providing high quality research support services to faculty, staff and sponsor representatives. MeRCury directly provides guidance to faculty and staff regarding proposal preparation, award negotiation and compliance issues, facilitates approval processes for pre-award documents and supports maintenance of post-award execution. MeRCury is an open-ended, first-stop help desk for biomedical researchers.I also represent Meharry interests as Liaison to the Vanderbilt Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) and engender cooperation between core activities of the CTSA, especially the VICTR pilot program and Community Engaged Research Core, and the Meharry Translational Research Center (MeTRC). My role continually informs faculty and staff about research-related resources available through multiple programs, including CTSA and MeTRC. I contribute to institutional vigilance that proposal submissions, manuscripts, and abstracts adhere to exceptional standards of integrity especially regarding plagiarism, duplication and conflicts of interest. I collaborate with institutional central offices to optimize existing research support infrastructure, e.g. core facilities transaction software (C.O.R.E.S), electronic IRB and IACUC, REDCap database, ResearchMatch.org, StarBRITE and ResearchPoint web portals, Zotero and Endnote reference management, and Zendesk help desk software. I explore new strategies to streamline and maximize clinical and translational research administration at Meharry, including policy recommendations to the Office for Research leadership while expanding 1) the participation of research programs with MeRCury and 2) the services available to researchers. Secondarily, I provide editorial support for manuscript and grant submissions at the request of the Office for Research. Show less Liaison to the Meharry-Vanderbilt CTSA focused partnership.Regulatory Knowledge Liaison for the Meharry Translational and Clinical Research Center (MeTRC)Meharry Office for Research and School of Medicine. Administrative oversight of the complementary goals of two major institutional awards while maintaining clear delineation of project activities. Support the interface of faculty, staff and funding agencies while developing strategies for optimal efficiency and success of the biomedical research enterprise at Meharry. Show less Liaison, CTSA MMC/VUMC Focused Partnership, Meharry School of Medicine. Facilitate and conduct reporting, strategy communications and enhanced use of Vanderbilt University’s Clinical and Translational Science Award resources by Meharry faculty in accord with focused partnership contract. (Concurrent with other roles) Scientific Editor and Grant Writer, Meharry Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research. Developmentally chaperone grant proposals from conception to submission, edit form and contribute to content of Center manuscripts, abstracts and publications, and prepare compliance committee protocol submissions (IRB, IACUC, IBC) for all CAHDR researchers. Show less

  • Director, Services & Support Unit, Office for Research

    Jan 2016 - Feb 2023

  • Project Manager

    Jul 2011 - Dec 2015

  • Research Liaison

    Sept 2009 - Dec 2015

  • Scientific Editor and Grant Writer, Research Liaison

    Jan 2006 - Sept 2011

  • Research Projects Coordinator

    Jan 2003 - Jan 2009
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  Nurture The Next

  Mar 2023 - now

  VP of Programs

  I am responsible for the oversight and general management of all program areas including development, delivery, and evaluation of services. I ensure that programs across the state operate within budget in accordance with the mission and goals of Nurture the Next and fulfill contract requirements. I am developing the necessary systems, processes, and tools to better support the facilitation, collection, and sharing of knowledge generated by existing and forthcoming programs with the aim of optimizing resources and services at Nurture the Next that best support families and children in Tennessee. Show less