Brian R. Abascal

Experience

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  Boston Children's Hospital

  Dec 2000 - Jul 2013

  o Lead strategic planning for HIV/STD outreach education, prevention and testing, and was a contributing and corresponding author of a published article in J Adol Med (See Publications).o Co-authored the Boston HAPPENS program’s first Policies and Procedures Manual for HIV/STI services, standardizing practice guidelines that resulted in consistent and improved approaches to patient services.o Supported two Senior Faculty Attending Physicians, including continuity of care, daily program activities, reporting, special projects, and budget oversight, aimed at improved patient outcomes.o Clinical care coordination for HIV/STDs, PrEP, and nPEP for sexual assault victims or other exposures to HIV, including training of clinical staff members and technical assistance to primary care providers.o Performed on-site subject outreach and recruitment of clinical and behavioral HIV health interventions and studies for Fenway Institute, including the city’s first PrEP trials for adolescents and young adults.o Created data collection and analysis system and tools, which resulting in more accurate, consistent, and compelling reporting of outcomes. Show less o Supervised a team of staff and volunteers for all clinical and outreach education, counseling and testing for the programs prevention arm.o Provided individual HIV/STD risk assessment and reduction counseling, testing and referral to care services, and supervised and trained of support 8 staff and volunteers annually.o Increased linkage to care and patient volume for testing clients by providing supported referrals to direct care.o Performed quality control and managed HIV/STD prevention and testing program, resulting in the reduction of procedural errors to less than 2% of all tests.o Invited consultant for rollout of the first rapid testing program in a juvenile justice system for the Boston Metro Health Services of Department of Youth Services (DYS).o Designed and implemented EMR documentation for STD prevention procedures to improve continuity of care.o Delivered educational workshops to pediatric and adolescent providers, youth and CBO’s. Show less o Local Provider Site Coordinator for Ryan White Part F Training site to expand clinical training opportunities for HIV providers of color or those serving people of color living with HIV. The program held a 50% success rate of providers continuing on to provide HIV services to people of color.o Coordinate mini-preceptorships 6-10 for clinical trainees annually (MD, NP, MSW/LICSW and Clinical Psychologist), including design of intake and evaluation tools based on national recommended best practices, later disseminated to other local and regional providers as a model. o Chaired the planning committee for two years for popular annual regional conference on HIV and Adolescents. My first year as chair resulted in the largest number of registered participants the history of the conference.o Successfully planned and executed the 14th Annual Summit on HIV and Adolescents, overseeing all content planning, designing of marketing materials, location booking, speaker recruitment, appropriation of industry sponsors and vendors, application of CME credits, and management of finances. Show less

  • Program Coordinator, Boston HAPPENS

    Nov 2004 - Jul 2013

  • Supervising HIV/STD Counselor and Tester, Boston HAPPENS

    May 2005 - Jun 2013

  • Recruitment Site Study Coordinator, Boston HAPPENS, Boston ATN, Fenway Institute

    Oct 2012 - May 2013

  • Coordinator, Parent Advisory Board, Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine

    Dec 2006 - May 2013

  • Coordinator, NEHEC-MAI LPS, NEAETC

    Jul 2006 - Jun 2011

  • Research Administrator, Boston HAPPENS, Boston Adolescent Trials Unit, ATN

    Nov 2004 - May 2011

  • Administrative Associate II, Neuroscience

    Dec 2000 - Oct 2004
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  UCSF

  Sept 2013 - Aug 2015

  Reviews clinical trials to ensure compliant clinical research billing (CRB). A Coverage Analysis identifies all clinical items or services associated with a particular clinical trial, including identification of the financially accountable party, such as the trial sponsor, other funding source, patient, or a third party payor.o Led a team of analysts in the UC-wide, large-scale Legacy Project, an initiative to complete Medicare coverage analysis for nearly 500 prior studies, performing comprehensive data mining of research systems, managing multiple consultant channels, while ensuring diligent record keeping. o Identified and mitigated potential billing discrepancies with existing research activities, and consulted with the Clinical Enterprise Compliance Program, while managing project deadlines to reach achievement milestones.o Performed Medicare coverage analyses, and budget development and negotiations with industry sponsors, resulting in successful funding of multiple clinical research projects.o Quickly established exceptional working relationships with PIs, study teams, and other key UCSF office personnel, resulting in increased efficiency of workflows. o Employed effective skills to defuse and deescalate potentially tense situations to refocus on the task at hand. Show less

  • Coverage Analyst, Clinical Trials Business Support Center

    Jan 2015 - Aug 2015

  • Assistant Budget and Coverage Analyst

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

  • Analyst I

    Sept 2013 - Dec 2013
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  UCSF

  Feb 2016 - Apr 2020

  Coordinated program content development and logistical planning for 10 large multi-day in-person educational conferences and meetings, and over 70 virtual webinars over the span of 4 years. Development of website and new marketing strategy for bi-weekly webinar series that increased the number of participants by 43% in the first year, with continued growth of 25% annually.• Responsible for oversight of subcontracted local partner training and technical assistance activities on state-funded HIV prevention priorities (Routine HIV Testing, PrEP, High Impact Prevention).• Plan content and coordinate logistics for large meetings and conferences of state-funded HIV programs.• Coordinate special projects for central office operations and program development Show less Provided exceptional support service and knowledge of human subjects research. Within 3 months was given the role of coordinator of 1 of the 4 IRB committees reviewing clinical research proposals involving human subjects. exemplary• Advised investigators and staff on the IRB review process and answered investigators' questions about HRPP policies and practices, federal and state regulations, and laws governing human subjects research.• Performed pre-screen review of exempt and no-subject-contact IRB submissions, including generation of stipulations for corrections, as well as process completion of review and distribution of outcome letters. Show less

  • Project Coordinator, State Office of AIDS (SOA), Pacific AIDS Education Training Center (PAETC)

    Aug 2016 - Apr 2020

  • Assistant Coordinator, Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) (temporary)

    Feb 2016 - Aug 2016