This document provides a summary of Joanna R. Mucera's experience and qualifications. She has over 10 years of experience as a senior research assistant conducting studies related to preterm birth and maternal and child health. Her skills include data collection, management and analysis, literature reviews, participant recruitment and scheduling, and assisting with grant writing. She has strong oral and written communication abilities and is proficient in research methodology.

1. JOANNA R. MUCERA, MPH
jmucera@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/joanna-r-mucera-mph/71/b3/246
414 South 48th
Street, Apt B33
Philadelphia, PA 19143
215-586-0430
SUMMARY
• Talented research assistant, scholarly editor and proofreader with a unique combination of technical
expertise and diversified experience interacting with professionals at multiple levels in the research
community
• Extraordinary aptitude for critical thinking
• Implemented strategies for improving data quality by 50%
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Proficient in quantitative and qualitative research methods, questionnaire design, recruitment and
scheduling of research participants, medical terminology, accessing and abstracting medical records and
use of Microsoft Office Suite
• Able to use SPSS to analyze datasets
• Experience with specimen collection (e.g. blood, urine, saliva samples, as required by research projects)
EXPERIENCE
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA
Senior Research Assistant/ Clinical Support Associate for Principal Investigator 11/2008 – 10/2012
Drexel University College of Medicine Philadelphia, PA
Senior Research Assistant/ Scheduler for Principal Investigator 4/2004 – 11/2008
Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA
Senior Research Assistant 6/2001 – 4/2004
• Implemented data collection instruments
• Cleaned data for analysis using SPSS and EXCEL
• Conducted literature searches and annotated evidence
• Recruited, scheduled and interviewed research participants
• Assisted with focus group administration; Transcribed and entered qualitative interview data
• Supported research proposals and grant writing activities by assisting other team members with
submission of multiple grants:
o NIH-NICHD: The National Children’s Study: CHOP Coordinating Center, $1,517,205.00
o Department of Health Center of Excellence for Research on Pregnancy Outcomes: The Philadelphia
Collaborative Preterm Prevention Project, PA States, $1,224,911.00
DHS/HRSA: Targeting Programs for Reducing Racial, Ethnic and Geographical Health Disparities,
$100,000.00
o NICH/NICHD: Racial and Neighborhood Disparities in Infant Health, $488,923.00
o ATPM/CDC: Preterm Birth Among Inner City Women-BV: Stressors and Race, $366,666.00
o NIH/NIMH: Obstacles to Maternal Depression Care Among Women with Low Literacy,
o $50,000.00
o ATPM//CDC: Preterm Birth and Race: A Study of Individual and Spatial Effects, $16,105.00

2. JOANNA R. MUCERA, MPH
jmucera@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/joanna-r-mucera-mph/71/b3/246
414 South 48th
Street, Apt B33
Philadelphia, PA 19143
215-586-0430
o ATPM//CDC: Microbial and Immune Parameters Associated with Prematurity, $313,365.00
o ATPM//CDC: Biologic Pathways Linking Stress, BV and Preterm Birth, $323,019.00
o NICH/NICHD: Racial and Neighborhood Disparities in Infant Health, $488,923.00
• Forged relationships with internal and external partners to support new opportunities for growth
• Prepared progress reports, data requests, presentations and publications.
• Participated in meetings, professional presentations and professional development training, qualitative
and quantitative methods and analysis, program development
• Assisted Principal Investigator with grant-writing and correspondence on multiple grants:
• Recruited, consented, scheduled, tracked and interviewed participants
• Implemented strategies for improving data quality
• Entered and cleaned data for analysis
• Managed human subjects/IRB submissions
• Conducted literature searches and annotated evidence
• Proofread and edited manuscripts
• Designed and prepared recruitment forms and structured interview surveys for data collection
• Maintained meticulous records for data base
• Drafted reports outlining recruitment and consenting processes as well as summarizing
progress of recruitment, enrollment, data collection and abstraction of medical records
EDUCATION
Walden University Minneapolis, MN
PhD in Public Health, current student Expected graduation,
December 2017
Temple University Philadelphia, PA
Master of Public Health 2014
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology 2010
CERTIFICATIONS
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI): HIPAA
• Social-Behavioral Research Methods
• Responsible Conduct of Research for Postdocs, Fellows and Trainees
• Good Clinical Practice
• American Heart Association: Adult, Child and Infant CPR and First Aid
• Microsoft Certified: Digital Literacy Productivity Program