Britney Barrera
Britney Barrera has worked hard throughout her life to create an environment that emphasizes learning and academic excellence. She graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 3 years with a B.S. in Psychological and Brain Sciences and a minor in English, earning departmental and college honors. Throughout college Britney worked as a Teaching Assistant with Isla Vista Elementary School and as a Research Assistant in Dr. Richard Mayer's Lab for Research on Learning and Instruction. These two experiences helped Britney find her passion of teaching and positively impacting often neglected rural and migrant communities.
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Currently, Britney is a Project Manager for the Department of Neurology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. She is in charge of the budgetary, protocol, and regulatory demands of both investigator-initiated and FDA studies. Her largest project as involved creating and running a study from start to finish, involving 10 patients and 5 visits in a home-based settings testing the safety and feasibility of home based infusions. Prior to this, she worked as a clinical coordinator in the neuro-immunology subspecialty, working on her skills with FDA regulated studies for those with MS. She is a research resident at the Children's hospital where she is the lead researcher on a large database of pediatrics MS. Britney is first author on a late-breaker abstract and presented a poster at the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers. She has 2 first author abstracts submitted, awaiting approval and has both a research article and manuscript in the works.
Britney was previously enrolled in a Psychology MA program, with an MFT/LPC licensure. Her goal is to transfer the knowledge and credits she has earned to a PhD. She plans to use the psychological testing skills, expertise of the DSM-5, and interview techniques she is learning to be an exceptional researcher. Prior to the pandemic, Britney worked at Norris Middle School as an English teacher, earning multiple parent and teacher recommendations for a job well done. She truly loved her job. In addition to securing a research position, her current goal is to provide tutoring services to children impacted by the COVID-19 school closures. She also attends trainings to volunteer at a local hospice.
Britney's long term goal is to attend a Clinical Psychology PHD program and welcomes any advice you may have.
Research
Lab Experience
Supplementary Questions Answered
Neurology Project Manager
Ran the first pandemic-forward, fully remote study, recruiting over 100 patients in a 6 month timeframe. This includes designing electronic source, such as AE logs, PDs, ICF notes.
Revolutionized the pipeline from patient labs and patient reported AEs to coordinator to PI to increase the efficiency for patient safety.
Utilize databases such as Compass and TriNetX to recruit patients for studies.
Create study start up timelines and adjust them in regard to budgetary standards.
​Ensure study quality meets the requirements of study protocols, department Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and research regulations and best practices (e.g. ICH guidelines, FDA code of Federal Regulations, and Good Clinical Practice (GCP)). Examples include proactively preventing deviations, creating source documents, creating backup plans, and ensuring PI oversight.
Clinical Coordinator
Coordinate clinical research visits and collect/record patient information: take vital signs, administer questionnaires and surveys, administer cognitive tests, and coordinate drug dispensing and accountability.
Manage research visit scheduling. This includes considering principal investigator schedule, masked or unmasked staff schedules, patient schedules, clinical schedules, etc. in order to follow visit windows and protocol requirements.
Responsible for providing excellent customer service to both internal and external stakeholders by presenting a positive image of the department and University.
Oversee lab activities, such as centrifuge, aliquot serum, blood slides, transporting blood specimens, and shipping lab samples.
Long Term Substitute
Followed California middle school curriculum to lesson plan and teach 8th grade English, implementing IEP and 504 accommodations.
Created an inviting classroom culture to support student development.
Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
Strengthened students behaviorally and academically, receiving multiple parent recommendations.
Research Assistant
Assisted with research involving the use of virtual reality techniques in educational environments.
Utilized VR software, EEG, and EKG to run a yearlong study.
Planned, modified, and executed research techniques, procedures, and tests.
Analyzed statistical data using both modern and traditional methods, including excel, SPSS, and Acqknowledge Data Acquisition (electrocardiography analysis).
Recorded data with a high degree of accuracy and maintained source documentation following good documentation practices.
State Farm Team Member
Developed leads, scheduled appointments, identified customer needs, and marketed appropriate products and services.
Established customer relationships and followed up with customers as needed.
Worked with the agent to meet deadlines.
Teaching Assistant
​Assisted teachers with lesson preparation by getting materials ready and setting up equipment.
Reviewed lesson material with students individually or in small groups.
Ensured the classroom environment is safe and clean.
Collaborated with lead teachers to recognize issues students are facing and recommend solutions.
Complied with state, school, and class rules and regulations.
Skills
Organized
Self-motivated, adaptable
CITI Certified (IRB)Â 183990, 183389
Literature Reviews
Data collection and analysis
Deadline driven
Clear, concise communication
High integrity, knowledgeable of confidentiality
SPSS, R, EEG, EKG experience
Classroom management
Get in Touch
Britney Barrera is currently seeking open positions as a Research Assistant. With her passion to help, overt willingness to learn, established research skill set, and knowledge of diagnoses, she can prove to be an asset to your team. She believes her commitment to go above and beyond the job description would be beneficial to your research team.
