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Meenakshi Mishra

Ph.D Student & Pre-doctoral NLM Fellow, Health & Clinical Informatics, DMICE, OHSU

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Currently

Currently

PhD student - Clinical Informatics, DMICE, OHSU

Education

1996 - 1997 University of South Carolina, MPH

1990 - 1992 Banaras Hindu University, M.Sc. Biotechnology

1987 - 1990 Banaras Hindu University, B.Sc. Chemistry Honors

Awards

2017 National Library of Medicine Fellowship

1992 Junior Research Fellowship

Publications

Ivlev I, Jerabkova S, Mishra M, Cook L, Eden K. Prostate Cancer Screening Patient Decision Aids: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2018;55(6):896-907

Abstracts

39th Annual North American Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making; 2017 October;Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Utilization of Patient Decision Aids Reduced Men’s Intention to Undertake Prostate-Specific Antigen Based Screening: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Ilya Ivlev, M.D., Ph.D., Meenakshi Mishra, M.Sc., M.P.H., Silvie Jerabkova, M.Sc. and Karen B. Eden, Ph.D.

2018 Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA. Patient Decision Aids Can Reduce Utilization of PSA-Based Prostate Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Ilya Ivlev, M.D., Ph.D., MBI, Lily Cook, M.A., LPC, Silvie Jerabkova, M.Sc, Meenakshi Mishra, M.Sc., M.P.H, and Karen B. Eden, Ph.D.

2018 Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA. Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA)-Based Screening Recommendations: A Comprehensive Review of Recommendations from the Developed Countries. Lily Cook, MA, LPC, Silvie Jerabkova, MSc, Meenakshi Mishra, M.Sc, M.P.H, Karen B. Eden, Ph.D and Ilya Ivlev, M.D., Ph.D., MBI.

Presentations

2019 Poster presentation: Systems Approach to Determining Risk for Opioid Misuse in Patients with Chronic Pain, OHSU Research Week.

Occupation

Current PhD Student - Clinical Informatics, DMICE, OHSU

2009-2016 Clinical Research Associate, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Division, OHSU

  • Managed and coordinated numerous industry (Osiris, Chimerix and Jazz) and consortium (COG, BMT CTN) sponsored, phase II and III, multi-center trials in pediatric cancer, bone marrow transplant and supportive care.
  • Maintained regulatory compliance with local and central IRB, coordinated sponsor and monitor site visits, submitted study data and case report forms, prepared and submitted adverse events to sponsor and IRB, ensured drug accountability, ensured source documentation, addressed and reconciled audit findings.
  • Part of a team that developed electronic patient repository.
  • Maintained local transplant database.
  • Sent weekly open studies reports to the providers, trained new team members, fellows and volunteers on study related processes and systems.

2007-2009 Registry Coordinator, Center for Hematologic Malignancies, OHSU

  • Reported transplant registry data to the Center for International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry (CIBMTR).
  • Supported transition from paper to electronic data reporting system.
  • Planned and implemented data catch process to clear all backlogs.
  • Helped develop an investigator initiated study.

1998-2000 Lab Technician 3, Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, OHSU

-Supported research project looking at the relationship between the presence of Ureaplasma urealyticum in the tracheal aspirates of very low birth weight babies and incidence of Chronic Lung Disease (CLD). Used Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) as a preferred technique to detect and quantify the bacterium. -Designed and executed experiments and ordered lab supplies. -Designed a basic Access database for my research data.

2007-2009 Graduate Assistant, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

  • Used molecular techniques such as PAGE and Western Blot for a research project that involved studying heat shock proteins in oysters. The project was aimed at studying relationship between levels of heat shock protein, Hsp 70, in transplanted oysters in response to the various contaminant stresses.
  • Designed and executed experiments, collected, analyzed and interpreted data.

1992-1993 Junior Research Fellow, Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

  • Assisted in the study of time kinetics of cytokines after the exposure of human T cells to M. leprae. The study involved the use of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) techniques and Western Blots.

Advising and Mentoring

Mentored and trained new members of the research team. Advised Senior MD fellow on how to do IRB submission for investigator initiated studies. Mentored new CIBMTR data managers. Helped plan CIBMTR sessions for the annual Data Manager’s meetings.

Community outreach and volunteer services

  • Volunteered with FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics program; mentored and coached middle and high school robotic teams and volunteered at local robotics competitions.
  • Volunteer with North-West Science Expo, judged science projects at various State and Regional Science Fairs.
  • Served on the school site council board
  • Served as a board member of a local sport team.

Interests

  • Jogging for fitness - 2004 Portland Marathon Finisher.
  • Hiking the many Portland trails.
  • Listening to TED Talks.