Rachel Schulman
Center Manager @University Of Minnesota School Of Public Health
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WORK HISTORY
Center Manager @University Of Minnesota School Of Public Health
Minneapolis, MN, US
Maintain operational direction and oversight over Center activities, which since its inception in 2021 include over $24 million in grants and contracts related to public health workforce policy research, evaluation, and technical assistance.Design and implement a strategic plan for Center activities, resourcing, staffing, and research priorities that advances evidence-based public health practices and promotes Center growth and development.Serve as project manager for the $5 million CDC and HRSA-funded Public Health Workforce Research Center award, including coordinating among seven principal investigators across six institutions and a ten-member advisory committee, ensuring completion of deliverables on required timelines, and reporting to federal project officers.Implement and evaluate a pathway for public health students to intern in governmental health departments in collaboration with the Local Public Health Association of Minnesota.Serve as Investigator and subject matter expert on preparedness-related projects, including the Upper Midwest Center for Public Health Preparedness and Response and an examination of the rural implementation of CDC preparedness guidelines.Hire, supervise, and oversee performance evaluation and professional development of nine staff, including researchers, project managers, and communications personnel.Develop and implement internal policies to create consistent standards, workflows, and quality improvement practices and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in day-to-day operations and all work products. Prepare and monitor budgets, allocate staff, approve expenditures, and support contracting, invoicing, grant management, reporting in collaboration with finance staff.Collaborate with communications staff to promote Center research findings, publications, tools, and resources to help ensure they reach target audiences.Promoted from Research Support Manager 1 to Research Support Manager 2 in February 2023.
EDUCATION
The Johns Hopkins University
MSPH, Public Health Policy
Wesleyan University
BA, Anthropology
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ABOUT RACHEL SCHULMAN
Center Manager at University of Minnesota School of Public Health Center for Public Health Systems
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