I am a clinical researcher working at the intersection of tuberculosis, digital health interventions, vulnerable populations, healthcare systems, and long-term quality of life.

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Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, University Medical Centrum Groningen, the Netherlands, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

2017-2023

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PhD research

Personalised Approaches to Improve Tuberculosis Care

PhD Thesis, Main takeaways

  • Digital health can mitigate several challenges in delivering tuberculosis care.

  • Opportunities lie in enhancing healthcare access, facilitating patient-doctor communication and information acquisition, and delivering personalised solutions to address specific populational vulnerabilities.

  • Challenges are in institutional knowledge about advances in digital health and novel technologies, lack of funding, user tech savviness and behaviour.

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Lung Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi

2013-2017

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Research during medical residency

Projects

  • Clinical trial monitor for a novel tuberculosis vaccine trial developed as a partnership between the Lung Hospital Iasi, University Medical Centrum Groningen, and the University of Barcelona.

  • Researcher within a consortium funded through the European Lifelong Learning Erasmus programme, the Improvement Science Training for European Healthcare Workers (ISTEW) project.

  • Co-founder of the first regional Pulmonary Rehabilitation Centre

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Methodologies

  • systematic review and meta-analysis

  • retrospective analysis, logistic regression modelling

  • focus group interviews, surveys, questionnaires

  • observational data , clinical data, clinical tests

  • app based data collection

Skills and software

  • medical statistics, SPSS

  • data collection, RedCap, Qualtrics

  • qualitative data analysis, Atlas.ti

  • data visualisation, Adobe Creative Suite, Datawrapper, Tableau

Multiple departments, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi

2006-2013

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Undergraduate research

Projects

  • Medical Imagistics department: study on the opinions of medical students and staff on the educational methods for radiology.

  • Bioethics department: literature review and survey study on the perceptions of medical students on working with cadavers.

  • Physiology department: animal research on Wisteria rats' arteries.

  • Anatomy and forensic departments: internship leading to a small conference paper.

Certifications

  • GCP Clinical Monitor Training

Awards

Internship

  • Internship, Physiology Department, Chang Gung University Taipei