New CUSHR Post-Doc Fellows
Clemson University School of Health Research has two new post-doctoral embedded fellows at Prisma Health.
Mirinda Gormley, Ph.D., MSPH, NRP, earned her doctoral degree in Epidemiology from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in 2020. She joined Clemson on Sept 28, 2020 (academic appointment in CU Public Health Sciences). Mirinda has published papers in the areas of opioid abuse disorder, traumatic brain injury and emergency medical services. She will be working with Dr. Moonseong Heo, Dr. Alex Ewing, Dr. Alain Litwin, and other Prisma Health Clinical Faculty on diverse research projects. She will also be building a database for the Internal Medicine Clinic registry and clinical trial data. As a team member of the Addiction Research Center, she will be involved in analyzing data collected from large scale clinical trials such as the nationwide multi-site HERO (Hepatitis C Real Option) study for treating Hepatitis C among people who inject drugs.
Zachary Klinefelter, Ph.D., will receive his doctoral degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Clemson University in December of 2020. He has published papers in the areas of the determinants of mental health treatment seeking in high risk occupations, military psychology, and organizational climate for reporting stress-related concerns. He will be working with Dr. Thomas Britt, Dr. Marissa Shuffler, Dr. Chip Wiper, and other Prisma Health clinical faculty to enhance research on health organization science and facilitate grant submissions in this area. Klinefleter will be investigating the use of machine learning to provide insights into the operation of teams and organizations within healthcare settings.
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