Chelsea Schafer, BS, MS, MPH

Subject Matter Expert

turing

Mar 2026 - Current (8 months)

• Solve advanced high school and pre-medical/engineering entrance level biology problems, including topics like cell biology, genetics, physiology, and ecology.
• Create detailed explanations supported by relevant visual aids such as images, diagrams, and annotated figures.
• Work with multi-modal data formats, integrating text with visual content to explain biological concepts.
• Analyze and address complex biology questions, providing step-by-step explanations.
• Manage time efficiently to meet deadlines while solving a variety of challenging biology problems.
• Design prompts that test and enhance model reasoning and knowledge

Local Coordinator

NW Services Inc PEACE Program

Feb 2026 - Current (9 months)

• Coordinate the placement of high school exchange students within local communities.
• Serve as a primary contact for host families, students, and schools.
• Organize orientation sessions and cultural activities for students.
• Manage volunteer recruitment and engagement efforts.
• Collaborate with schools and community organizations to facilitate smooth placements.
• Provide support and guidance to students and host families throughout the program.
• Maintain accurate records of placements and program activities.
• Promote the program within the community to attract new participants.

WIC MIS Coordinator

The Lundquist Institute

Jun 2025 - Jan 2026 (8 months)

• Manage data, ensure accuracy, and generate reports to assess WIC program performance.
• Work with various stakeholders, including state and local WIC agencies, to ensure the MIS meets program needs.
• Data entry for employee Workplace Performance Evaluations (WPE's) and
3-month Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI).

Customer Support Specialist

Universal Studios Hollywood

Aug 2024 - Jun 2025 (11 months)

• Provided and determined customer services as needed in a knowledge and polite manner.
• Demonstrated ability to efficiently and concisely communicate complex information via in-person, written, and telephone interactions.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with ethnically and culturally diverse guests.
• Oversee and direct incoming guest traffic to theme park.
• Assist and greet guests to selected destinations. Maintain daily operations running smoothly.

AI Evaluator

Outlier AI

Mar 2024 - Current (2 years 8 months)

• Rating the quality of AI-generated writing on rubrics such as factuality, completeness, brevity, and grammatical correctness.
• Reviewing the work of fellow human writers.
• Responding to prompts with top-tier original writing.

Experience Ambassador- Field Interviewer

ANIK

Mar 2024 - May 2025 (1 year 3 months)

LA Metro | Enhancement Project
• Engage and connect with bus and train travelers to disseminate a questionnaire and conduct one on one interviews
• Arriving at pre-scheduled locations throughout Los Angeles county
• Return to starting location to give survey collection, receive supervisor feedback, and receive a report time and location for the following day

Lead Research Assistant

CRPS Warriors Foundation

Jan 2024 - Feb 2025 (1 year 2 months)

Field Data Collector

NORC at the university of Chicago

Nov 2023 - Mar 2024 (5 months)

• Conduct phone and in-person interviews to gather survey data for research on subjects including health care, employment, education, and economics.
• Assist in the development of groundbreaking studies, created and applied innovative methods and tools, and advanced principles of scientific integrity and collaboration.

Clinical Research Assistant

The Oncology Institute

May 2023 - Nov 2023 (7 months)

• Processed invoices using CRIO and Quickbooks, streamlining financial tracking and reducing discrepancies.
• Reviewed and amended sponsor budgets and CTAs for clinical trials, ensuring alignment with study objectives and compliance with financial regulations.

Clinical Research Coordinator

The Oncology Institute

Feb 2023 - May 2023 (4 months)

• Facilitate Phase I-IV cancer trials by managing protocol compliance, patient recruitment, screening, informed consent, and data entry.
• Act as a liaison between investigators, sponsors, and patients, ensuring safety and adhering to GCP/SOP guidelines.
• Patient Management: Recruit, screen, and consent patients; monitor them for adverse events and study adherence.
• Study Operations: Manage study binders, drug accountability, lab kits, and clinical procedures.
• Data Management: Accurately collect and enter data into EDC systems, resolving queries in a timely manner.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all trials follow FDA, GCP, and internal SOP guidelines.
• Conducted study-specific procedures across multiple c

Coordinator - Day Center, On Call

Downtown Womens Center

Jan 2023 - Aug 2023 (8 months)

• Coordinate with fellow team members to Provide direct services to 200+ participants daily, including managing sign-ups for showers, pre-case management, laundry, resource referrals, hygiene products, clothing and food.
• Provide crisis intervention, conflict resolution, and mediation as necessary meanwhile creating a safe and welcoming environment.
• Ensure a safe and welcoming environment: greet guests and visitors, respond to requests, intervene in and de-escalate situations, provide support participants, problem-solve issues in a timely manner, provide crisis intervention when needed and follow Center guidelines to maintain.
• Answer phones and distribute mail to participants.
• Distribute resources directly to part

Research Assistant

CRPS Warriors Foundation

Nov 2021 - Current (5 years)

• Reports to Research Director/Lead Research Assistant/CEO/CFO.
• Obtains different research ideas for clinical trials on behalf of the foundation.
• Works with our warriors for clinical trials.
• Collaborates with Grant Writer for Research Grants.
• Assists Directors with other website, PR and social duties as directed.
• Engages other CRPS/RSD social media sites and introduces foundation to obtain new followers.
• Attends fundraisers and conventions when applicable.
• Keeps all foundation non-social media content confidential.
• Contacts and manages professional resources for foundation website.
• Assists in collecting donations and items for raffles and silent auctions as needed for special ev

Health Program Analyst I

Healthcare Staffing Professionals Inc HSP A Trueblue Company

Aug 2021 - Nov 2022 (1 year 4 months)

• Managed COVID-19 outbreak surveillance data and implemented data governance strategies for tracking disease spread in Skilled Nursing Facilities.
• Prepared financial and healthcare reports on vaccine reimbursements, ensuring accuracy and compliance with LADPH and regulatory standards.
• Facilitated data collection and integration for various public health projects, promoting secure and reliable data governance practices.

Clinical Research Project Manager

The MT Group

Jul 2019 - Jul 2021 (2 years 1 month)

• Data entry of case report forms with pathology reports for cancer patients and
controls.
• Notifying company sponsors weekly of open studies for patient enrollment.
• Conducting redactions, quality control review, and tracking of patient files.

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Artist/Presenter

The Annenberg Space for Photography

Apr 2019

• Demonstrated step by step, how to make paper from mushrooms and recycled materials including dried flowers and newspapers
• Discussed how to find and identify various types of mushrooms and we will also explore making natural inks using crushed blackberries and other materials

Outreach Coordinator

Valley Presbyterian Hospital

Feb 2018 - Jun 2019 (1 year 5 months)

• Responsible for the overall management of health promotion and prevention for Los Angeles Valley College and the Student Health Center.
• Conduct surveys, analyze data, and provide campus-wide needs assessment with survey results.
• Manage, develop, and implement health and wellness programs focused on primary prevention, risk reduction and intervention for the college campus community.
• Execute health promotion theory- and evidence-informed practice, as well as translate and apply that theory with a university population.
• Experience in web site content production, management, analytics, and reporting.

Data Coordinator

California State University Northridge

Oct 2017 - Feb 2018 (5 months)

Michael D. Eisner College of Education
• Generate department surveys on student and teacher evaluations, department
assessments, and accreditation record keeping.
• Conduct College of Education program review in accordance with accreditation
standards for the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

Epidemiology Intern

CITY OF LONG BEACH

Jun 2017 - Oct 2018 (1 year 5 months)

Long Beach Health Department
• Evaluate the effectiveness of DIS interviews in reducing syphilis reinfection rates and promoting treatment adherence.
• Community Outreach via a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) for Public Health Response on Zika virus and other communicable diseases.
• Develop HIV/STD Outreach and Educational Materials, gather and report health statistics, and examine intake forms.
• Determine the proportion of chlamydia (CT) and gonorrhea (GC) cases missed when extragenital screening was not performed.
• Selected as 1 of 25 student's, LB Health Department GC/CT Research Poster, CSU Statewide Research Competition, Semi-Finalist, Spring 2018.
• Abstract Acceptanc

Bridge Student Assistant

California State University Northridge

Jun 2017 - Oct 2017 (5 months)

Michael D. Eisner College of Education
• Review and maintain documentation of courses for the Associate Dean.
• Assist in developing class website.

Graduate Research Assistant

California State University Northridge

Aug 2016 - Jan 2017 (6 months)

CSUN Institute for Community Health and Wellbeing | 2015-16 Los Angeles Health Commission Report - January 26, 2017
• Reviewed the City of Los Angeles health atlas, including key measurements at the neighborhood and citywide-level.
• Attended weekly meetings with city officials to discuss ways on improving health indicators.
• Assisted in developing a framework and identifying health indicators that meet the expectations outlined in the Health Commission's mandate.

Environmental Health, Safety & Sustainability Technician

Raytheon

Feb 2016 - Feb 2017 (1 year 1 month)

• Member of the Young Employee Success Network / Young Engineers & Scientists Network (YESNET)
• Supporting the safety team by conducting contractor/construction safety audits in accordance to Cal OSHA requirements and helped assessed non-office areas for Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) Assessments and Job Hazard Analysis (JHA).
• Supported the site ergonomist by completing office ergonomic evaluations, writing reports and ordering equipment, tracking employees with discomfort, and meeting with suppliers to ensure on-time delivery of ergonomic equipment.
• Completed noise surveys to verify noise levels and ventilation hood surveys to ensure adequate air flow
• Investigated First Aid and OSHA recordable injuries to de

Data Collector

Rand

May 2014 - Jun 2014 (2 months)

PI: Susan Cohen, MD
• Data collector for a National Study of Neighborhood Parks, using SOPARC to determine the correlation between urban parks management and policies, and physical activity as part of the first national longitudinal study in order to shape public policy on health promotion.
• Working as a field agent to observe and record physical activity data, as well as contextual conditions.

Health Education Intern

CLARE Foundation

Dec 2013 - Nov 2014 (1 year)

• Worked to develop and implement substance abuse prevention curriculum for multi-family counseling groups.
• Work in cooperation with treatment facilities, counselors, and personnel in developing and following through with patients’ aftercare plan.
• Assist in research, literature review, fidelity measurement, and evaluation of instructional materials for the clinics family therapy participants.

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Administrative Assistant

ERKIE INC

Sep 2008 - May 2014 (5 years 9 months)

• Work independently, contact distributors and buyers, and act as personal assistant to owner and office manager.
• Manage bookkeeping through QuickBooks: creating invoices, statements, processing checks and credit card payments, as well as product research, distributing information through email, telephone, and mail, ordering of supplies, shipping, bulk mailings.
• Represent company at trade shows; create artwork proofs for clients via Adobe Illustrator.

Secretary

Eric Blum Productions

Feb 2008 - Sep 2008 (8 months)

Data Coordinator

California State University Northridge

Michael D. Eisner College of Education
• Generate department surveys on student and teacher evaluations, department
assessments, and accreditation record keeping.
• Conduct College of Education program review in accordance with accreditation
standards for the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

Bridge Student Assistant

California State University Northridge

Michael D. Eisner College of Education
• Review and maintain documentation of courses for the Associate Dean.
• Assist in developing class website.

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