Termeh Feinberg

PhD in epidemiology with fifteen years of strong analytical work mining national data

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Health Informatics at Yale University School of Medicine/Veterans Affairs (VA) Connecticut Pain Research, Informatics, Multimorbidities, and Education Center of Innovation (2018-07 – 2020-09)

Primarily focused on expanding neuroscience-associated data sources where data did not yet exist in records.

• Conceptualized, co-created, and field-tested novel pain treatment survey with focus groups, subject matter expert panels, and a psychometric analytic approach
• Used Natural Language Processing software to detect for unstructured terminology in Electronic Health Records free text at VA pursuant to natural products/pain disparities research
• Conceptualized and oversaw pilot treatment ontology/language development
• Audited programming (R/Python/SQL) and grant writing graduate-level courses at Yale University
• Guest lectured for informatics course (FDA Adverse Event Reporting System)
• Awarded for federal funding (VA and NIH)
• Multiple presentations/publications.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Clinical Trials at University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Integrative Medicine (2016-07 – 2018-07)

• GCP Certification
• Created trial protocols, initiated site expansion, and assisted with monitoring, contract negotiations, subject enrollment, intervention shipments, compliance, input clinicaltrials.gov, networked heavily for additional industry funding
• Was one of two leads to answer requests for development of study related materials such as Clinical Monitoring Plans, Data Management Plans, CRF forms and completion guidelines, protocols, patient informed consent drafts, and auditing materials
• Assisted with internal Cochrane Collaboration field projects, analyzed local-national data to evaluate disparities in policy implementation/outcomes (Healthy Eating Index/dietary intake, micronutrients, herbals, genomics, various chronic diseases)
• Conducted systematic reviews for diabetes, HPV, micronutrients, iron, data sources, energy equation estimation
• Guest lectured for nutritional epidemiology (nutrigenomics) and medical training courses (herbals used for pain: epidemiology of, evidence synthesis for, traditional preparation)
• Awarded for funding (internal pilot) and internationally recognized (largest integrative health research conference) for knowledge on traditional/evidence-based herbal medicine
• Service: Founded the American Herbalist Guild Herbal Research Chapter (12k+members) in effort to provide public access to evidence-based natural products knowledge
• Multiple presentations/publications.

T32 Predoctoral Research Fellow, Translational Sciences in Pain Research at West Virginia University Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences (2014-08 – 2016-07)

• Conceptualized, implemented, and evaluated survey of treatments for pain management in medical clinics across state
• Co-facilitated monthly behavioral/biomedical (neuroscience) faculty research presentations
• Rotated with medical students in pain management clinic, and two industry-funded preclinical buprenorphine treatment studies (PK, behavioral) with rats/mice (cardio blood draws, data notation, animal treatment/culling, data analysis)
• Service: WVU Disparities Committee, Judged for award recipients (hospital symposia/invited lecturers for national honor society Delta Omega Grand Rounds/selection of T32 trainees)
• National recognition for preclinical lab work in national conference
• Multiple presentations/publications.

Co-Investigator (Federal: NIH) at NIH Office of Dietary Supplements [Supplemented NIH NCCIH-funded Pragmatic Trial] (2020 – 2022)

Development of a Dietary Supplement Survey for a National Sample of Veterans with Chronic Pain.

Role: Conceptualized, Co-created, Refined, Implemented, and Evaluated a Dietary Supplement (DS) Survey that inventories and describes dietary supplement use in at least 50 veterans with a mixed-methods approach; Also oversaw Veteran Engagement Groups, Subject Matter Expert Panels; provided input for subsequent implementation of dissemination across multiple sites.

Status: Completed. Manuscript preparation (Co-author, qualitative [published], quantitative [in-review])

Primary Investigator (Federal: VA) at The Pain, Research, Informatics, Medical comorbidities, and Education (PRIME) Center, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System (2019 – 2021)

Development of a standardized approach to identify Veterans who endorse herbal natural products. Role: Host focus group, engage in training, and assess feasibility of pilot ontology development pursuant to pain and nutritional disparities focus. Status: Pandemic-related interruption; Partial work presented at AMIA conference. Goal to turn into a conference or meeting theme for NIH and/or AMIA and/or Dietary Supplement Research groups

Co-Investigator (part-time) (Non-government/private sector) at Restoring Invisible and Abandoned Trials Support Center (2019-09 – 2020-09)

Re-analysis of Abandoned Clinical Trials: the STAR*D trial to examine Treatments for Major Depression. Role: Lead Statistician; created overarching statistical plan (including initial data management and correspondence with NIH NIMH) and oversaw two junior statisticians to direct disparities in antidepressant use research agenda for funder. Status: Left to pursue full-time opportunity as contractor with NIH NCCIH in pain disparities (Published w Acknowledgement: BMJ Open)

Consultant (part-time) (Non-government/private sector) at HealthConnect One and ROSE, Inc. (Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere) (2018-03 – 2019-04)

National Breastfeeding Blueprint/Identification of Disparities in Breastfeeding Outcomes among African-American women. Role: Primary Analyst, PRAMS (CDC). Status: Completed. Contributed methodology and figures for funder’s national report, multiple conference abstracts/presentations (American Public Health Association, etc.)

Co-Investigator (Industry) at Designs for Health (Industry) (2017 – 2019)

Randomized Controlled Trial to assess Impacts of Polyherbal supplement on Parameters of Glucose Control. PI: Christopher D’Adamo. Role: Protocol Development (lead author Trials publication) and Logistical Support (clinical site and lab selection, oversaw placebo matching, created all content for clinicaltrials.gov). Status: Funder Board made decision to halt trial after recruitment completed

Co-Investigator (Industry) at NutraMax (Industry) (2017 – 2020)

A Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial Evaluating the Impact of a Commercially-Available Dietary Supplement on Markers of Detoxification and Immune Function among Healthy Adults (Recruitment pending product reformulation and relocation of clinical host site). PI: Christopher D’Adamo. Role: Protocol Development/Logistical Support as outlined in above role with same PI; product reformulation halted interest by funder

Co-Investigator (state-funded) at University of Maryland Health Disparities Group (2017)

University of Maryland Health Disparities Group SEED Grant, 2017. Co-PIs: Elizabeth Parker and Erin H

Ph.D. in Epidemiology – West Virginia University (2016)

M.P.H. in Co­­­mmunity Health – West Chester University (2011)

B.S. in Individualized Studies: “Public Wellness Strategies” – Drexel University (2009)