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Vilija Joyce

I am a health services researcher, web design enthusiast,
and mama to two handsome little men.
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Vilija Joyce

Research Associate at VA Palo Alto Healthcare System
Hospital & Health Care | San Francisco Bay Area, US

Experience

  • Jul 2002 - Present

    Research Associate / Veterans Health Administration

    • Manuscript development – perform literature reviews (PubMed/EndNote), prepare abstracts and presentations (MS Word/MS PowerPoint), and write technical reports and peer-reviewed publications.
    • Data analysis – responsible for analyzing cross-sectional and longitudinal data, including analyzing missing data and applying mixed models to analyze potential differences among treatment groups (SAS).
    • Data management – ensure timely and accurate receipt of data, perform data entry and backup, develop new databases and reports (MS Excel, MS Access, SAS), perform HIV test counseling/consent, and administer HIV rapid tests.
    • Project management – manage task lists for center's customer service domain.
    • Website development (ASP, HTML).
  • Sept 2000 - Mar 2002

    Program Support Assistant / Veterans Health Administration

    • Research administration – obtained multi-site IRB approvals, developed and implemented surveys, prepared budgets, and planned conferences.
    • Data management – analyzed surveys, created databases, and performed data entry (MS Excel, MS Access).
    • Manuscript development – performed literature reviews (PubMed/EndNote).
  • May 1999 - Aug 2000

    Research Assistant / UCLA, Department of Economics, Dr. T.A. Cameron

    • Research administration – contacted associates for global policy survey, provided general administrative support.
    • Data management – ensured timely and accurate receipt of data and performed data entry and basic analysis (STATA).
    • Website development (Perl, HTML).

Education

  • 2004 - 2006

    Stanford University School of Medicine

    MS in Health Services Research
  • 1997 - 2001

    University of California, Los Angeles

    BA in International Area Economics with a minor in Health Policy

Additional information

Websites:
Honors:
March 2001 - Departmental honors in Economics, College honors in Letters and Sciences, Latin honors (cum laude), University of California, Los Angeles March 1998 - Professional Schools Seminar Program Essay Contest Winner, University of California, Los Angeles

Posts

  • August 19, 03:17 PM

    This is a work in progress

    Screenshots of my past web design work are coming soon!

Updates

  • mmm...saltibarsciai
    Posted 18 hours ago
  • Thank you Liam for rescuing our poor stranded kitty from our eucalyptus trees. Poor Poitin was missing for 2 days!
    Posted 23 hours ago
  • Internet addiction relapse with my new 4G phone. Meanwhile, hubby is working hard to install our TV over the fireplace.
    Posted 34 hours ago
  • This video pretty much sums up how I feel right NOW!
    Posted 2 months ago