Cell: (410) 292-7780
Email: [Send email using form at bottom]

Immigration status: Permanent Resident

 
Objective:  I am interested in a telecommuting job that would include any of the
following: Data search, data entry, data transcription, development of
educational materials, posters, presentations, manuscript proofreading,
English-Russian and Russian-English non-certified translations.

I have a home office that includes a computer with MS Office, high-speed
Internet, a printer, a copier, and a scanner. 

Professional Experience

Research Assistant, part-time
National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center
Research and Practice Development Service Department
Contractor via OMV Medical
March 2006—present

• Conduct literature searches using various databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of
Science, etc) 
• Assist with data collection
• Manage data and perform statistical analyses using MS Excel and SPSS
• Transcribe qualitative data
• Assist with qualitative data analysis using NVivo
• Perform data quality control procedures
• Assist with manuscript writing and proofreading using MS Word 
• Assist with document development using Adobe Designer
• Assist with poster and presentation development using PowerPoint
• Develop reference databases using Reference Manager and EndNote 

Project Specialist (telecommute)
Vantage Human Resource Services
August 2005 -- March 2006

• Worked with multidisciplinary team on developing workshops for the government
employees
• Conducted literature searches
• Developed and pilot-tested workshop teaching materials
• Assisted with creating and planning of workshops
	


Program Evaluation Intern
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland at
College Park
September 2004 – June 2005
Participated in evaluation of “Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol,” a
major program to address alcohol-related problems in five Maryland counties

• Performed literature searches
• Assisted with designing questionnaires and other data collection tools 
• Assisted with data collection and data entry
• Developed data management and analysis plans 
• Oversaw survey coding and data entry 
• Processed data and performed statistical analyses 
• Summarized results for project reports 
• Served as liaison with participating organizations, program sponsors, and
vendors


Teaching Assistant 
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
September 2002 – August 2004
 
Assisted with teaching Experimental Psychology: Design and Analysis I & II,
Health Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Introduction to Psychology

• Conducted regular lab discussions and lectured
• Developed course materials, such as exam questions and homework problems
• Administered and graded quizzes and exams 
• Maintained class web pages 

English Teacher and Supervising Instructor
Biznes Private School, Kharkov, Ukraine
September 1998 – June 1999

English-Russian and Russian-English Interpreter and Translator
Self-employed
June 1995- August 1999

Other Experience

Volunteered as a Research Assistant for Early Childhood Project, a longitudinal
study focused on literacy in different sociocultural contexts in Pre-K through
the 3rd grade.

Volunteered as an interpreter for American guest professors in Kharkov State
Pedagogical University.

Education

M.A. in Developmental Psychology. University of Maryland, Baltimore County 
January 2006

M.A. in English and Education with honors. Kharkov State Pedagogical University,
Kharkov, Ukraine 
June 1998

Relevant Job Skills

• Ability to handle multiple projects and help them meet deadlines
• Ability to work independently with minimal or no supervision
• Strong organizational and planning skills
• Ability to manage data and develop plans for quality control
• Quantitative data processing, manipulation, and analysis using SPSS and SAS
• Qualitative data analysis, including creation and application of coding
systems and assessment of inter-rater reliability using NVivo 
• Searching and reviewing scientific and other literature relevant to projects
• Preparation of written reports and educational materials
• Development of questionnaires and other data collection instruments
• Development of teaching materials


Computer Skills

MS Word , MS Power Point, MS Excel,  SPSS,  Adobe Acrobat Professional, Adobe
Designer, NVivo, Remark Office OMR, Reference Manager, EndNote

Language Skills

English, Russian, Ukrainian
        
Publications and Presentations

Prachenko, O. Verbal conversives in didactic games, Proceedings of TESOL’99:
Avenues to Success conference, New York, NY, March 1999.

Prachenko, O. Didactic games as a way of formation of cognitive interest during
lessons in English language for fifth-grade students. Pedagogy of Development
Conference, Khmelnitski, Ukraine, May 1998.

Prachenko, O. Parental Involvement in Their Children’s Schooling: Beliefs and
Practices. Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County,
April 2005.

Bevans, M., Marden, S., Mitchell, S. A., and Prachenko, O. An Exploratory
Analysis of Symptom Experience at Days 30 and 100 Following Allogeneic
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT). Poster presented at NIH research
festival. June, 2006.

Prince, P., Bevans, M., Mitchell, S.A., Prachenko, O., Barrett, J., Castro, K.,
Childs, R., Cook, L., Cusack, G., Fowler, D., Kozanas, E., Krumlauf, M., Michaud,
S. Savani, B., Soeken, K. Spiritual Well-Being (SpWB) in Hispanic and
Non-Hispanic Survivors of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
(A-HSCT). Poster presented at NIH research festival. 
October, 2006.

Mitchell, S., Jacobsohn, D., Thormann, K, Cowen, E., Fall-Dickson, J., Turner,
M., Schubert, M., Krumlauf, M., Gerber, L., Guadagnini, J. P., Baird, K.,
Bolanos-Meade, J., Boyd, K.,  Higman, M., Imanguli, M., Lawley, L., Li, L.,
Prachenko, O., Reeve, B., Smith, J., Vogelsang, G., and Pavletic, S. Feasibility
and Reproducibility of the NIH Consensus Criteria to Evaluate Response in Chronic
Graft Versus Host Disease (cGvHD). In press.



References

Elizabeth M. Jones, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of Maryland at College Park
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: (410)-241-4286
e-mail:  el.jo@verizon.net

Steven Pitts, Ph.D. 
Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD, 21250 
Phone: (410)-455-2362 
e-mail: spitts@umbc.edu

Brenda Hussey-Gardner, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Maryland Medicine 
Baltimore, MD, 21201
Phone: (410)-328-8782
e-mail: bhussey@Peds.umaryland.edu