Megan T. Bettag
Indianapolis
Summary
Dependable and resourceful research professional with enthusiasm for accuracy and service. Strong organizational, technical, and interpersonal skills. Ability to multitask effectively, find efficiencies, and bring decisiveness and creativity to workload. Tackles challenges with positivity. Capable of managing projects and collaborating effectively with teams.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Grant Consultant I, Career level
Indiana University Office for Research Administration
01.2024 - Current
- Process incoming awards (commercial clinical trials, gifts, and federally funded and federal pass through) into Kuali Coeus System
- Set up departmental accounts for spending award dollars and salary cost share
- Set up award budgets in Kuali Financial System, ensuring allocations match award categories
- Extensive use of Tableau workbooks and reports
- Communicate with departmental grant managers, offering support with budgets and accounts
Program Management Assistant, Mastery Level, Institutional Review Board Meetings Specialist
Indiana University Office of Research Compliance
04.2019 - Current
- Continuous and regular communication with high level professionals within the university as well as outside constituents
- Schedule all IRB meetings; requiring forecasting months in advance and tracking responses involving extensive use of Outlook and Excel
- Prepare and disseminate agendas, minutes templates, run reports using Data and Reporting Tool (DaRT), and controlling technology using the Zoom platform during IRB meetings for both in person and online meetings
- Facilitated the institution of a new meeting structure in 2019 requiring extensive communication with the board members and staff
- Provide executive support to the director of the University Human Research Protection Program including drafting emails, preparing and disseminating surveys using Qualtrics
- Screen submitted renewals for research protocols, working with study teams to gather appropriate documentation of subject numbers. Extensive use of Adobe Acrobat Pro, communicate with study teams to ensure submissions meet regulatory requirements
Administrative Coordinator
Indiana University School of Social Work Indiana Child Welfare Education and Training Partnership
05.2015 - 04.2019
- Streamlined room reservation process for 18 statewide regions, including regular communication with outside stakeholders
- Increased accuracy to over 99% for schedule of nearly 1000 trainings annually through implementing quality control procedures and communication with database manager
- Create custom schedules for each cohort of new employees, ensuring training specifications are adhered to in a systematic method
- Assumed essential functions of database manager for 4 months to administer PeopleSoft statewide e-learning management database
- Oversee creation and dissemination of work schedule for up to 25 training specialists and supervisors in Excel
- Edit and provide feedback to instructional design staff on curriculum, including PowerPoint and workshop sessions
- Initiate contact with potential employees and serve as point of contact during hiring process as PeopleAdmin recruitment system Authorizer 1
- Reduced travel expenses for production department by changing location of initial cohort training to deliver training materials
- Design flyers for course advertisement, training tools, and annual course catalog booklet using Microsoft Publisher
Education
Master of Library Science -
Indiana University
05-2005
Bachelor of Arts - Fine Arts
Purdue University
05-2003
Skills
- Regulatory compliance
- Administrative support
- Multitasking and organization
- Written communication
- Scheduling
- Project Management
- Team building
- Microsoft Office
- Reports and documentation
Continuing Education And Certifications
- 2025 NCURA Conference for Financial Research Administrators March 17-19, San Diego, CA
- 2025, HIPAA Privacy and Security certification
- 2021, Attended IU HR Virtual Workshop Project Management: Executing, Monitoring & Closing a Project
- 2021, Completed FERPA training (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)
- 2020, Kuali Protocols database training
- 2023, Completed CITI training in research ethics and human research compliance
- 2023, Conflict of Interest training, KC IRB database training, SharePoint
Timeline
Grant Consultant I, Career level
Indiana University Office for Research Administration
01.2024 - Current
Program Management Assistant, Mastery Level, Institutional Review Board Meetings Specialist
Indiana University Office of Research Compliance
04.2019 - Current
Administrative Coordinator
Indiana University School of Social Work Indiana Child Welfare Education and Training Partnership
05.2015 - 04.2019
Master of Library Science -
Indiana University
Bachelor of Arts - Fine Arts
Purdue University
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