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Dr Alberta Pasco

Alberta Catherine Ybalan Pasco, RN, MPA, PhD

Key Strengths
Effective management skills (policy formulation, planning, budgeting, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting)
Strong proactive problem-solving and human resource skills in various levels of operation (hiring, supervising, training, monitoring, and evaluating performance)
Organizational skills (ability to multi-task, prioritize multiple demands, and work well in a team environment, or independently, and effectively under pressure)
Initiate, implement and promote capacity building, strategic planning, research development in both quantitative and qualitative methods, organize materials for ethics review and approval
Provide research support (coordinate literature reviews, development of instruments, conduct surveys, focus groups, interviews, and questionnaire, data management in all stages of the research)
Establish, maintain, and strengthen contacts with interdisciplinary partners, internal and external stakeholders and international agencies/institutions
Excellent interpersonal, oral and writing communication skills
Proficiency in MS software applications (Word, Excel), Power point, Procite, and SPSS

Research and Management-related Experiences
Research Coordinator Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada 2003-
Research Associate Alberta Centre for Active Living & Faculty of Physical Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada 2003-2004
Research Assistant Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada 1997-2003
Executive Director Philippine Nurses Association, Manila, Philippines 1995-1997
Community Health Coordinator Santa Rafaela Family Service Center, Quezon City, Philippines 1987-1994
Occupational Nurse Coordinator Rehabilitation Center, Catholic Organization and Emergency Rescue for Refugees (COERR) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Loei, Thailand 1985-1987
National Field Representative Philippine National Red Cross, National Headquarters, Manila, Philippines 1981-1985
Chapter Representative Philippine National Red Cross, Manila Chapter, Manila, Philippines 1979-1980

Teaching Experiences
Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Sessional Instructor NURS 397/497 Nursing Research & Statistics I 2006
Research Mentor Latin American Researchers (Graduate Level) 2004
Sessional Instructor NURS 191 - Community Health Nursing 2003
Teaching Assistant NURS 394 - Nursing Management/Leadership 2002
Teaching Assistant ITD 370 - International Health Issues 2001
Teaching Assistant NURS 400 - Community As Partners In Health 2000
     
Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines
Instructor Liberation Theology 1994-1995
     
Philippines Women's University, Manila, Philippines
Clinical Instructor Community Health Nursing 1 and II 1983-1985
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