Paula Peche
Georgia Institute of Technology, Class of 2019
From Atanta, GA
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Paula Peche of Atanta, GA, has earned a Master of Science in History and Sociology of Technology and Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Peche was among approximately 3,80...
June, 12 2019 - Verified by Georgia Institute of TechnologyLaboratory Coordinator in Molecular and Cellular Biology (Frances, Kunes and Schier Laboratories); Executive Assistant at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government for Executive Dean John Haigh; Staff Assistant at Harvard Medical School for the Director of the Countway Library and the Center for Biomedical Informatics; Faculty Assistant in the Department of Physics for Professor Lisa Randall; and Interim Graduate Student Coordinator in the Harvard School of Economics.
PhD Research Coordinator in the School of Architecture. Reported to the Director of the PhD Program, Chuck Eastman and Environmental Psychologist Craig Zimring. My position focused on coordinating the research projects for College of Architecture PhD graduate students. This included coordination of a National Institutes of Health ($365,000 Stair-Study grant focused on physical activity and obesity); the General Services Administration grant ($1,000,000, five-year grant on Post-Occupancy Evaluations of Federal Courthouses); and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant ($745,000, five-year grant focused on the use of evidence-based design medicine in the construction of Hospitals of the Future.
Executive Assistant and Financial Administrator in the Franois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human rights (FXB). I worked for the Director of FXB. I also over saw correspondence for a Physician who worked with the Red Cross and Doctors without Borders, and a lawyer assigned to the United Nations representing the FXB Center (six months). Administrative Assistant for a professor in charge of a clinical trial for HIV/AIDS in the Center for Biostatistics (CBAR) (six months).
Administrative Assistant to the Chair of the Foreign Languages and Literature Department Suzanne Flynn) and Academic Advisor for Foreign Language students; Cancer Training Grant Coordinator for the Chair of the Department of Chemistry (Stephen J. Lippard); and Laboratory Administrator for the Director of the Active Materials and Structures Laboratory (Nesbitt Hagood).
Administrative Assistant at the University of California, San Diego while settling property issues. Oversaw the processing of grants and contracts in the Cancer Research Center for six months. Family and Preventive Medicine Department I worked as a data entry assistant on the NIH thirteen-year study of the effects of hormone replacement therapy in menopausal and post-menopausal women.
Office Administrator and Cost Center Manager. A one-year grant working for the Chair of the Department of Religion. I also did academic advising for religion undergraduate and graduate students.
Senior Legal Assistant to the Director of the Personnel Law Group (Sy Sackler) for two years. Oversaw the work of five legal secretaries in the areas of real estate, engineering, contracts, personnel, and corporate law. Administrative Assistant for four quality engineers in Manufacturing, Networking and Telecommunications. In the position, I helped revise Motorolas TQM manual and participated in the Six Sigma training program.

