Kshama Puranik
Graduate Student Instructor at University of Michigan
Job experience
- August 2021 - presentGraduate Student Instructor
University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI, USAo Taught two labs every week of 4 hours each consisting of 32 mostly premed students on how to read and
write scientific papers, citations, and statistical analysis using EXCEL, PAST.
o Conducted human and animal physiology experiments such as cardiovascular, respiration, cardiac
contractility, ectotherm/endotherm metabolism, pregnancy test and so on in a total of 11 labs and assisted
students with the same.
o Assisted students for make ups or with any questions during weekly office hours for 2 hours.
o Graded assignment submissions weekly and major assignments based on scientific paper simulations.
o Trained students on how to choose and present an article for journal club presentation lab.
o Prepared for the upcoming week’s lab and assisted students with any issues over email/in-person.
o Trained weekly as part of MCDB 801 course to better understand the roles and responsibilities of a GSI.
o Attended lab meetings with the supervisor and other GSIs weekly to prepare and learn the next week’s lab
goals.
- March 2021 - August 2021Research Assistant
University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI, USAo CareAvenue study (Collaborative For Behavioral Solutions to Healthcare Engagement and Access)- Took appointment calls- baseline, follow up 1 and follow up 2 for 2-3 hours per
appointment and assisted participants with diabetes with taking blood pressure measurements, Hba1c at
home.
o Took survey comprising of sociodemographic, health issues, medications, insurance, financial status, lowcost
assistance programs, Covid-19 effects, religious beliefs and so on of participants with diabetes using
Qualtrics.
o Took recruitment calls and consent calls as well for the participants.
o Updated participant personal information and appointment details after each call using Access
database.
o Worked on appointment protocol deviation reports and safety incident reports in cases of any deviation
from the standard procedures or incidents reported by the participants after the appointment calls. - July 2017 - July 2019Center Manager- Center Operations,
Cult.Fit Healthcare Pvt LtdBangalore, Karnataka, Indiao Served as a key liaison with clients, trainers, vendors, and third-party companies.
o Interacted with members and new customers on all their queries about the workouts, assisted members in
taking anthropometric measurements.
o Explained about all the services that were offered, checked for their preexisting health conditions to see if
the workouts were suitable for them.
o Responsible in overseeing daily center operations and coordinating facility activities including different
workouts, trainer assignment, facility maintenance.
o Assisted members on how to access their application to use/book/cancel classes, payments.
o Handled injuries or complaints by the members at the facility.
o Coordinated with the trainers weekly on training and preparing monthly schedule.
o Audited new centers for its operations and monitored their monthly schedules in the south zone.
o Topped the new year sales contest in December 2018 for the highest walk-in to membership conversion,
highest number of working days, with 98/100 center audit scores.
o Responsible for walk-in to trial and trial-to-package conversion sales of over 500 members.
o Trained several new hires for the role of center manager and how to develop a
good pitch with customers. - July 2015 - December 2016Application Development Analyst
ACCENTURE SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITEDBangalore, Karnataka, Indiao Worked in a project for 1.5 years as SAP Basis person making sure that all users have the proper access rights
and can use the modules they need quickly; installing and configuring all SAP systems and applications.
o Backing up and restoring data; tuning performance and troubleshooting problems; configuring SAP's
transportation management system (TMS); running and managing background jobs.
o Worked on SAP Reporting tool called BusinessObjects at the application and server levels (Acceptance and
Production servers), worked on resolving tickets.
o Also worked on a third-party reporting tool called Tibco Spotfire.
Education
- University of Michigan
MS in Nutritional Sciences2020 - 2022- Graduating this April 2022
- Taken nutrition core courses as well as DPD courses - BMS College of Engineering
BE in Medical Electronics2011 - 2015
Certifications
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ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification
February 2022 - present
