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Kshama Puranik

Kshama Puranik

Graduate Student Instructor at University of Michigan

Open to Remote
Open to Relocation
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    Job experience

    • August 2021 - present
      Graduate Student Instructor
      University of Michigan
      Ann Arbor, MI, USA

      o 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 2021
      Research Assistant
      University of Michigan
      Ann Arbor, MI, USA

      o 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 2019
      Center Manager- Center Operations,
      Cult.Fit Healthcare Pvt Ltd
      Bangalore, Karnataka, India

      o 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 2016
      Application Development Analyst
      ACCENTURE SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED
      Bangalore, Karnataka, India

      o 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 Sciences
      2020 - 2022
      - Graduating this April 2022
      - Taken nutrition core courses as well as DPD courses
    • BMS College of Engineering
      BE in Medical Electronics
      2011 - 2015

    Certifications

    • ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification
      February 2022 - present