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Meagan Rawls, PhD
Meagan has more than eight years of experience leading research and evaluation projects with exepertise in data analytics and reseach design. She has a proven track record of managing complex projects from beginning to end and has a passion for building strong partnerships and fostering cross-disciplinary collaborations to deliver solutions.
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Meagan began her career at VCU School of Medicine where she was a Program Coordinator and then a Research Analyst. During that time, she also served as an Adjunct Instructor of Sociology while she earned her PhD. Most recently she was a Senior Institutional Research Analyst at Bon Secours Mercy Health, where she oversaw data reporting to meet the accrediting and regulatory requirements of health professions education degree programs in the Richmond, VA Market. She specialized in translating data into actionable insights tailored to the needs of key stakeholders. She also applied expertise in survey development to enhance the collection, reporting, and overall quality of survey data.
Meagan is an experienced researcher and data analyst whose published work includes peer-reviewed journal articles and a book chapter. She served as project manager and Co-Principal Investigator for funded work supported by grants from organizations such as the American Medical Association. Her primary research focus was on academic medicine, leading and collaborating on projects spanning undergraduate medical education to the clinical learning and work environment of resident physicians and clinicians. She provided expertise in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research methodologies and leveraged training in advanced statistics to further contemporary research in academic medicine.
Education
Meagan earned her PhD in Education with a concentration in Research, Assessment and Evaluation from Virginia Commonwealth University. She also received her MS in Sociology from VCU and her BA in Mass Communications from UNC-Asheville.