Paula O'Keefe has over 15 years of experience working for the National Institutes of Health, both as a federal employee and contractor. She has a background in medical transcription, data entry, editing, and administrative support for research grants. Her strengths include writing, editing, attention to detail, and the ability to quickly learn new software and programs.

1. Paula O’Keefe
10301 Grosvenor Place, Apt # 309
North Bethesda, MD 20852 US
Mobile: 301-908-2615
Day Phone: 301-908-2615
Email: paula.okeefe@juno.com
Summary: I have over fifteen years of experience with the National Institutes of Health, both
as a federal employee and as a contractor. I have strong computer skills and the ability to learn
new software, policies, and programs quickly. My strength is writing and editing, detail
checking and accuracy.
Work Experience:
Medical Transcriptionist
AuBri Transcription Services
Fullerton, CA 92836
09/2016 – present
• Employed as a medical transcriptionist principally dealing with psychiatric clinicians’
monthly reports
• Excellent working knowledge of psychiatric, medical, and pharmaceutical terminology
Health Information Specialist /Data Entry Technician (federal contractor)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Bethesda, MD 20817
Three contracting companies: CALIBRE Systems Inc., IMC Inc., KEVRIC Inc.
02/2001 – 09/2016
• Data entry and editing, reviewing international journals and entering relevant
information in the NIH medical database MEDLINE.
• Checked published articles both in print form and online and matched with database
citations, correcting for accuracy of information and agreement with NLM format.
• Reviewed articles for data such as title, full synopsis/abstract, author names, funding
details, clinical trial documentation
• Fast production environment, requiring review of 25 articles/hour with a high degree of
accuracy while keeping up with frequent changes and refinements of information
required by the library, requiring flexibility, focus, facility with languages and good
detail memory.

2. Paula O’Keele
Grants Program Assistant
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Mental Health
Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience Branch, DNBBS
Rockville, MD 20852
08/1997 - 09/2000
• Administrative support for management and monitoring of research grants.
• Maintained a database of grant submission, review, funding, and termination
• Maintained individual grant portfolios for professional staff members
• Trained other grants support staff, acted as liaison between program and review.
• Composed routine correspondence to grantees and applicants as necessary, checked and
edited outgoing staff correspondence for syntax, grammar, and style
• Referred layperson queries as appropriate
• Maintained Congressionally-mandated database on minority and female subjects in
research subject populations.
Grants Program Assistant
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Mental Health
Schizophrenia Research Branch
Rockville, MD 20852
08/1990 – 08/1997
• Administrative support for management and monitoring of research grants.
• Maintained a database of grant submission, review, funding, and termination.
• Maintained individual grant portfolios for professional staff members
• Trained other grants support staff, acted as liaison between program and review.
• Composed routine correspondence to grantees and applicants as necessary, checked and
edited outgoing staff correspondence for syntax, grammar, and style
• Referred layperson queries as appropriate
• Maintained Congressionally-mandated database on minority and female subjects in
research subject populations.
• Received a Performance Award for providing clerical support to branch while
maintaining regular duties after retirement of branch secretary
Clerk Typist
National Institutes of Health
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3. Paula O’Keele
National Institute for Mental Health
Division of Systems Management and Improvement, OASH
Rockville, MD
8/1987 - 8/1990
• General clerical support to the division
• Assisted Systems Security Officer with meetings; scheduling, arranging meeting sites,
preparing handout materials, notes/minutes
• Assisted other specialists within office including manual issuances, JURIS legal
database
• Prepared a wide range of correspondence, forms, reports, Privacy Act notices
• Assembled and forwarded correspondence packages requiring clearance through higher
offices
• Handled routine office correspondence and phone calls, received and directed visitors
Education
University of Massachusetts at Boston
1974-1978
Major: English
Additional Skills
MS Office
Google Drive
Adobe Photoshop
Free-lance writer and artist
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