DR SETH D. MESSINGER                                                                                  

301-529-2342   |   seth.messinger@gmail.com

 

For the last 15 years, I have led and conducted qualitative research projects that investigate and respond to challenges in healthcare service delivery in varied environments, with an emphasis on traumatic injury and transitions from acute to maintenance care. Taking an applied lens has honed my skills in generating, interpreting, and communicating data - both qualitative and quantitative - to stakeholders in government, academia, and the biomedical sciences. Over the course of my career, I have authored more than 20 publications, given dozens of talks, and advised and managed hundreds of students and research assistants. I have led academic and government programming, and been awarded numerous government and university grants and fellowships. My goal in transitioning to industry is to bring my expertise in mixed methodology approaches to improved research conceptualization, design, and execution, enabling a user-centered approach in strategic business development, and thus better respond to, and design for, users and key stakeholders.

 

 

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Senior Scientist, Ctr for Rehabilitation Sciences Research, Uniformed Services Uv of Health Sciences           

Directed program addressing barriers to social reintegration among military patients with acquired traumatic amputation as well as neuropsychiatric injury, managing $1.3M five-year budget and 9 research assistants.

     • Developed global service design framework for supporting positive clinical outcomes in rehabilitation programs.

     • Conducted several 100 interviews of ethnographic research to develop actionable research results for designing

       programs, services, and products to assist with community living.

     • Mentored FDA sponsored research project evaluating potential risks and rewards associated with biotechnology                        among potential users of sensory feedback prosthetic devices.

 

Principal Investigator, Congressional Directed Medical Research Program, Spinal Cord Injury                                 

     • Conducted 15 months of ethnographic research – in homes, clinics, and community settings – among former patients              with spinal cord injury as well as possible neuropsychiatric injury.

     • Identified critical barriers to community living and participated in improving programs, services, and products to assist                with community living.

 

Principal Investigator, Department of Veterans Affairs

      • Conducted 24 months of ethnographic research among hospital-based recovery of military patients with acquired                     traumatic limb loss.

      • Developed design principles for programs and services to smooth transition between Department of Defense based                   care and care housed in the Department of Veterans Affairs.

 

Principal Investigator, DISSERTATION (Research Scientist, New York State Psychiatric Institute)                     

 

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Affiliate Associate Professor, Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle                                                     

      • Taught Medical Anthropology and Global Health; Anthropological Linguistics

      • Served on two dissertation committees and co-supervised two undergraduate honors theses

 

Associate Professor, Anthropology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County                                                         

      • Taught Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, and the Anthropology of Science and Technology

      • Supervised several undergraduate honors theses and served on over 10 dissertation committees

      • Chaired the Program in Anthropology, developed curriculum, hired and managed part-time faculty

      • Served on University committees, including Faculty Senate

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Education

 

 

Ph.D. in Social & Cultural Anthropology with focus on Medical Anthropology, Columbia University                                                                                                                         

 

 

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Skills

 

Qualitative Research Methodology  ethnography | interviews | focus groups | case histories

Quantitative Research Methodology  survey design & analysis I  mixed method design & analysis

Software Microsoft Suite | QSR N-Vivo | Atlas Ti

Writing  peer review journals | government reports | book review editor | occasional non-peer review writing (reviews, op-ed)

Language French | Arabic | Turkish

Oral communication  national & international conferences | major syndicate radio & print)