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Tanisha Garcia
Associate Professor
Public Health | 559.278.6125
Education
8/12-5/16 Doctorate of Health Services Walden University, Minneapolis, MA Emphasis: Public Health/Health Administration
Dissertation Title: Associations Between Leadership Style and Employee Resistance to Change in a Healthcare Setting
5/07-11/08 Master of Health Administration National American University Emphasis: Health Administration
Project Title: The Failures and Achievements of a Healthcare System
8/02-5/07 Bachlor of Science
Univerisy of New Mexico Major: Health Sciences
Courses Taught
- PH 90 (Contemporary Health Issues)
- PH 91 (Human Sexuality) – Online
- PH 100 (Community Health)
- PH 155 (Utilization of Health Care Resources)
- PH 154 (Health Administration)
- PH 153 (Healthcare Finance)
- PH 185 (Health Administration Internship)
- PH 188 (Community Health Internship)
- PH 285 (Masters Internship)
- PH 298 (Project Thesis MPH)
- HHS 114S (Service Learning Honors Foundations of Interprofessional Collaboration
Christus Health Irving, TX
Program Director Process Improvement
- Drive accountability for the performance of the PPI teams
- Provide direction to the Enterprise Project Management Office
- Direct quality management program, thereby supporting the organizational goals, priorities and requirements of regulatory agencies
- Interpret and assist in planning responses to new or changing regulations, coding or standards
- Collaborate and partner with designated Department Managers and Directors to address service levels and operational performance outcomes
- Collaborate with senior leadership in other departments to design processes, tools & templates that continually improve the quality, efficiency, service as well as the effectiveness of care and service
- Represent the Performance and Process Improvement Department on organizational committees and workgroups
Clinical Implementation Analyst
- Works with the Division Clinical Specialist Team and facility core team members to deliver hands-on training as needed, and to implement division standardization, utilization, integration and optimization plans for major clinical applications
- Responsible for Change Management and best practices of organizational change focusing in Information Management
- Responsible for implementations of new clinical /financial systems as required for full integration of services utilizing hospital EMR. Many applications included laboratory, pharmacy, radiology and full implementation of standalone facilities
- Responsible to ensure the organization succeeds in meeting the medical standards set by the authority board
National American University Albuquerque NM/Lewisville, TX
SW Regional Director of Allied Health/Campus Director
- Overall operations of the campus. Including supervising/leadership over 300 Managed overall Student Affairs alongside Academic Dean. Ensure that ethics and culture were never compromised.
- Fiscally responsibility for developing and monitoring program
- Network and Coordinate program agreements with outside
- Recommend methods for measuring student attainment of program competencies and outcomes to system assessment director
Presbyterian Hospital/SW Medical Associates, Albuquerque, NM
Registered Medical Assistant for OB/GYN, PEDs, Gen Surg
- Assisted with Quality Control and improvement of clinical
- Administrative duties include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding for insurance purposes
- Clinical duties include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician. Adhere to HIPPA
United States Air Force, San Antonio, TX
Information management Specialist
- Honorable discharge. Served in the intelligence security squadron during Desert
1/22 Center of Faculty Excellence Fresno State University
Description: Accepted as an AL$ Faculty Fellow for AY 2022-23
6/21 Center for Health Equity Research (CHER)
Description: NIH Training/ Summer Institute, California State University, Long Beach
6/21 Managing Medical Distrust Symposium Confirmation Actionable Steps to Cultivate Trust with Communities of Color
Description: Online Symposium, University California San Francisco
5/21 Center of Faculty Excellence Fresno State University
Description: ACUE Course in Effective Online Teaching Practices designed to enhance our campus commitment to faculty and student success. Certificate in Effective Online College Instruction, endorsed by the American Council on Education (ACE).
7/20 Center of Faculty Excellence Fresno State University
Description: Facilitated Foundations of Virtual Instruction for faculty learners of best practices in online teaching and the use of Canvas.
4/20 CSU Sacramento Advocacy Trip. Sacramento, CA.
Description: Advocacy trip for faculty and students on health policies. (event cancelled due to COVID-19 social distancing measures).
3/20-Current Fellow for Center of Faculty Excellence (Created videos for Faculty Settings in Zoom, Emotional and Social Support for Our Students) COVID-19 Faculty Support
Description: Faculty learning community support for online courses.
8/19 Graduate Net Initiative Faculty Learning Community: Graduate Online Pedagogy and Mentorship, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA.
Description: Faculty learning community on redesigning graduate-level online courses.
4/19 CSU Sacramento Advocacy Trip. Sacramento, CA.
Description: Advocacy trip for faculty and students on health policies.
11/18 Health Policy Leadership Program, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA.
Description: Program on the development of health and healthcare policies and programs in the San Joaquin Valley.
6/18 Lactating Employees Workplace Rights webinar.
Description: Understating workplace berries with breast feeding
4/18 DISCOVERe Faculty Learning Community Group Workshop (Also QLT2 Reviewer), California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA.
Description: Training for improving on-line teaching methods.
4/18 CSU Sacramento Advocacy Trip. Sacramento, CA.
Description: Advocacy trip for faculty and students on health policies.
4/18 Participated in a workshop to review APM 206, a policy for technology- mediated courses, California State University, Fresno, CA.
Description: Collaboration for review of on-line teaching policy
4/18 A Journey Into Change: An Unconscious Bios Workshop Dr. David Bradfield , California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA. Description: 2 day Workshop examine biases.
8/17 Certificate in Grantsmanship from Research and Sponsored Programs and Graduate Studies, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA.
Professional Affiliations:
8/17 – current American College of Healthcare Executives, Northern California Chapter (Mentor)
8/17-current American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C.
Reviewer for APHA HA Policy Review
Purpose: Represents and serves the field of public health, nationally and internationally.
Protects and promotes public and personal health.
Community Service:
12/20 – current Member, Fresno County Tobacco-Free Coalition
Responsibilities: Raise awareness and educate the community on tobacco management and control.
9/19 – current Board Member (CFO), Fresno New Connections, 2538, 4411 N Cedar Ave # 108, Fresno, CA
Responsibilities: Raise awareness and educate the community on addiction management and control.
8/17 – 8/19 Board Member, Broncho Foundation Clovis, CA
Responsibilities: Provide the legal and organizational backbone for coordinating the parent and community fundraising on campus, as well as volunteer opportunities
2017-2019 Member, Health Care Administration Advisory Board Clovis, CA Responsibilities: Provide support for projects undertaken by the Clovis Community College that are
focused in Healthcare Administration
Manuscripts – accepted
Garcia, T. Associations Between Leadership Style and Employee Resistance to Change in a Healthcare Setting. Research in Health Science Accepted: May 2, 2020 Online Published: May 11, 2020 ISSN 2470-6205 (Print) ISSN 2470-6213 (Online) Vol. 5, No. 2, 2020 www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/rhsJournal: doi: 10.22158/rhs.v5n2p28
Manuscripts – accepted
Garcia, T.; Alcala, Capitman. Has The Affordable Care Act Influenced Cardiology Disease Rates In The San Joaquin Valley? Research in Health Science Accepted: June 20, 2020 Online Published: August 25, 2020 ISSN 2470-6205 (Print) ISSN 2470-6213 (Online) Vol. 5, No. 3, 2020 www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/rhsJournal: doi: 10.22158/rhs.v5n3p83
Alcala, E.; Conley, A, Silva, Y., Garcia, T., Capitman, J., Public Charge Rule Study: Estimated Regional Impact of the Public Charge Proposal. Central Valley Health Policy Institute Published: March 1, 2019. (Online) http://www.fresnostate.edu/chhs/cvhpi/programs/publicchargerule.html#resources
Manuscript – in progress
Garcia, T., Smith, N., Crowell, A., & Zografos, K. Growing community level data: A role for undergraduate internships in public health
Manuscript – in progress
Smith, N., Garcia, T., Crowell, A., Ramirez, D., & Zografos, K. Surveillance of masking and distancing in Fresno County California: Lessons learned.
Manuscript – in progress
Garcia, T., Alcala, E., Purewal, S. The Utility of Undergraduate Internships in Public Health: A Role for Qualitative Research and Discovering Cardiovascular Readmission Rates in the San Joaquin Valley with the Impact of Primary Care
Book – in progress
Garcia, T.; & Rowland, L. The Use of Herbs for Alternative Medicine
Professional Presentations:
06/2022 Presenters: Garcia, T.
Conference: 2022 Central Valley Latinx Leadership Summit Visalia Marriott's - Mount Whitney Meeting Space
Title: Keynote Speaker for Unidos Por Salud - California Health Collaborative Latinx Leadership Summit
Delivered: June 2nd & 3rd , 2022.
10/2021 Presenters: Garcia, T., Smith, N.
Conference: American Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting and Exposition in Denver, Co.
Title: Growing community level data: A role for undergraduate internships in public health
Delivered: October 26, 2021.
10/2021 Presenters: Smith, N., Garcia, T.
Conference: American Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting and Exposition in Denver, Co.
Title: Surveillance of masking and distancing in Fresno County California: Lessons learned.
Delivered: October 26, 2021.
6/2021 Presenters: Garcia, T.
Conference: Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) Summer Institute
California State University, Long Beach
Title: Establishing a New Healthcare Model in the San Joaquin Valley with the Use of Mobile Health Clinics, Community Centers, and the Expansion of Medi-Cal Coverage
Delivered: June 12, 2021.
5/2020 Presenters: Garcia, T.
Conference: Center for Faculty Excellence Best Practices for Virtual Instruction Part II.
Title: Provost Best Practices: Emotional and Social Aspects of Survival
Delivered: May 1, 2020.
4/2020 Presenters: Garcia, T.
Conference: Center for Faculty Excellence Best Practices for Virtual Instruction Panelist.
Title: Faculty Best Practices Webinar
Delivered: April 15, 2020.
3/2020 Presenters: Garcia, T.
Conference: 41st Annual Central California Research Symposium Title: Accepted March 2020, Has The Affordable Care Act Influenced Cardiology Disease Rates In The San Joaquin Valley? The 41st Annual Central California Research Symposium, California State University, Fresno (event cancelled due to COVID-19 social distancing measures).
4/2019 Presenters: Garcia, T.; Alcala, E.
Conference: Health Leadership Policy Program.
Title: Has The Affordable Care Act Influenced Cardiology Disease Rates In The San Joaquin Valley?
Delivered: April 12, 2019.
11/2018 Presenters: Garcia, T.
Conference: American Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego, CA.
Title: Associations Between Leadership Style and Employee Resistance to Change in a Healthcare Setting.
Delivered: November 11, 2018.
4/2018 Presenters: Garcia, T.
Conference: Moderator at a local event in Fresno
Title: Reducing Barriers to Breastfeeding in the Central Valley. Delivered: April, 2018.
4/2018 Presenters: Garcia, T.
Conference: 39th Annual Central California Research Symposium Title: Associations Between Leadership Style and Employee Resistance to Change in a Healthcare Setting. Delivered: April 25, 2018.
4/2018 Presenters: Garcia, T.
Conference: College of Health and
Human Services Spring Research Showcase
Title: Associations Between Leadership Style and Employee Resistance to Change in a Healthcare Setting.
Delivered: April 17, 2018
Awards & Honors:
3/22 College of Health & Human Services Spring 2022 PRSCA
Description: Awarded for development of study The Utility of Undergraduate Internships in Public Health: A Role for Qualitative Research and Discovering Cardiovascular Readmission Rates in the San Joaquin Valley with the Impact of Primary Care
3/20 Provost RSCA 2019-20 Provost's Faculty Scholarship Support Program
Description: Awarded for development of study with primary care visits after hospital discharge, did the expansion of Medicaid under the ACA change readmission rates for patients in the SJV?
7/17 Organizational Leadership and Development Excellence Description: Awarded for service in leadership and development fundamentals in healthcare
8/09 Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges Description: Awarded to students for high grade point averages