Maria Bolshakova
Maria is a mixed-methods researcher with experience in various disease topics, mental health, and substance use related disorders. She obtained her PhD from the University of Southern California within the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences in 2022. She also holds degrees in Psychology (B.S) and Anthropology (B.A) from the University of Florida.
Prior to beginning her post-graduate career at Modus Outcomes, she gained diverse research experiences through roles involving clinical and community health, psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorder clinical trials, systematic reviews, and healthcare quality improvement. She has designed, executed, and analyzed multiple studies resulting in numerous peer-reviewed publications throughout her career.
At Modus, Maria has led patient-centered research projects that involve qualitative interviewing, novel questionnaire development, and study management of a decentralized, longitudinal, observational study. She is adept at contributing to research projects in the form of qualitative analysis, study document preparation, managing vendors, timelines, and scope, as well as developing presentations and reports. She has also utilized her expertise in conducting systematic literature reviews, honed through her work at the Southern California Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC), to develop and lead literature review projects across various clinical disease topics.
