Olga joined the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation in October 2021 as a research associate and now supports the Center for Coronary Artery Disease team as a clinical research coordinator. She works on various investigator-initiated CCAD projects, including REBIRTH, PROGRESS-CTO, PROGRESS Bifurcations, PROGRESS Complications and others.
Prior to MHIF, Olga spent four years as a research analyst at the Minnesota Department of Health. More recently, she was part of an ad hoc team that interviewed and monitored health care workers exposed to COVID-19, led a team of interviewers and conducted quality checks of the database. Olga has a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Minnesota and is looking forward to expanding her experience in cardiovascular research and pursuing graduate school in the future.