Hassan Dawood
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Jun 2022 – Present
Senior Research Operations Manager, Head of Beiwe Research Platform
Onnela Lab, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Direct operations of the Beiwe Service Center and manage ~20 active studies on the Beiwe platform across multiple countries — platform demonstrations, contracting, IRB management, onboarding, technical support, and data analysis support. Maintain costing models and collaborate with finance on center budget, invoicing, and platform funding. Manage a team of 4 research assistants; edit grants and manuscripts for publication.

Lead product development for the platform and its mobile apps, gathering feedback from external vendors and internal research teams to prioritize features and drive development with external technology partners.

May 2024 – Aug 2024
Head of Product
MIT Delta V Accelerator · Digital Health Startup (Stealth)

MIT delta v is a leading startup accelerator for MIT entrepreneurs. My team built a venture addressing burnout in high-stress professions — banking, healthcare, first responders, law — using in-house HR data and digital phenotyping to surface burnout metrics and recommend interventions. I led digital phenotyping and data visualization feature development through mentorship, funding, and structured customer discovery, culminating in Demo Day.

Feb 2020 – Dec 2023
Co-Founder & Head of Product
Phebe Health

Phebe Health was a digital phenotyping startup focused on behavioral health research and remote data collection. As co-founder, I led product strategy and roadmap execution, worked directly with the CEO on funding strategy and investor materials, and partnered with an outside development firm to translate research and funding goals into a buildable technical product plan.

Directed day-to-day operations — budget oversight, vendor management, and cross-functional coordination — while managing the technical implementation of Phebe's Beiwe instance and building custom Tableau dashboards to track participant- and study-level metrics for internal teams and external partners.

Sep 2021 – Oct 2022
Data Analytics & Reporting Manager
Departments of Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Led reporting and analysis of financial, clinical, and utilization data, translating it into actionable insight for hospital leadership, physicians, and finance. Built data pipelines using Python, SQL, and Tableau to streamline operations and support decision-making.

Identified a billing workflow error accounting for ~30% of lost revenue annually in the Psychiatry Department.

Jan 2016 – Jun 2022
Founder, Research Fellow & Administrative Director
Computational Neuroscience Outcomes Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Co-founded CNOC in the Department of Neurosurgery, providing academic training in the quantitative and methodological principles of clinical outcomes research — large dataset design, data management/analysis, medical genomics, statistical analysis, and the peer-review publication process.

Published 20 peer-reviewed journal articles; presented at national and international conferences.

Jan 2013 – Jan 2016
Technical Research Assistant II
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Supported Dr. Raina Fichorova's research on mucosal inflammation and immunity, independently managing timelines, contributing to experimental design, and developing novel cytokine assays with external vendors. Supervised junior lab members.

Published 10 peer-reviewed journal articles; presented at national and international conferences.

Oct 2010 – Jan 2013
Technical Research Assistant I
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Supported mucosal inflammation and immunity research in a CAP-accredited laboratory: specimen processing, data analysis with QC checks, cell and bacterial culture, ELISA and cytokine assays. Built extensive QC systems for data entry and analysis; co-authored research abstracts and publications.