About Our Life Coach

Sharion has a nursing professional with over 20 years of diverse clinical experience in Medical-Surgical Nursing and clinical trials.

May 2016 – December 2020   (Retired)

Clinical Research Nurse   Coordinator

Morehouse School of   Medicine - Clinical Research Center 

Atlanta, Georgia 

June 1993 – May 2016   (Retired)

Clinical Research Nurse II

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia 

Total Coach Mastery Program (Enrolled) 

Business Accelerator Program (Enrolled)

April 2021-Present - Completed and awarded certification for Life Coach Certificate Health Coach Institute

June 28, 2021- Health Coach Institute - Completed and awarded certification for Health Coach Certificate 

Registered Nurses License

Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator GCP-(Good Clinical Practice)

C.I.T.1.-(Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative) Certification for Human Subjects Research-completed bi-annually

National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale Certification and recertification Modified Rankin Scale Certification

American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Provider (CPR and AED) IATA Certified for Shipping of Dangerous Goods

Covidien Remote Data Capture (RDC) online training

HIPAA and Cybersecurity Inform (v4.6) online training

April 2011

Master’s Degree – Nursing Leadership

Grand Canyon University Phoenix, Arizona  

Honors: Graduated Magna Cum Laude 

June 1986

Bachelor’s Degree – Health Services Administration

University of St. Francis Crest Hill, Illinois

August 1974

Associates Degree – Nursing 

DeKalb Community College

Clarkston, Georgia 

Kleindorfer D, Miller R, Sailor-Smith S, Moomaw CJ, Khoury J, Frankel M; The Challenges of Community-Based Research. The Beauty Shop Stroke Education Project

- Stroke. AHA Journal, June 19, 2008.

The Emory Magazine, Life Saving Talk at the Beauty Shop, Winter Issue, 2006

Kleindorfer D, Miller R, Sailor-Smith S, Moomaw CJ, Khoury J, Frankel M; The Challenges of Community-Based Research. The Beaty Shop Stroke Education Project - Stroke. AHA Journal, June 19, 2008.

The Emory Magazine, Life Saving Talk at the Beauty Shop. Winter Issue, 2008.

Article: Education to Improve Stroke Awareness and Emergent Response. The NINOS rt-PA Stroke Study Group.

S Daley, J Braimah, S Sailor, G L Kongable, C Barch, K Rapp, P Bratina, J Spilker, R Donnarumma

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 01/1998; 29(6):393-6.

Article: Nursing Management of Acute Complications Following rt-PA in Acute lschemic Stroke. The NINOS rt-PA Stroke Study Group.

C Barch, J Spilker, P Bratina, K Rapp, S Daley, R Donnarumma, S Sailor, J Braimah, G Kongable

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 01/1998; 29(6):367-72.

Article: Overview: Hyperacute rt-PA Stroke Treatment. The NINOS rt-PA Stroke Study Group.

R Donnarumma, G Kongable, C Barch, J Braimah, P Bratina, S Daley, K Rapp, S

Sailor, J Spilker

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 01/1998; 29(6):351-5.

Article: Nursing Care of Acute Stroke Patients After Receiving rt-PA Therapy. The NINOS rt-PA Stroke Study Group.

J Braimah, G Kongable, K Rapp, S Daley, P Bratina, S Sailor, C Barch, R

Donnarumma, J Spilker

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 01/1998; 29(6):373-83.

Article: Using the NIH Stroke Scale to Assess Stroke Patients. The NINOS rt-PA Stroke Study Group.

J Spilker, G Kongable, C Barch, J Braimah, P Brattina, S Daley, R Donnarumma, K Rapp, S Sailor

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 01/1998; 29(6):384-92.

Article: Pathophysiology and Mechanisms of Acute lschemic Stroke. The NINOS rt-PA Stroke Study Group.

P Bratina, K Rapp, C Barch, G Kongable, R Donnarumma, J Spilker, S Daley, J Braimah, S Sailor

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 01/1998; 29(6):356-60.

Article: Code Stroke: Rapid Transport, Triage and Treatment Using rt-PA Therapy. The NINOS rt-PA Stroke Study Group.

K Rapp, P Bratina, C Barch, J Braimah, S Daley, R Donnarumma, G Kongable, S Sailor, J Spilker

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 01/1998; 29(6):361-6.

Article: Education to Improve Stroke Awareness and Emergent Response

Sheila Daley, Janet Braimah, Sharion Sailor, Gail L. Kongable, Carol Barch, Karen Rapp, Patti Bratina, Judith Spilker, Rosario Oonnarumma, the NINOS rt-PA Stroke Study Group ·

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 11/1997; 29(6).

Article: Nursing Care Of Acute Stroke Patients After Receiving rt-PA Therapy

Janet Braimah, Gail Kongable, Karen Rapp, Sheila Daley, Patti Bratina, Sharion Sailor, Carol Barch, Rosario Donnarumma, Judith Spilker, the NINOS rt-PA Stroke Study Group

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 11/1997; 29(6).

Article: Using The NIH Stroke Scale to Assess Stroke Patients

Judith Spilker, Gail Kongable, Carol Barch, Janet Braimah, Patti Brattina, Sheila Daley, Rosario Oonnarumma, Karen Rapp, Sharion Sailor, the NINOS rt-PA Stroke Study Group

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 11/1997; 29(6).

Article: Pathophysiology and Mechanisms of Acute lschemic Stroke

Patti Bratina, Karen Rapp, Carol Barch, Gail Kongable, Rosario Oonnarumma, Judith Spilker, Sheila Daley, Janet Braimah, Sharion Sailor, the NINOS rt-PA Stroke Study Group

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 11/1997; 29(6).

   Article: Nursing Management of Acute Complications Following rt-PA in Acute lschemic Stroke

  Carol Barch, Judith Spilker, Patti Bartina, Karen Rapp, Sheila Daley, Rosario Donnarumma, Sharion Sailor, Janet Braimah, Gail Kongable. The NINOS rt-PA Stroke Study Group

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 11/1997. 29(6)

• Clinical Nurse Research Coordinator-Shift Work Study-Investigator Initiated-Dr. Castanon-Cervantes PhD, Morehouse School of Medicine-August, 2018-Present

• Clinical Nurse Research Coordinator- Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE-XT) Cancer Endpoints Study (ACES); Sponsor- National Cancer Institute of Health-September 2018-Present

• Clinical Nurse Research Coordinator-Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT)-Sponsor-National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health; September, 2018-Present

• Clinical Nurse Research Coordinator- Dietary Intervention to Investigate Vascular Functions in African-American Women-DIVA 3 Sponsor- RCTR program of the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, NCMHD -September 2018-Present

• Clinical Nurse Research Coordinator- Can Diet and Physical Activity Modulate

, Ovarian Fallopian Tube and Primary Peritoneal Cancer Progression-Free Survival? GOG-0225; Sponsor-Gynecologic Oncology Group - July, 2017- September, 2018

• Clinical Nurse Research Coordinator-A Phase 2, Open-Label, Dose-Titrating Safety and Efficacy Study of QGC001 Administrated Orally, Twice daily, Over 8 weeks in Hypertensive Overweight Subjects of Multiple Ethnic and Racial Groups in the United States, NEW HOPE- Sponsor- Quantum Genomics Clinical - August, 2017-Present

• Clinical Research NurseCoordinator-GOG-02868: A Randomized Phase 11/111 Study of Paclitaxel/Carboplatin/Metforrnin (NSC#91485) vs. Paclitaxel/Carboplatin/Placebo as initial Therapy for Measurable Stage Ill or IVA, or Recurrent Endometrial Cancer May, 2017-December-2017

• Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator-A Clinical Trial of Pembrolizumab (MK3475) Evaluating Predictive Biomarkers in Subjects with Advanced Solid Tumors (KEYNOTE 158) Sponsor- Merck, Sharp and Dohme Corp. May 2016- October, 2017

• Presenter, Morehouse School of Medicine; Topic -The Informed Consent Process -2nd year Research Students-October 19, 2017; Instructor-Jacquelyn Ali

• Presenter, Morehouse School of Medicine - Topic-Distinguishing between Research and Practice -2nd year Research students. October 13, 2016; Jacquelyn Ali Instructor

• Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator- Candesartan vs Lisinopril effects on the Brain and Endothelial function in executive MCI (CALIBREX) August, 2015- May, 2016

• Candesartan's Effects on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Biomarkers

(CEDAR) August, 2015- May, 2016

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator - A Phase 2 Randomized, Controlled Study with a

Phase I Safety Cohort testing ALD-401 Derived from Autologous Bone Marrow Delivered via Intra-carotid Infusion in Subjects with lschemic Stroke using Blinded Assessments; (Aldagen-401) Sponsor-Aldagen, Inc. March, 2013- June, 2014

· ,Clinical Nurse Coordinator-A Randomized, Concurrent Controlled Trial to Assess the 

Safety and Effectiveness of the Separator 3D as a Component of the Penumbra System in the Revascularization of Large Vessel Occlusion in Acute lschemic Stroke; (Penumbra Separator 3D) Sponsor- Penumbra, Inc. March, 2013-June,2015

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator- A Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group Placebo-Controlled Phase Ill Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Desmoteplase in Subjects with Acute lschemic Stroke; (DIAS 4) Sponsor- H. Lundbeck A/S March, 2013- June, 2015

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator - The Randomized, Concurrent Controlled Trial to Assess the Penumbra System's Safety and Effectiveness in the Treatment of Acute Stroke; (The Therapy Trial) Sponsor- Penumbra, Inc. March, 2013 - June,2015

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator - CT Perfusion to Predict Response to Recanalization in lschemic Stroke Project (CRISP), Sponsor - Stanford University August, 2012- January, 2015

• Steering Committee Member- The Ethnic/ Racial Variations with lntracerebral Hemorrhage; (ERICH) Sponsor - National Institute of Health, February, 2013 - June, 2015.

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator-Thrombectomy Revascularization of Large Vessel Occlusions in acute ischemic stroke (TREVO 2) Study, Sponsor- Concentric Medical November 2011- July, 2012

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator -Secondary Prevention of Small Sub cortical Stroke

(SPS3) October 2003-April 2011

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator (Lead Coordinator) - Ethnic/Racial variations with Intra-cerebral Hemorrhage-(ERICH) Study -Sponsor-National Institute of Health­ January, 2011-2015

• Poster Abstract Presentation - 32nd International Stroke Conference, San Francisco, Ca, February, 2007

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator - Validate Stroke Registry, Sponsor- Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Ga. Arch 2005-June 2008

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator-The lschemic Stroke in Genetics Study (ISGS)- NIH 2003-2008

 • Clinical Nurse Coordinator- The Goddess Project; (Stroke Awareness in the Beauty Shop) Sponsor- University of Cincinnati April 2005-October 2006

• Poster Abstract Presentations - Minority Women's Health Summit - Hyatt Regency, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., August 2007

• Poster Abstract Presentations -14th Annual Stroke Belt Consortium Meeting, Renaissance Hotel, Orlando, Florida, October, 2007

• Poster Abstract Presentations - Society of Behavioral Medicine 29th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, California, March, 2008- Citation Award Winner

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator- SPARCL Study- Sponsor, Pfizer Pharmaceutical, October 2001-2004

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator- Nova Seven, Sponsor- Nova Nordisk, October 2001- 2003

• National Institutes of Health/NINDS-t-PA Stroke trial Recruitment Coordinator, June 1993-January 1996

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator -Urgent Intra-Arterial Thrombolytic Therapy for Stroke, November, 1994-June 1996

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator-Emergency Management of Stroke (EMS) Bridging Trial, December 1994-June 1996

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator- CAPRIE Trial (Sanofi-Winthrop) Pharmaceuticals, June 1993-January 1996

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator-STEPS (Neurontin) Trial, (Parke-Davis) Pharmaceuticals, October 1995-October 1996

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator- Pro-Urokinase Study Part II -Abbott Pharmaceuticals, May 1996-August 1998

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator- Fiblast Acute Stroke Study (Wyeth Ayerst Research), October 1997-July 1998

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator- Clomethiazole (CLASS) Acute Stroke Study (Astra Arcus Corp.), December 1997-November 2001

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator Warfarin Aspirin Symptomatic lntracranial Disease (WASID}/Stroke Outcome and Neuro-imaging of lntracranial Stenosis (SONIA) Studies-The National Institute of Health-March 1999-June 2002

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator- lnterventional Management of Stroke (IMS) Study­ Sponsor, The National Institute of Health, October 2000-2003

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator -MECHANICAL Embolus Removal in Cerebral lschemia (Merci) Feasibility Study -Concentric Retriever System, Sponsor­ Concentric Medical, Inc. December 2001- 2003

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator -A Phase 2 Randomized, Controlled Study with a Phase I Safety Cohort testing ALD-401 Derived from Autologous Bone Marrow Delivered via Intra-carotid Infusion in Subjects with lschemic Stroke using

National Cancer Institute (NCI) Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) Georgia 

Core-Center for Oncology Research and Education

CTEP-Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program Health Connect South

Association of Black Cardiologist Inc.

Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) Chi Eta 

Nursing Sorority Inc.- Gamma Chi Chapter West Oakland Baptist Church - Health Care Ministry