DHIC Team Member Leaves TATRC After Five Years of Dedicated Service: A Fond Farewell to Amanda Schmeltz

March 31, 2021  |  Download PDF

TATRC Director, COL Jeremy Pamplin (left) along with DHIC Division Chief, Ms Jeanette Little (right), presented Ms. Schmeltz (center) with a Cerftificate of Appreciation & Excellence during a recent site visit to the Fort Gordon office. The certificate was presented in recognition of her five years of contributions to the TATRC Mission.

TATRC’s Digital Health Innovation Center (DHIC) said goodbye to one of their key Project Managers, Ms. Amanda Schmeltz, earlier last month. Amanda, who joined TATRC in 2016, quickly became an integral part of the digital and mobile health team at Fort Gordon. The DHIC team has relied on Amanda to assist with all concept developing, proposal writing, grants and clinical protocols for the last five years. During her tenure with TATRC, not only did she expand her family with the birth of an additional child, she also attained her Master’s degree. As her experience has grown, a new prospect for professional development has presented itself to Ms. Schmeltz, and she has decided to pursue this new opportunity. However, lucky for us, she has graciously agreed to provide consulting services to TATRC on a part time basis until her position can be backfilled.

“The TATRC team, particularly at DHIC, are very sad to see Amanda leave us on a personal level, but we are all thrilled for the new opportunities this new position will offer her for the future. We can fill the open positions, but we can’t replace the friendship and role she plays in our hearts. So we send her off with our best and warmest wishes for the future,” said Ms. Jeanette Little, DHIC’s Division Chief. In her new position, Amanda will be assuming the role of a Digital Science Senior Project Manager for a remote clinical trials organization that works to accelerate medical treatment and cures in the private sector.

Amanda leaves us with this parting thought, “It’s absolutely bitter sweet to leave what I consider to be the most amazing group of people I could ever have asked for. My TATRC co-workers remain a second family to me and I will hold them firmly to the promise of staying in touch. I am, on the other hand, excited to meet new challenges head on. Much of my last five years of experience will be applied to my new role with end to end clinical study and team management. Thank you my beloved TATRC family, I will be watching the ever growing incredible things you all continue to do as we push onward!”