Alyssa "Allie" Lamonica Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

- Bringing expertise in providing technical assistance, grant management, and program guidance to advance initiatives for the National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP).- Navigating the intricacies of grant management, ensuring that resources are strategically allocated to maximize the impact of cancer prevention efforts. Proficiency in providing technical assistance to empower stakeholders to navigate complex challenges and foster a collaborative environment geared towards achieving program objectives.- Strategic approach to program guidance to ensure that efforts align with best practices, evidence-based strategies, and the overall mission of enhancing public health outcomes.-Integrating public health informatics, via Geographic Information Systems (GIS), to build a comprehensive understanding of NCCCP collective impact to identify high-risk areas, gaps in partner engagement, and optimize the allocation of resources.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

- Project Officer for the Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS) Block Grant (BG). Managed 4 of the program's recipients in technical assistance, fiscal responsibilities, review of performance strategies. - Assisted staff and grantees onboard the newly established Block Grant Information System (BGIS) that is used for systems operations, technical assistance, and performance tracking. Spearheaded the implementation of the BGIS final APR module and provided trainings for CDC staff and grantees on the platform.

Greenwood Village, Colorado

- Supported the Nutrition Division of Tri-County Health Department (TCHD) by managing community programs to increase food access and security and improve chronic disease outcomes.- Managed the Healthy Farmers Markets Steering Committee, collaborating with external partners on the continued planning and implementation of farmers markets for yielding progress in decision making, strategy building and process improvements.- Incorporated spatial analysis component into the farmers market program to develop a more comprehensive understanding of how program locations impact project outcomes by utilizing ArcGIS Survey123 to collect participant data in real time at both market locations.- Researched new funding mechanisms and grants to support the agency’s programs in nutrition security. Wrote grant applications that adhere to funding requests and drafting budget proposals for program sustainability.- Tracked legislative session to engage staff members in priority bill proposals. Wrote and drafted testimony and position papers with agency experts on public health focus areas: environmental health, racial equity and social determinants of health.

Greater Boston Area

- Coordinated data collection and data entry for four pharmaceutical clinical trials in the Division of Breast Oncology.- Maintained on-going communications with research managers and Principal Investigators (PIs) regarding trial status, documentation of project activities, screening patients to meet trail qualifications and data collection progress.- Maintained compliance and efficacy to sponsoring agency’s policies and procedures when reviewing patient demographic and clinical information from clinical systems.- Assisted with the coordination of the collection, processing, organization, and storage of biological specimens in the systems within breast oncology.

Boston, Ma

- Supported the implementation of the Community Integrated Health (CIH) grant for YMCA’s by creating an action plan that aligned policy initiatives with healthcare goals for the state to be presented to Y-USA as a part of phase one of grant activities.- Conducted a complete market analysis on Medicare and Medicaid penetration throughout the state of Massachusetts to determine the number of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) that have adopted pay-for-performance models and identified areas of opportunity for partnerships.- Participated in legislative sessions and provided technical assistance to the Director of Public Policy to develop proposals advocating for YMCA legislative line items and various Y campaigns.

Andover, Massachusetts, United States

LaMonica, Alyssa, “Enhancing Survivorship: An Evaluation of Social/Emotional Training for Facilitators of the LIVESTRONG at the YMCA Program” (2018). Health Sciences Student Work.4. https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/hsc_studentpub/4/- Evaluated a social/emotional training provided to facilitators of the YMCA’s Livestrong program to determine the training’s effect on emotional overload from working with cancer survivors.- Conducted literature reviews on support groups, cancer survivorship, healthcare worker psychosocial health and resiliency.

Master Of Science - Ms, Health And Wellness Management, Summa Cum Laude

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Biology, General, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Varsity Field Hockey, ARC Peer Tutor, Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)