Andrew Petrone Email & Phone Number

Somerville, MA, US

Programmer with the Sentinel Initiative, a FDA-funded project supporting the creation of an active surveillance system to monitor the post-market safety of FDA-regulated medical and biological products

Statistical programmer and analyst with the Division of Aging in the Department of Medicine, working to advance the research goals of the Division in the area of cardiovascular and nutrition epidemiologyPerformed regression analyses, survival analyses, meta-analyses, and cleaning of large datasets (Physician’s Health Study, NHLBI Family Heart Study.

Student Consultant in the Bureau of Health Information, Statistics, Research, and Evaluation, working with Community Health Network 18, a community coalition of nine western Massachusetts communities, on their health needs assessmentRan custom MassCHIP queries in order to gather community specific data on approximately 90 health indicators, and extracted.

Responsible for teaching two weekly recitations with 20 students each for two classes: Healthcare in America and Introduction to community healthFacilitated class discussions on public health concepts and United States healthcare policyProvided one-on-one tutoring to students to clarify course content and to provide feedback on research papersEvaluated.

Performed over 200 fire and safety inspections each year of academic buildings and dorms to ensure property loss preventionCommunicated with appropriate administrators and building curators regarding fire and safety violations resulting in timely action to alleviate violationsTrained, coordinated the schedules and activities, and conducted performance.

Organizational Development Intern working to advance MPHA’s advocacy efforts on their Act FRESH campaign and healthcare payment reformReviewed local, state, and federal influenza surveillance methods, and conducted 2 key stakeholder interviews, with which I produced and delivered a presentation on future MPHA involvement in public health.

Communicated with section heads, business department, and the Printer to meet printing deadline and to coordinate production process five nights a weekManaged layout, copy editing, online, and tech departments – a staff of 38 individualsSupervised and coordinated activities of layout editorsDesigned graphics and charts to accompany articlesResponsible for.

Responsible for advancing the Green Streets Initiative’s Walk/Ride Day in SomervilleResearched and documented Walk/Ride Day in Somerville and Cambridge, and conducted a literature review in order to evaluate Walk/Ride Day implementation at the Healey School in SomervilleWrote paper that Shape up Somerville subsequently used as a guide to implement.

• With a co-counselor, supervised, led, and provided a safe atmosphere for 15- 25 third graders as they engaged in various outdoor activities

Mph, Epidemiology/Biostatistics

Activities and Societies: Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society

B.S., Community Health, Biopsychology

Activities and Societies: Tufts Daily: Production Director Spring 2011, Executive Layout Editor Fall 2010; Tufts Relay for Life: Publicity.