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, Jackson Heart Study, Veterans Administration/CMS datasets) using SAS and SQL, and communicated the results of analysis to principle investigatorsDrafted manuscripts for academic journals, including performing literature reviews, creating tables and figures, and managing referencesCollaborated with post-doctorate fellows by providing technical and statistical support for NIH-funded researchFirst or second author on 15 articles published in academic journalsFull bibliography: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=o2wpx7IAAAAJ

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 relevant statistics from web data sourcesDesigned data tables that are published on CHNA 18 website (http://www.chna18.org/additional-report-data.html) for public health officials, organizations, and community residents to use for grant applications and as a baseline for future program evaluationCreated a presentation with graphs and charts of the needs assessment’s key findings, and gave presentation at meeting attended by over 50 community members

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 student performance in class and by grading exams and giving extensive comments on research papers and policy memos

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 reviews of 4 Student Fire Marshals each yearPerformed various office duties, including data entry, maintaining invoice database, filing, and weekly payroll

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 surveillanceDrafted press releases, internal reports, and emails and letters to MPHA membersUpdated website, kept membership database current, and coordinated fundraising appeals

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 maintaining newspaper design and high standards

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 Walk/Ride Day in Somerville schoolsRecruited 7 new business sponsors for Walk/Ride Day initiative

• 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.