• Developing a job aid to increase uptake of the Inter Agency Standing Committee Reference Group Monitoring and Evaluation Framework in MHPSS Programmes Framework• Consulted with target end-users and experts in field (through surveys, brief interviews) on ways to assess current use of the framework

• Conducted research in support of training programs, literature reviews, evaluations and other assignments• Analyzed data and translating it for lay audience for numerous clients• Prepared written content for a range of reports and published material for Community Works, clients and partners, related to (but not limited to) topics of community-based mental health, early childhood development, monitoring and evaluation• Supported development of new partnerships, business and new projects

• Successfully established a new partnership with Shifaam (health-tech company in Karachi, Pakistan) and coordinated a mental health first aid introductory training for post-flood relief workers throughout Sindh, Pakistan• Designed and led work plan, community engagement and training for the above-mentioned initiative

Community Strengthening COVID-19 Surge Project • Designed and led measurement and evaluation of the project, which aimed to build capacity of 26 team members with skills for the community development sector while enabling them to capture voices of the community through one-on-one conversations and focus groups in context of COVID-19 response and recovery • Oversaw 11 staff members using principles of positive psychology• Delivered workshops and learning sessions to all of team on data collection and reporting • Analyzed qualitative data collected through community conversations and focus groups

Office of Family Health Services • Developed and regularly managed the first Program Evaluation workgroup at VDH, where I provided evaluation training to office-wide staff • Conducted epidemiological and evaluation activities (quantitative / qualitative) for five different CDC-funded health grants • Collected data from various surveillance systems and conducted trend analyses (including use of RedCap database) • Developed and implemented evaluation plans to measure outcomes related to program interventions • Supported program staff and partners with epidemiological/evaluation technical assistance

Revised the existing organizational M&E manual into an updated Design, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning ManualCollaborated with the IMC M&E staff at headquarter and regional offices

- Conducted qualitative interviews over Skype; managed, coded and analyzed qualitative data (from questionnaires and transcripts), using qualitative data analysis software MAXQDA- Provided oversight and guidance to research assistants with transcribing, coding and analyzing qualitative data; wrote and edited the final report, with supervisor

Projects include: - Develop monitoring and evaluation documents for a behavioral health integration initiative in the U.S./Mexico border region, with PAHO- Conduct key informant interviews and qualitative data analysis to develop a situational analysis report- Conduct monitoring and evaluation of the mhGAP (mental health Global Action Programme) projects in the state of Jalisco and Chiapas, in Mexico by conducting interviews, focus group discussions, data collection and data analysis

- Support development of a user-friendly information system for use in acute phases of an emergency response- Collaborate with various sectors (Health, WASH, MHPSS, etc) to develop and finalize indicators- Analyze qualitative data from an early childhood development program evaluation in Gaza- Develop surveys and collect data from within the Technical Unit and the larger IMC- Provide support to other projects in the MHPSS team and the Technical Unit, as needed

Prepare materials, assist the Associate Director of Communications and higher level specialists in programmatic assignments as related to communications, epidemiology and health science in the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response

Generated framework for creating a centralized database with information on past cholera outbreaks, in collaboration with interlocutors at UNICEF and external partner organizations

- Conducted data analysis using SAS and SPSS in the World Trade Center Health Registry- Analyzed literature to guide the research question and in writing a manuscript for publication- Attend weekly seminars on various public health issues and skills

Conduct literature research for various sleep studies and write articles for publications in academic journals, with co-directors of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Neurology Clerkship (publications in process); assist in projects relating curriculum for Neurology clerkship at the School of Medicine; shadow neurologists and current medical students in clinic

Interviewed patients to document their medical history, HPI/chief complaint, and other details upon their visit to the Emergency Department; searched previous medical records of patients using hospital databases; shadowed ER physicians, assisted them with procedures and served as liaison between them and the attending doctors in the hospital

Conducted independent research for Biology Honors thesis, examining the combined effects of Vitamin C and E on the plaque formation in Alzheimer's Disease, using a transgenic mice model.Dissected and homogenized mice brains, assaying them for levels of β-amyloid and TNF-α using the ELISA techniqueParaffin-embedded mice brains and preparing histological sections from themStained histological sections to view amyloid plaques and later used Scion Image and IMAGE-J software to take images and measure sizes of plaquesPerformed one-way ANOVA and Tukey post-hoc test using SPSSAwards received: University of Mary Washington Undergraduate Research Award, 2010-2011Chi Beta Phi National Research Award 2010Virginia Academy of Sciences Undergraduate Research Award 2010First Place Best Presentation Award at Chi Beta Phi National Conference, 2010Conference presentations:- Oral Presentation, 89th Annual Virginia Academy of Science Meeting, University of Richmond, VA, 2011- Oral Presentation, University of Mary Washington Annual Research & Creativity Day Symposium, 2011- Poster Presentation, Virginia Academy of Sciences Fall Undergraduate Meeting, Richmond, VA, 2010- Oral Presentation, Chi Beta Phi National Conference, Charleston, West Virginia, 2010

Learned and practiced molecular and cellular biology techniques; assisted researchers with their projects and publications