Aspen Riser, Mph, Ches Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Division of HIV Prevention - Behavioral and Clinical Surveillance Branch - Special Studies TeamServe as a project officer for Surveillance of HIV-related service barriers among Individuals with Early or Late HIV Diagnoses (SHIELD) and National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Brief HIV Bio-Behavioral Assessment (NHBS-BHBA) projects.Prepare scientific and technical reports for publication on mixed-method quantitative and qualitative research and surveillance projects to understand health outcomes for individuals living with HIV using R Studio and SAS 9.4Oversee the data management, data science, and data modernization efforts for the Surveillance of HIV-related Service Barriers among Individuals with Early or Late HIV Diagnoses (SHIELD) and National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Brief HIV Bio-behavioral Assessment (NHBS-BHBA) projects. Aspen manages several REDCap databases, builds dashboards for early surveillance data insights, and automated reporting using R and Python.Aspen currently serves as a co-project officer for NHBS-BHBA where she provides technical assistance on behavioral surveillance among populations at high risk for HIV in selected geographic areas of interest to assess: 1) risk behaviors and social determinants of health for HIV infection, 2) HIV testing behaviors and treatment, 3) HIV seroprevalence and incidence, and 4) exposure to, use of, and impact of HIV prevention services.Aspen is the lead evaluator for SHIELD and NHBS-BHBA where she oversees the metric planning, evaluation implementation, and monitoring project success.2023-2024 CDC Data Science Upskilling Program Team Captain, a 10-month course on learning data science principals and machine learning techniques using R, Python, Tableau, and PowerBi

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Division of Reproductive Health, Emergency Preparedness and Response Team &COVID-19 Response, Pregnancy and Infant Linked Outcomes TeamDuties Include:Prepare scientific and technical reports for publication on emergency preparedness, reproductive health outcomes after disasters, and infectious disease during pregnancy among women of reproductive age using SAS 9.4 and SAS-callable SUDAAN Disseminate data and guidance to be used for public health emergency planning for women of reproductive age and infants Analyze surveillance data to assess health outcomes related to SARS-CoV-2 infection among women of reproductive age, pregnant women, and infants for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Response Serve as the Pregnancy and Infant Linked Outcomes Team liaison to enhance SARS-CoV-2 pregnancy data public reporting and visualization Assess data quality and provide technical assistance to jurisdictions that submit SARS-CoV-2 illness data for the Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies Network (SET-NET) Primary Responder for the 6th Cohort of the CDC Global Rapid Response Team

Greater Atlanta Area

ORISE Fellow for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) BranchDuties Include:Conducting population-based research and surveillance on congenital heart defects using SAS 9.3 and SAS-callable SUDAAN to conduct analyses using data from national population-based surveysAtlanta site coordinator for the Congenital Heart Survey To Recognize Outcomes, Needs, and well-beinG (CH STRONG) to assess long-term outcomes of adults living with congenital heart defects. Activities not limited to: developing safety protocols for the protection of participant data, managing participant interactions, and creating procedures to geocode dataDeveloping a five-year strategic plan and science agenda for Congenital Heart Defects for the Lifespan Surveillance and Research team at the CDC Birth Defects BranchCollaborate with communication team to update key CDC Congenital Heart Defects factsheets, infographics, newsletters, and webpagesDeveloping an evaluation plan for Birth Defects Branch communication strategies for Congenital Heart Defects

Graduate Researcher for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) Branch Identified eligible cases for the longest running birth defects surveillance program, the Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program and the Birth Defects Study to Evaluate Pregnancy ExposureS (BD-STEPS) programOrganized and streamlined over 40 years of paper cases and track over 2000 2014-2016 electronic cases for reviewCreated a crosswalk key to compare the National Birth Defects Prevention Network Zika Abstraction Sheet and the National Zika Surveillance RegistryHelped prepare materials for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Evaluation and Management of Infants with Congenital Zika Virus Infection Conference

Masters Of Public Health, Behavioral Sciences And Maternal And Child Health

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Public Health, Psychology