August C. Summers, Phd, Rd, Ches Email & Phone Number

Baltimore, MD, US

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Oversee the Center for Communication Programs’ (CCP) Baltimore and U.S. initiatives.
• Lead strategic partnership development and engagement with internal and external partners, including local government and community-based organizations.
• Support CCP’s efforts and commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism by serving on CCP’s Anti-Racist Action Group.
• Oversee high-level strategic design, including communication strategies, toolkits, communication materials, program evaluation plans, and needs assessments.
• Lead and coordinate communication design workshops with internal and external partners.
• Co-facilitate stakeholder and task force meetings with collaborating partners.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Led and managed technical work, including strategy development, social and behavior change communication activities, toolkits, needs assessments, etc. and research and evaluation projects for Baltimore-based programs,

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Provide technical assistance to Baltimore-based initiatives, with the Baltimore City Health Department and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
• Write and facilitate strategies, work plans, assessments, and evaluations.
• Assist with developing tools and approaches for monitoring and evaluating health communication programs.

• Projects:
• Program Monitoring and Evaluation, Baltimore City Health Department, CVS/Pharmacy-B’more for Healthy Babies Partnership
• Program Monitoring and Evaluation, Family League of Baltimore, Baby Basics Program
• Nutrition Consultant, Drexel University School of Public Health, Salt Reduction Media Campaign Evaluation
• Strategic Planning Consultant, Baltimore City Health Department, Youth Health and Wellness Strategy Development
• Research Data Analysis, Encompass, LLC

Baltimore, MD

• Supported formative research and program evaluation projects.
• Drafted research applications for Institutional Review Board submissions.
• Developed data collection tools and managed research data.
• Coordinated and conducted individual phone-based, semi-structured interviews with research participants.
• Supported intervention development based on formative research findings.
• Contributed to routine review of program performance data to initiate adaptations to program management and implementation, as part of evaluation team.

Greater Philadelphia Area

MPH Executive ProgramCourse Title: Behavioral AssessmentCourse Summary: This course focuses on how individuals and groups approach issues of health behavior, health communication, and health promotion. The goal is to acquire basic knowledge of social and behavioral science theories, models, and research methods. Developmental theories and concepts are also.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Led planning workshops for nutrition and physical activity environmental and behavioral intervention development as part of faith-based health interventions.
• Conducted qualitative and quantitative data collection, including dietary assessment and anthropometric measures.
• Developed consent and evaluation forms as member of study team.
• Trained data collectors and supervised participant recruitment and data collection.
• Reviewed project-specific nutrition and physical activity education materials for accuracy and cultural relevance.
• Performed nutrient data analysis independently to support a content analysis project on food advertisements appearing in parenting magazines.

Orlando, Florida Area

• Implemented study protocol including recruitment, data collection, and data entry for clinical trials in the areas of health promotion and cardiovascular disease prevention.
• Performed nutrition counseling for study participants as outlined by research protocol in clinical trials.
• Developed nutrition education materials and research study forms.
• Contributed to research manuscripts.
• Composed consumer articles for an online health newsletter.
• Served as medical commentator for Orlando’s WESH-2 News.

Phd, Social And Behavioral Sciences

Mhs, Epidemiology

Dietetic Internship

Bs, Human Nutrition