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Atlanta, GA, US

United States

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Determine parameters through literature review needed to accurately simulate the spread of monkeypox, including demographic variables, such as racial disparities.
• Develop R functions and scripts to simulate each aspect of the spread of Monkeypox with a network epidemic model to understand how individuals interact with each other and how it impacts Monkeypox spread. Added to a.
• Manage and organize the GitHub repository for the Monkeypox model's R package.

Michigan, United States

• Analyzed State of Michigan health literacy data for all 2,813 census tracts and HIV prevalence to determine the relationship between the two variables.
• Communicated findings on the HIV prevalence and health literacy relationship for epidemiologists and leadership team with methods, confounders considered findings, and recommendations.
• Created color-coded maps to overlay the cases per capita and other HIV care continuum metrics and health literacy.
• Applied linear regression techniques to determine the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention social vulnerability indices were not a suitable proxy for health literacy.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Created a qualitative analysis codebook with Kaiser Permanente staff, Emory faculty, and other students to interpret 20 interviews of hospitalized COVID-19 patients with NVivo for qualitative analysis.
• Cleaned, organized, and analyzed a database of 36,000 records using SAS and R.
• Wrote data analysis protocol to ensure reproducibility and results section for the proposed manuscript for publication.
• Used backward elimination to determine confounders and final logistic regression model to measure the relationship between race and the odds of being hospitalized among those who had a COVID-19 controlling for.

Michigan, United States

• Called and identified over 1,000 COVID-19 positive individuals who needed social services and assisting in procuring financial assistance, healthcare, food, unemployment assistance, and emergency relief.
• Outreached to individuals diagnosed with Hepatitis C, supporting 46 local health departments. Educated patients about the disease and connected them to treatment options.
• Developed Excel tutorial on creating basic SIR (susceptible, infected, recovered) models for epidemiology to demonstrate how diseases spread so they could better answer individuals’ questions about the spread of COVID.
• Developed an Excel tool for almost 200 case investigators to track status of their cases, including calls made to the individuals, if an interview has been completed, and if the individual’s case report form has been.
• Taught 45 team members how to use Excel to organize and sort large data sets and perform calculations.

Pontiac, Michigan, United States

• Analyzed patient visit data from pre-COVID-19 through June 2020 to understand the decline in visits. Created a plan to help the clinic reestablish connections with patients who are no longer able to come to the clinic.
• Educated patients on the proper method to take medication, with oversight from the pharmacist.
• Instituted a procedure to convert the clinic’s paper health records to fully electronic health records with the assistance of the clinic director. Trained clinic volunteers on converting paper documents to electronic.
• Aided eligible patients in navigating pharmaceutical assistance programs and completing applications. Coordinated responses and submitted appeals to companies for application denials to secure medication at low or no.

• Provided the United States public with accurate daily information on COVID cases, deaths, and other data points before the federal government had its own centralized system.
• Responsible for data entry for states with difficult-to-navigate COVID dashboards and for double-checking data entries.
• Verified values for several states, comparing daily percentage change of multiple data points to determine if there were any statistical anomalies. Notified the screenshot team, who keeps daily screenshots of all COVID.

• Built a comprehensive new business database of potential clients, such as assisted living facilities, and their decision-makers (CEOs, CFOs, healthcare managers) contact information for use by business development and.
• Built out workflow models for remote medical monitoring devices to ensure operational efficiency and care optimization
• Coordinated and lead three meetings with clients to explain the medical device monitoring process.

Tel Aviv Area, Israel

• Performed lab tests to ensure safety of the water supply. Conducted turbidity, UV absorption, and ion concentration tests for water distribution companies to ensure samples are within designated safe ranges of Israeli.
• Conducted tests using mass spectroscopy and spectrophotometers. Analyzed data, prepared data tables, and wrote reports on test results. Alerted chemists when samples were out of range so additional testing could be.
• Conducted human biomonitoring tests on blood and urine samples. Helped develop sample preparation procedures to improve the accuracy of metal concentration measurements and ensure testing equipment was properly.

Accra, Ghana

• Analyzed clinic records of opportunistic infections (infections more frequent or severe in patients with weakened immune systems) for all HIV-positive patients who visited the clinic in 2018. Presented reports to.
• Provided data that allowed diagnostic test resources to be used more efficiently.
• Educated residents on sexual health and offered testing for hepatitis and HIV through public health outreach events in less developed villages. Planned logistics, coordinated staff, and ensured adequate medical.
• Learned from counselors how to communicate with patients in a country where AIDS is considered “evil.”

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

• Analyzed the corporate and franchise handbooks to ensure the company and franchisees complied with all HIPAA laws.
• Wrote additional policies and updated existing policies to ensure the company remained compliant with all HIPAA regulations.
• Conducted an internal audit of the corporate office procedures to identify risks for HIPAA violation. Prepare a memorandum of suggested changes to policies to minimize this risk.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Set up equipment and materials to be used by students in weekly labs and guide students needing help or clarification with lab protocol.
• Worked with graduate student teaching assistant to prevent lab protocol errors and limit equipment damages if an error occurs.

Bloomfield Hills, MI

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Epidemiology

Medical Anthropology

Emt-B, Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (Emt Paramedic)

Trained to become an EMT-B 3 days a week 8 hours per day for 2 months. In order to become certified a rigorous test with several.