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Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

• Surveillance, prevention & control of zoonotic diseases, & investigation of rabies exposures. Provide professional & technical expertise, consultative services, & guidance to medical providers, leadership, & the.
• Provide supervision & guidance to Animal Control Officers in Mecklenburg County
• COVID Response: Trained school health nurses & hotline staff, daily dissemination of United House of Prayer outbreak data to leadership for use in media release & County Commissioner Meetings; assisted in Long-Term.
• Provide professional training for implementation of responses to zoonotic diseases & risk prevention to staff, medical providers, & Animal Control Officers
• Continued education for Atrium Emergency Department doctors & medical staff
• Reviewed & revised Policy and Procedures

El Paso, Texas Area

• Coordinated and managed reportable epidemiological investigations of communicable diseases, intergovernmental relations, disease surveillance, outbreak control and response, research efforts, and policy and procedure.
• Managed the Zoonosis Program for Region 9/10 (36 counties; 61,428 square miles)
• Coordinated and managed 36 local health departments’ reportable communicable disease reports according to Federal and State guidelines
• State consultant to provide professional and technical expertise to local health departments, federal government, international governments, and external agencies.
• Provided leadership for local health departments during outbreaks to determine public health response actions
• Trained, evaluated, and certified animal control officers (Total = 70)

Gainesville, FL And Panama

• Performed independent, international research on the effect of land use on the spread of zoonotic diseases in Central and South America. Formed collaborations with international, tribal, and national governments, and.
• Staff Management and Performance Evaluation. Managed staff, including hiring, evaluating, and training employees (5), research assistants (10), and lab technicians (3).
• Mentored undergraduate students (7)
• International government networking in Panama and Guyana. Established tribal and international government collaboration to develop mutual objectives in conservation to prevent the spread of diseases
• Established partnerships with international and national stakeholders: CATHALAC (GIS non-government research agency), SOMASPA, INDICASAT, and The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Panama)Budget Development &.
• Managed budget for multi-year, international research that included, but not limited to: employee salaries, equipment, and outreach community projects

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Instructed nine (9) semesters of biology to undergraduate students (20/class)
• Lecture, direct lab activities, write exams
• Revision of course material and text

Florida, United States

• Leadership and Project Development
• Staff management and performance evaluation. Managed staff, including hiring, evaluating, and training employees research assistants (12)
• Mentored undergraduate students (2)
• Annual submission of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) permit and international collection permits.Budget Development & Monitoring
• Regulated and monitored the multimillion-dollar National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for the primate research site in Suriname, South America.
• Developed and implemented strict budget that extended the span of the site for three more years.

Masters Of Art, Physical And Biological Anthropology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Anthropology