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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

A Lab and research team to advance the field of Implementation Science in Global Health.-Provide consulting and technical support for international development agencies to improve implementation and further define the field of implementation science.

Iquitos, Peru

-Maintain the vision and direction of the non-profit research institution. Conduct research and capacity building to improve the impact of public programs on child health and community development. -Train global health researchers through international fellowship programs.-Principal investigator of large scale global health research grants. -Manage.

Peru

-Design and implement pilot projects to identify the most efficient interventions to improve child nutrition and maternal health in the Amazon Basin of Peru.-Perform policy analysis and impact evaluation to improve evidence-based decision making for local municipalities and state ministries. -Work with municipalities in order to scale programs that will.

Lima, Peru

-Design, implement, and evaluate a community-based pilot control program to control echinoccossis in the Sierra of Peru. I identified the prevalence in communities, assisted with the election, training, and supervision of Community Health Agents, and evaluated impact of program. -Conducted implementation research, stake-holder analysis, policy analysis.

Lima, Peru

-Provide recommendations to improve a control program for zoonotics diseases using participatory epidemiology for improved evidence based decision making.-Meet with policy makers to obtain their input on health policy issues, and adapt their input to include in program protocol. Obtain support and consensus on operational decisions and division of labor.

-Designed, implemented and managed a community health and sanitation initiative in Cambodia. -Performed stake-holder analysis, coordinated service delivery, and performed impact evaluation. -Coordinated partnerships, grant compliance, and volunteers on the ground. -Distributed over 200 water filters, established a system for building 30+ latrines, and.

Greater Seattle Area

-Engineers without Borders-UW Chapter-I traveled to Guatemala with a team of engineers to conduct a stake-holder analysis with the community regarding infrastructure projects. -Coordinated the participatory design of a community center

Seattle, WA

-Onboard social impact organizations to MovingWorld’s network.-Identify capacity needs of organizations. Match professional volunteers with appropriate organizations. -Survey and meet with organizations while in Cambodia to identify capacity issues. -Develop and manage an impact evaluation system to assess impact of volunteers for the organization.

Winston Salem

• Ensured compliance to all Medicaid regulations and manage Medicaid billing.
• Hire and supervise a staff of 40 to provide therapeutic services to individuals with disabilities.
• Created a sister 501(c)(3) organization, The Giving Tree, to facilitate fundraising campaigns.
• Promoted from Qualified Professional to Chief of Operations.

Assisted the Executive Vice President in managing partnership relations. Maintained correspondence, schedules, financials, filing, and state compliances. Lobbied congressional members on international issues (genocide prevention and UN funding).

Assistant to the Associate Vice Chancellor of East Carolina University

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Public Health

Implementation Research in Maternal and Child Health

Master Of Public Policy, International Public Health/International Health, Development Economics And International Developmen

-Recipient of the Marc Lindenberg Global Action Prize, 2014 -Certificate in Global Health of Women, Adolescents, and Children (Global.

Ma In International Studies, Politcal Science

Concentration in International NGO management and cultural sensitivity

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology

Activities and Societies: PSI CHI: THE INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IN PSYCHOLOGY

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy

Activities and Societies: Debate Team University Hockey Team