Respond to inquiries as a Staff Officer, and Subject Matter Expert for the Small Plant Help Desk, closing an average of 60 calls weeklyAddress questions concerning agency requirements by catering to smaller meat, poultry, and egg products and provide information and guidance materials that encourage public to open a small and very small businessDemonstrated great management skills with a proven ability to manage calls, special projects, and emails. Provide substantive program consultation, guidance, and assistance and is responsible for carrying out and promoting significant public health program activitiesExecute task and programs to address program issues where I, routinely, write, enhance, and develop PowerPoint presentations and content that more effectively serve customers, so they can adhere to program standards, policies, and goals.Liaison for web support of Oracle Database for the Small Plant Help Desk (SPHD)Collaborate with other Departments as a project manager for SPHD Social Media initiative: Twitter, Blog, YouTube Provide on-boarding, guidance, oversight, mentoring to incoming interns and/or contractors for Office of Partnership & development Provide development or assistance with Office of Partnership & Development webinarsCoordinated training and assistance to 27 State Departments of Agriculture Meat & Poultry Inspection (MPI) programs nationwide who maintain “equal to” or “same as” Federal inspection program status.Developed and conducted a webinar to staff and OOEET Administrator, specifically on new Oracle RightNow application used by the Small Plant Help Desk. This required a complete understanding of the applications functions, upgrades, data management and analysis.

Conduct visual and tactile inspections of animal heads, viscera carcasses and edible offal. Identify and condemn and portions of the product that cannot be correct by trimming.Inspected a poultry slaughter facility that processes more than 200,000 birds per day.Detected sanitary hazards in processing and communicated them to establishment personnel, ensuring the facility and equipment were kept cleaned and properly maintained.Developed positive working relationships and worked alongside establishment personnel and to verify that good manufacturing practices (GMP) were successfully implemented.Gained significant subject matter knowledge of food safety hazards and controls and relevant food safety regulations.Properly applied provision of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) to prevent adulteration of meat products.

Analyzed data for a study from a food outbreak in Cherry Hill, New JerseyDisseminated federal, state and local health laws, ordinances, and regulationsPerformed wholesale, retail food inspection, establishments and recreational sanitation and bathing Conducted epidemiological investigations and investigated reports of disease outbreaks. Performed multiple investigations on surface water pollution in relation to insects and rodents contaminationInvestigated air and noise pollutionEstablished various testing techniques to identify waste disposal and environmental changesResearch the use of health fairs to promote cancer education.Completed narrative reporting

Assisted in a Cohort study of over 200 infants from low-income, minority families determined the correlation between childhood obesity and low-income minorities.Implemented and conducted surveys, data analysis, interpretation, and manuscript preparation to identify and solve potential obesity problems.Performed data entry and analysis with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).Graphed sleep and wake patterns using Statistical Analysis Software (SAS) and internal software that allowed me to delete wake patterns so we can document sleep patterns.The short-term goal was to advise parents on health effects of diabetes. Developed goals so long-term planning can address the wider determinants of health and achieve societal level changes.

Provided early training to increase positive behavior change so children can identify nutritious foods Monitored and documented child’s dietary intake, food patterns, and nutritional attitudes Studied economic, cultural, and emotional factors that influenced the child’s eating behaviorAnalyzed nutrition-related problems in young children and prepared recombination