Dede K. Teteh-Brooks, Drph Email & Phone Number

Houston, TX, US

Houston, Texas, United States

Assistant Professor Department of Health Disparities Research UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Research Projects: 1) The Bench to Community Initiative (BCI).BCI is a multidisciplinary collaboration between community members and scientists from various disciplines working together to better understand the relationship between harmful chemicals found in our.

Orange County, California, United States

Assistant Professor of Public Health Department of Health SciencesCrean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences

Duarte, CA

Department of Population Sciences Division of Health Equities

Riverside, California

Instructor for: Planning & Evaluation Health Education Programs | Introduction to Public Health | Current Issues in Public Health | Ethics in Health Care | Principles of Health EducationCourse developer: Current Issues in Public Health

New Hampshire

Instructor for: Fundamentals of Public Health | Research Methods | Community Health Capstone | Aging and Wellness | Aging, Politics and Policy | Communicable Diseases Course Developer: Health Communication, Social Marketing, and Advocacy | Community Health Capstone

Rancho Cucamonga, California

• ODM role: Organizational growth strategist: exploring, developing, implementing and evaluating sustainable measures for achieving organization's mission and vision.
• Assist with the development and implementation of sustainability initiatives for the Randall Lewis Health Policy Fellowship (RLHPF)
• Support development and application of an evaluation framework for RLHPF
• Facilitate communication strategies between staff, Board of Directors and the Executive Director
• Provide supervision and guidance to interns, volunteers and/or lower-level clerical staffContractor role: RLHPF instructional coordinatorHealth and Social Equity Curriculum

Riverside, California

• Community liaison & research project coordinator; key informant and focus group facilitator. Assisted with quantitative and qualitative measurement tools development and data analysis. Data analysis software used.
• Facilitated 8 key informant and 5 focus group (36 participants) interviews for the Cost of Beauty research project, which examined the relationship between breast cancer incidence and hair product ingredients.
• Coordinated and facilitated collection of 162 surveys from 11 community events.
• Developed data coding and analysis procedures.
• Organized and developed project informational for research collaborative partners.
• Contributed to administrative tasks and liaised between community partners and academic institution.

Riverside County Department Of Public Health

• Developed and implemented community engagement strategies with Riverside County Department of Public Health (RDOPH), faith-based communities and various academic institutions.
• Engaged in collaboration efforts between Riverside County Department of Public Health (RDOPH), faith-based communities and various academic institutions. A summary of collaboration activities was published in Advancing.
• Assisted RDOPH epidemiologists with public health accreditation processes and deliverables.
• Authored policy brief on Health Impact Assessment activities in Riverside County.
• Represented RDOPH at the 3rd National Health Impact Assessment meeting (scholarship recipient).
• Authored policy brief entitled “Open spaces and parks: cornerstones of Healthy Communities” for SCAG’s public health appendix.

Loma Linda, California

• Evaluated clinic protocols and proposed an inclusive solution to streamline processesfor clinic sustainability.
• Outlined and established strategic initiatives with Drayson Center personal training program
• Developed clinic protocols and training for interns and current staff
• Organized and assisted in medical student preventive medicine rotations assignments
• Provided health assessments to clinic patients and created individual plans for healthy lifestyle modifications

Atlanta, Georgia

• Assisted senior staff within the Office of the Associate Director for Policy (OADP) onassessing systems level approaches to advancing public health prioritiesthrough prevention.
• Strategically supported activities towards alignment of office activities, strategic mapping, logic modeling, goals and priorities of OADP with the Deputy Director and Associate Director for Policy.
• Qualitative research assistant for the National Nurses Week 2013: Nursing Symposium at the CDC-Round table discussion consisting of 13-14 participants.
• Provided editorial support to the Advisory Group Meeting March 2013 Meeting Summary
• Strategized to improve staff work and life balance, office communications, and utilization of talent as an Employee Viewpoint Survey workgroup member
• Managed, Coordinated & enabled collaboration efforts with 12 plus CDC programs and 4 staff members of the Department of Health and Human Service’s Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE).

Atlanta, Georgia

• Division of News & Electronic Media, CDCProvided responses and triage media inquiries to appropriate press officers (avg. 3-4 calls perhour dependent on call volume). Developed CDC spokesperson script for scientist on.
• Compiled and distributed weekly reports to senior leadership, CDC health communicators and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
• Assisted in the organization and revision of telebriefing transcripts (avg. of 2-3 per month).
• Supported media training sessions for CDC scientific and program subject matter experts (avg. 2 training per month October-March).
• Conducted a survey assessment on the usability and reliability of Clear Communication Index developed to assess communication materials on user and understanding.
• Developed CDC spokesperson script for scientist on how to effectively and efficiently interact with media representatives on behalf of the CDC.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Researched and prepared public health responses on a variety of health topics from general health, chronic & infectious diseases, emergency preparedness, influenza, health statistics and other CDC resources via email.
• Maintained awareness of current development in the field of public health in order to effectively communicate information to the general public.
• Facilitated process of gathering database information from CDC programs and divisions for students and professional researchers.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Utilized community-based participatory research methodology for “What is a healthy neighborhood?’’ to inform community members and key stakeholders of the current health status of the Neighborhood Planning Unit (NPU)-V.
• Established links between key stakeholders and residents of NPU-V by providing a directory of resources and assets present within the community.
• Conducted a community needs assessment of the NPU-V.
• Presented findings of the community needs assessment to community stakeholders of the NPU-V, and policy representatives.

Atlanta, Georgia

Satcher Health Leadership InstituteResearch Assistant: Assisted with development of full grant proposal for the Office of Minority Health (OMH) within a three week time span. Contributed to the recruitment of retired National Football League (NFL) players, developed recruitment fact sheets and other administrative support for the Ford foundation grant.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Assisted in providing qualitative data evaluation of Pittsburgh Community Improvement Association, Inc (PCIA)’s code enforcement program.
• Conducted focus group and key informant interviews.
• Employed grounded theory in transcribing key informant interviews and focus groups transcripts.
• Presented key findings to key community stakeholders, PCIA staff and Morehouse School of Medicine colleagues and staff.

Doctor Of Public Health, Health Education

Dissertation: The role of religious coping in the relationship between perceived discrimination and hypertension

Master Of Public Health (M.P.H.), Health Education And Promotion

Thesis: Exploring the synergy between faith, health and health care among a select group of Black Christian congregants

Bachelor’S Degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General/Theology