Dr. Patricia Lopez, Edd Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Corona, Queens

New Jersey, United States

Per Diem Bilingual Health and Wellness Educator, Facilitator, Interpreter assisting the Food Bank of New Jersey with Food Security and Education to it’s communities. Teach nutritional classes, facilitate food demos and cooking workshops, interpret for individuals with language barriers, translate documents as needed.Assist at health fairs and tabling events to educate the community about the services at the South Jersey Food Bank.

Bronx, New York, United States

Westchester, Ny

• Provide coaching, teaching, role modeling and support to teachers and aides in twenty-six K-6 grade level classes on implementing an evidence-based program resulting in increased classroom management, student’s self-regulation skills, risk reduction of future substance use and/or abuse and increased higher academic productivity through a social-emotional approach in the classroom called the Good Behavior Game.• Work as a partner with PAXIS – Good Behavior Game (GBG) and the Office of Alcohol Abuse and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) to implement an evidence-based program in pilot school.• Provide reporting of data to funders; attend meetings to discuss implementation successes and limitations.• Work closely with the assistant administrator of the school to ensure the success of the implementation of the PAX - GBG Program.

Westchester, Ny

• Provide individual wellness assessments and coaching interventions to high school students as part of the Montefiore Mid-Hudson Collaborative funded program called The Wellness of Coaching (WOW). • Conduct classroom presentations on sleep, nutrition, and exercise.• Assist health teachers in school-wide health-focused activities and events.• Create school-wide awareness to students, teachers and support staff. • Conduct wellness coaching in collaboration with nurses and other health care professionals. • Plan wellness activities to draw the recruitment of students into the WOW program. • Work collaboratively with school nurses and pupil personnel staff to enhance overall wellness care to students.• Participate in the reporting activities to funders of the WOW program.• Assist in the hiring and training process of the part-time Wellness Coach at the Community Center.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Implementation of personal goal setting for students • Identify appropriate assessment tools and evaluate students with respect to their social, psychological, and developmental needs • Provide classroom instruction, hands-on support, strategies, and scaffolding to support student’s learning needs • Comprehensive report writing three times a year • Develop class lessons that include different learning modalities appropriate for different group-level students • Participation in supply data to support Parent, Student, and Teacher Conferences three times a year • Weekly and daily (when needed) student folder updates • Continuous communication with faculty, parents (as needed), and students

Manhattan, Ny

• Teach HLT-103 (Interpersonal Relations) to individuals participating in the Prison to College Pipeline Program• Develop class lessons that include different learning modalities appropriate for different grade level students• Create, disseminate and grade papers, quizzes, exams, and projects for the semester

Bronx, Ny

• Teach HLT-103 (Interpersonal Relations) to high school students at the Health Education Research Occupations (HERO) High School in the South Bronx as part of the Early College Initiative• Teach other college level courses including HLT -103 (Interpersonal Communications), HLT-215 (Nutrition) and HLT-124 (Medical Terminology) and HLT – 110 (Intro to Community Health) to Freshman & Sophomore students at Hostos Community College• Develop class lessons that include different learning modalities appropriate for different grade level students• Create, disseminate and grade papers, quizzes, exams, and projects for the semester • Provide academic class-based advising and counseling hours during the semester for students

New York, Ny

• Recruited patients and physicians into an NIH-funded research trial to promote diabetic retinopathy screening• Communicated with potentially eligible participants by telephone or in-person to establish interest in participation in order to screen for eligibility, and to enroll interested patients and physicians into the study• Interviewed participants to collect baseline survey data• Performed tailored telephone health education to promote diabetic retinopathy screenings among low-income, urban participants• Created, retained, and updated adequate tracking logs for weekly staff and quarterly funding reporting to gather recruitment numbers as well as completed interventions• Trained staff appropriately based on a protocol to support the team and execute success of study’s objective

Bronx, Ny

• Participated in research study team for the FLAIR project that focused on conducting and evaluating primary care interventions targeting low-income minority parents • Extended health education and lifestyle counseling to engage parents of primarily 2-4-year-olds in behavior change• Served as a member of the interdisciplinary team to identify behavior problems and to recommend courses of action• Identified concerns of parents and made referrals to other specialists as needed to address unhealthy behaviors• Researched, created and implemented appropriate health education materials that were culturally and linguistically suitable for population and purpose of study in order to educate healthy behavior change• Contributed as the second author in the publication of a research study article based on the project to contribute to the literature in the field

Harlem, Ny

• Built relationships with community-based organizations to identify, develop and promote effective cancer control policies, programs, and activities• Promoted organizational policy change to maximize community wellness through prevention and early detection initiatives• Integrated and coordinated division-wide efforts to motivate volunteers and communities in promoting and implementing funding events• Provided leadership, organized special outreach, and established a team atmosphere conducive to sharing “best practices”

New York, Ny

• Managed and supervised enrollment to attain free or low-cost health insurance into adult and child health care programs• Created culturally appropriate and multilingual Medicaid, Child Health Plus, and Family Health Plus outreach material intended to attract the uninsured or underinsured audience• Collaborated with the Mayor's Office of Health Insurance Access, community schools, and other community organizations designed to implement on-going outreach activities to serve the community at large• Conducted staff performance evaluations to abide by CAS employee standards• Developed front-line data collection and reporting systems to maintain organization and structure• Planned and executed on-going staff training and outreach programs to create greater awareness among CAS staff on the importance and availability of children's health insurance• Created and updated reference manual for CAS that highlighted key information regarding eligibility and maintenance of insurance to aid in the training of future enrollment counselors

Doctor Of Education (Ed.D.), Public Health Education And Promotion

Activities and Societies: Health Disparities Conferences

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology