Elijah Knecht Email & Phone Number

Colorado Springs, Co, Us

Castle Rock, Colorado, United States

● Lead and conduct day-to-day investigation, follow-up, and reporting of communicable disease incidents independently and as part of a team.● Manage team workload and provide continuous subject matter expertise, ensuring adherence to best practices and protocols.● Collaborated with cross-functional teams to translate public health needs into practical technological solutions, improving disease surveillance and management capabilities.● Led implementation and configuration efforts of REDCap, Active Alert, R-studio, Microsoft Sharepoint, and EpiTrax within the organization to improve workflow, leveraging gap analysis insights to streamline processes.● Translate end-user and subject matter expert needs into technical requirements for information technology partners, ensuring alignment as needed with HL7 standards.● Act as a liaison at community and professional networking events, fostering partnerships and promoting public health initiatives.● Provide training and mentorship to other epidemiologists, disease investigation specialists, and public health staff, ensuring continuous professional development and knowledge transfer.● Integrate health equity principles into routine work, ensuring equitable access to public health resources and services for all community members.

Centennial, Colorado, United States

● Conducted outbreak investigations and mitigated outbreaks in various community settings.● Provided disease control measure guidance using epidemiological best practices.● Facilitated partnerships between facilities and public health departments to reduce disease spread.

● Managed a team of 8-14 individuals and coordinated workload for contact and investigation.● Educated team members about HIPAA, vaccination, testing, and COVID-19 protocols.● Ensured exemplary staff performance through proactive leadership and communication.

● Explored topics in epidemiology, infection prevention, healthcare disease surveillance, and infection prevention best practices.● Reported notifiable diseases to proper healthcare and public health agencies.● Completed data entry, literature review, and infection prevention education.● Assessed, created, and revised policies in a hospital setting.● Promoted antibiotic stewardship through data-driven projects provided to leadership.● Reviewed medical records and performed case review for surveillance purposes to identify active infections.

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Epidemiology

Care Health And Society, Care, Health And Society Minor In Public Health

Associate Of Arts - Aa

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