Esther Chung Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Grandmother Caregiving, Family Dynamics, and Child Development in Pakistan: a Mixed Methods Approach • Developed a mixed-methods dissertation to examine early life grandmother caregiving and child development and family dynamics between mothers and grandmothers• Applied for NIH NRSA F31 fellowship and currently funded by an NICHD Diversity SupplementBachpan Maternal Depression and Early Childhood Development in rural Pakistan study • Published two first-author papers on grandmother child caregiving on child growth and development and maternal depression• Co-authored the evaluation of a perinatal depression intervention on child socioemotional, cognitive, and physical outcomes at 36 months • Collaborate with interdisciplinary group of researchers on analyses related to the social environment, maternal depression, stress biomarkers, and child developmentImproving exclusive breastfeeding among informal working mothers in urban Tanzania • Developed and field-tested in-depth interview guides and observations of current infant feeding practices among mothers working in informal economies Family systems in maternal and child nutrition and early child development research• Leading a scoping review of qualitative research in low- and- middle-income countries on maternal and child nutrition and early child development • Supervising and mentoring 4 undergraduate interns in abstract screening, reviewing full-text articles, extracting information, and writing A Framework for Operationalizing Structural Racism• Conducted a scoping literature review for structural policies and events that affected Asian Americans from the 1400s to present and published a commentary for Ethnicity and Disease

Berkeley, Ca

Healthy Birth, Growth, and Development Knowledge Integration (HBGDki) StudyJack Colford Research Group• Assist with a meta-regression on risk factors associated with wasting and recovery from wasting, and stunting and growth velocity, funded by the GATES Foundation• Identify and characterize primary published articles related to 41 longitudinal cohorts • Examine the role of breastfeeding on wasting incidence and recovery from wasting • Collaborate on data visualization and contribute to manuscriptsResearch on Integration of Nutrition Early Childhood Development WASH (RINEW) studyLia Fernald Research Group• Assist with integrating behavioral recommendations across nutrition, child stimulation, WASH, and maternal depression to improve child growth and development • Create and manage a tablet-based platform for baseline data collection for the pilot trial• Adapt integrated intervention curriculum for the tablet to assist community health workers in delivering the behavior change communication materials and distributing monthly nutritional supplements • Develop a tablet program for identifying children at high-risk for severe acute malnutrition Calculated sample sizes for the pilot cluster randomized controlled trial

Berkeley, Ca

-Oversee management of Dr. Barbara Abrams and Dr. Mahasin Mujahid’s research studies including obtaining Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvals, coordinating project and grant deadlines, supervising undergraduate research assistants, and submitting grant reports and project presentations-Investigate the association between maternal adverse childhood experiences and postpartum weight retention in the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 79 cohort by conducting literature reviews, data analysis and interpretation, and manuscript writing -Manage the Woman to Woman Wellness Project, a community-based participatory research study that aims to improve mammography screenings among low-income, uninsured African American women through a telephone counseling intervention in a church community

-Supervised the operations of 8 divisions and 200+ students-Managed an annual budget of $25,000-Facilitated organizational meetings for 90+ officers, Executive Committee meetings, and Advisory Board meetings-Established and strengthened partnerships with community organizations, university associations, and service providers-Secured a $2300 general liability insurance policy-Developed a Five Year Strategic Plan for the organization

-Developed and facilitated a semester-long course for 50 student volunteers on issues surrounding homelessness -Trained 16 undergraduate student instructors on leadership and facilitation skills in a semester-long course-Lectured on topics such as caseworking, factors of homelessness, de-escalation, and suicide prevention

-Created a syllabus and facilitated a group of students on Food Security issues among people who identify as homeless and/or low-income-Supported students with issues and/or concerns about class materials and service-learning experiences

-Analyzed the health effects of declining fish access on Mfangano Island peoples in Lake Victoria, Kenya-Created standard operating procedures for Kenyan enumerators to obtain accurate nutrition measurements in the field-Qualitatively coded interviews using Atlas.ti to study the effects of fish catch on transactional sex relationships-Evaluated data to determine links between food security and child cognitive development-Calculated anthropometric measurements of children under 2 to determine severity of malnutrition based on z-scores

-Audited and maintained financial files for professors and students in the Environmental Health Sciences department-Compiled and updated alumni lists, created financial spreadsheets, and provided administrative support to the division-Organized and examined academic publications to disseminate information on efficient cookstove uses with Professor Kirk Smith

Iganga, Uganda

-Conducted a door-to-door baseline survey to approximately 200 households on the community's sanitation levels and malaria net coverage-Collaborated with Village Health Team members to organize health education workshops on public health issues such as HIV/AIDS, Water and Sanitation, Obstetric Fistula, Malaria, and Family Planning. -Arranged healthcare initiatives with local village officials and Health Center staff such as HIV Testing Day-Created and implemented hand-washing campaign and education workshops at the local primary school

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Epidemiology

Master Of Science - Ms, Epidemiology

Bachelor'S Degree, Public Health

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