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Dallas

• The Public Health Advisor (PHA) is a Loyal Source employee who functions within the Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) contract, at an assigned Quarantine Station, to provide consultation support services on.
• Facilitate GVO & GTO (Global Vaccine Order & Global Testing Order) surveillance daily quality checks of inbound international flights to ensure airlines and passengers are compliant with providing the appropriate.
• Assist CDC with drug releases to hospitals in response to emergency procedures, ensure that all drugs are stored properly.
• Responsible for generating electronic and written records related to the public health risk assessment during the entry screening process with little to no supervision.
• May board aircrafts with Customs and Border Protection Officers (the customs officer being there to ensure compliance from passengers and crew) to conduct passenger assessment.
• Display technical and interpersonal competence in independently meeting and partnering with other Quarantine Station health personnel on matters which transcend individual cases.

Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States

• Environmental Health Specialist II Contractor, Department of Environmental Health
• Swimming Pool Inspection Program is designed to protect the public from the risk of disease and injury at public swimming pools and bathing places (Florida Administrative Code 64E-9 and Florida Statute Chapter 514).
• Mitigate risk of acquiring Recreational Water Illnesses such as Giardia, Shigellosis, Cryptosporidium, E. coli, Legionella, Lice etc.
• Performed examinations on Miami-Dade County public facilities to test water quality/chemistry, pool cleanliness & safety measures, proof of pool permit & contract, pool maintenance records, and condition of bathroom.
• Created and distributed reports based on a facility’s examination outcome. Measures included satisfactory, unsatisfactory, enforcement close, and incomplete.Coronavirus Disease: Surveillance & Investigation Initiative.
• This Initiative was created to slow and contain the spread of COVID-19 in efforts to save lives and to open the economy safer and faster.

Miami, Florida

• Mitigation to Miami and Risk of Asthma and Allergic Respiratory Disease:
• Investigated whether migrants in Miami have a higher risk of allergic respiratory symptoms or asthma, and if migration to Miami is associated with exacerbation of symptoms among those with established respiratory.
• Performed analytical assessments and research surrounding whether adolescent migrants in Miami have a higher risk of allergic respiratory symptoms or asthma compared to native adolescents in Miami.
• Used Spirometry to evaluate children’s lung capacity in three trails; examined the highest values of forced expiratory volume (FEV1), forced vital capacity, peak expiratory flow, FEV25 and FEB75.
• Conducted cross-sectional analysis to estimate risks of symptoms or diagnosis across migrants vs.non-migrants to Miami.Home Environment Monitoring Project:
• Examined the indoor air quality of patients’ home from the VA of Miami, allowing for a thorough understanding of the relationship between indoor air quality and respiratory health/ocular diseases.

Miami Beach, FL

• Emergency Operations Center (EOC): During an incident/event is a coordination entity. City of Miami Beach EOC provides the architecture to support coordination for incident prioritization, critical resource allocation.
• Operated WebEOC Database to coordinate and communicate resources internally within the City of Miami Beach and externally with Miami-Dade County during incidents and exercises. Database allows for agencies to document.
• Assisted in creating the Miami Beach Decal Re-Entry Program.- The City of Miami Beach Re-Entry Plan is an operations-oriented plan, and addresses issues involved in the coordination of post-disaster City re-entry of.
• Revised the Exercise Hurricane Juan After Action Report/Improvement Plan for Miami Beach.- In 2017 Hurricane Irma made landfall in South Florida. The lessons learned in the planning and preparedness phase Prompted city.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• KickinNutrition TV is an innovative, evidence based, digital program that is designed to educate, entertain and empower kids to make healthier food and lifestyle choices
• Utilized the KickinNutrition curriculum, online multimedia platform, to teach students the importance nutrition and physical activity.
• Facilitated cooking exercises each class; enabled students to recreate these recipes at home.
• Each class was incorporated with a physical activity to ensure students were getting their weekly exercise.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• The region’s largest faith based non-for-profit healthcare institute in South Florida.
• Credentialing: Organized nurse and physician profiles, updated new credentials and certifications received.
• Edited and updated policies online for all Outpatient services.
• Collaborated with Infection Control. Audited antibiotic spreadsheets to verify medications ordered and administered by different physicians in Urgent Care Centers.
• Capstone Field Experience Project: Partnered with Employee Health on their Flu Vaccine Project. Examined how the flu vaccine was distributed to all personnel working at the Outpatient Services - Met with head.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Supports pharmacological services by stocking, assembling, and distrusting medications- Supply medicines to patients, whether on prescription or over the counter- Assemble medicines for prescriptions and provide.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

• Y. pestis is responsible for bubonic plague, a disease that is one of the most virulent of all bacterial pathogens
• Studied the interaction between Y. pestis and its insect host the flea by creating a model system using fruit flies instead of fleas.
• Observed the bacterial colonization in flies and quantify bacterial loads within larvae.

Hampton, VA

• Y. pestis is responsible for bubonic plague, a disease that is one of the most virulent of all bacterial pathogens
• Studied the interaction between Y. pestis and its insect host the flea by creating a model system using fruit flies instead of fleas.
• Observed the bacterial colonization in flies and quantify bacterial loads within larvae.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Responsible for sorting, counting/weighing and scanning all returned medication products.
• Analyzes necessary drug documentation to determine types and quantities of material to measure/count.

Master Of Public Health - Mph

Activities and Societies: The University of Miami, Miami, FL Jan 2016-Dec 2017 Public Health Student Association • Facilitated multiple.

Biological Sciences, Research

Activities and Societies: • Salvation Army Representative/Fund-Raiser Coordinator (Community Service) • Co-Chair of Men’s Caucus (Health.