Jennifer Plum, Mph, Cph Email & Phone Number

• Supervise 7 student workers and 15 external contractors who serve as leads in case investigation and contact tracing as well as other COVID-19-related activities. This team is responsible for: creating training.
• Ensure that all CICT staff, which includes Local Public Health and Tribal Public Health, are trained in all updates pertaining to data collection, interviewing, isolation, quarantine, and variant/breakthrough cases.
• Create staffing plans, position descriptions, and new roles as needed.
• Utilize data tools from Amazon Connect, SalesForce Portal, MEDSS, and SmartSheets to determine staff productivity and make recommendations based on results.
• Provide a safe and supportive space for supervisees which includes one-on-ones, flexibility to accommodate mental or physical health, bilateral trust-building, stretch assignments, professional development.

Recruitment planning, data collection, laboratory analysis, and follow-up for a statewide surveillance program. working closely with Environmental Epidemiology, the Public Health Lab, local public health agencies, and school districts throughout Minnesota.

• Provided training, support, and technical assistance for over 2,000 case investigators and contact tracers throughout Minnesota.Created innovative approaches for addressing rapid upscaling in a rapidly changing.
• COVID-19 Case Control Study
• COVID-19 Variant Investigations of B.1.1.7 and P.1
• Vaccine breakthrough investigationsCICT Room Lead
• Subject matter expert and support for all case investigators involved in the MDH COVID-19 response. Administrator of Slack workspace and cohost of a standing weekly CICT Q & A.
• Developed and managed the Specialized Case Investigation team within Rose International. Lead a team of 7 supervisors and 75 SCIs to implement special projects as needed. This included creating the team, directing.

AME Community Services provides residential care to individuals with Prader-Willi Syndrome. As a Direct Support Provider I helped clients with daily living skills, budgeting, medication administration, and health goals.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• As a Program Manager at WellShare International I manage the Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative, Community Wellness, and Communities Eliminating Tobacco Inequities grants and associated programming. Through.
• Tobacco and betel nut knowledge/use/exposure within the Karen community
• Tobacco education in the Karen community
• Hypertension in the Somali community
• Chronic Disease Self-Management Program
• Somali diabetes survey, education and evaluation

Humjibre, West Ghana

The Ghana Health and Education Initiative is a community-based NGO in rural Ghana. GHEI is embedded in Humjibre, Western Ghana and utilizes international volunteers to run "Serve and Learn" programs throughout the summer. These programs include Community Health Evaluation and Girls' Empowerment Camp. As a volunteer coordinator I interviewed and assessed.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Coordinated donations processing and program support for Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota, a statewide program providing education and support for parents and those who work with children. I assisted with program materials, evaluation, data collection and analysis, fundraising efforts, coordinating travel for speakers and program participants, and provided.

Minneapolis, MN

While at Little Earth of United Tribes I worked on several projects. Including evaluation, data analysis, survey and interview creation, facilitation of talking circles, and asset mapping.2016 – 2017, Evaluation and Implementation of Asset Mapping (2016-2017); Little Earth of United Tribes Comprehensive Health Plan (2016); Evaluation of Health Care.

-Coach and lead girls lacrosse in 8th-12th grade in a disadvantaged district; teach sports culture and encourage the development of teamwork and interpersonal relationships.-Assist the head coach in the implementation of daily plans, work with athletes to improve agility and conditioning, game play and sportsmanship; attend games and provide.

Division Of Epidemiology And Community Health

• Topic: Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment Programs on College Campuses (PI: Traci Toomey)
• Conducted key-informant interviews of college campus leaders; provided literature research to determine an appropriate dissemination model for a future study; created qualitative coding manual for the dataset and.
• Conducted a literature review

Bloomington, MN

Coordinated the 2014 HeathPartners yumPower School Challenge in 56 elementary schools. Collected and analyzed data on fruit and vegetable consumption throughout the Challenge, overall participation, and teacher/parent satisfaction. Provided recommendations for the following year's yumPower School Challenge.-Scheduled kick-off assembly with Radio Disney.

• Topic: Programs Federally Funded by the Health Food Financing Initiative (PI: Natasha Frost)
• Tracked federal HFFI awards to their community initiatives compiling results into a memo to be used for advocacy

-Serve as a member of the Chairs Board.-Develop league wide athletic training curriculum.-Organize, lead and manage all aspects of annual athlete try-outs.-Develop policies related to league membership, safety and training.-Serve as point of contact for all new members regarding all additional policies and procedures

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

-Created the first recreational roller derby league in Minnesota.-Managed a committee of ten members in compliance of training, safety, board of directors and marketing. Developed and implemented practice plans; organized large scale events.-Despite coaching 80+ skaters per session, the wait list has surged past 200 hopefuls and maintained a waiting period.

-Provide excellent customer service-Follow procedures from Health Department and EcoLab for food safety-Sale of merchandise and coffee, increase sales throughout specific promotions-Oversee other Team Members while a Shift Supervisor

-Managed a group home servicing four male residents with severe and persistent mental illness, while supervising eight employees.-Provided group and individual supervision while coordinating care between multiple service providers to properly advocate clients’ care. Managed household maintenance and oversaw financial expenditures for the household.-Created.

-Taught independent living skills and administered medication. -Ran crisis intervention.-Set up medical and therapy related appointments and provided transportation. -Advocated for the needs of individuals with SPMI.

-Maintained patient flow and patient intake. -Assisted doctors and nurses with various medical procedures, while communicating with patients over a multi-line phone system. -Set up additional consults and future surgical visits

Master Of Public Health (Mph), Community Health Promotion

Internship, Health/Health Care Administration/Management

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Neuroscience

Directed Research (Howard Hughes Medical Institute), Spring 2008 Dept. of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Neurobiology And Behavior

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Community Health Promotion