Jessica Kassner, Ms, Mph Email & Phone Number

New Orleans, La, Us

New Orleans, La, Us

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

• Organize a nationally recognized event of 500 participants and function as main point of contact for alltournament inquiries and registrations.• Maintains a budget for the upcoming tournament and submits financial report to board members.• Create committees and delegate duties before, during, and after the event.

Greater New Orleans Region

• Maintain Facebook, Instagram, and Team Website to promote team, recruit new members, and acquire sponsorships using content captured at games, practices, socials, and other events. • Work closely with other board members to ensure information is effectively disseminated and events are highly publicized on all social media platforms.

Greater New Orleans Region

• Represented 22 players when addressing any issues to the board or the coach, and the team during games when speaking to referees and making decisions on game strategies.• Maintained practice attendance spreadsheet, ensured players complete availability spreadsheet, contacted players to improve attendance at practices and games, and assisted coach with roster decisions.

• Represent the medical companies at product launches, events, and trade shows.• Interact with potential and current clients face to face.• Maintain a positive brand image in multitude of settings

• Recruited participants at community events, screened potential participants for eligibility, and called to schedule house visits.• Collected health data through participants’ biologic samples and questionnaires in addition to air quality data through device deployment within the participants’ homes.• Checked data for quality assurance through collaboration of 10 other team members and confirmation from participants

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

• Researched and developed policy proposals to improve economic security and healthy food access for New Orleans residents using evidence-based methods from other states and localities, national reports, and coalition partners.• Participated in coalition and working group meetings focused on policy proposals and legislative changes related to food insecurity and insufficiency.• Identified community programs and national initiatives to be supported or initiated by NOHD.

Greater New Orleans Area

• Bred rodents to maintain colony, genotype newborn rodent pups, order new rodents, select rodents for experiments, and properly euthanize rodents.• Modified and troubleshot experiments, ran behavioral tests, and performed various surgeries on rodents, and analyze experimental results including DNA and brain specimens.• Updated documentation of lab protocols and controlled drug usage, ordered laboratory supplies, made chemical solutions for laboratory use, and mentored students on proper protocols.

Greater New Orleans Area

• Tested rodent subjects’ visual learning and memory through a combination of lever and touchscreen tasks pre- and post- gene therapy.• Modified trials according to protocol in order to ensure experimental integrity and data accuracy.• Recorded and interpreted data daily from more than 12 experiments at a time via remote computer administrator.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Provided quality recovery services for clients in various treatment levels including Partial Hospitalization, Intensive Outpatient, and Outpatient treatments in conjunction with team of therapists, case managers, nurses, psychiatrists, and technicians.• Intervened adverse behaviors of patients with various mental and behavioral problems including substance abuse, eating disorders, mental instability, and/or physical and emotional abuse.• Maintained online boards of new and current client information including but not limited to admit/discharge lists, prescribed medications, and urinalyses and breathalyzer results.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Interviewed fathers participating in the program “How to be Co-Parents” to gain a better relationship with the mother of their child.• Traveled to different social work centers in Philadelphia to meet with possible candidates for research study.• Created and organized various surveys from interviewed fathers as well as inputted and analyzed data using SPSS.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Tested participants’ navigation skills in a virtual environment and studied the relation between spatial skills and success in a high-spatial STEM course —Geographic Information Systems (GIS).• Ran an intervention study aimed at improving navigation skills using sketching / verbalizing techniques. • Collated data across studies and time points using different software programs such as Excel, SPSS & E-Prime.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Worked with a team of 10 researchers and assistants in performing and improving experiments pertaining to neural processing of language.• Ran participants in various language, and cognition tests utilizing a combination of eye tracking machines, sounds, and computer-based tasks.• Transcribed audio files on Audacity and input data into Excel to be analyzed through statistical tests.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Master Of Public Health, Community Health Sciences

Master Of Science, Neuroscience

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Neuroscience, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Undergraduate Neuroscience Society, Psychology Major Association, Active Minds

Neuroscience

Education record

Activities and Societies: Leadership Development, Campus Ministry