Key Duties: Manage research projects and cross-institute activities. Conduct surveillance and risk factor analysis for occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities in high-risk industries. Provide technical guidance on study design, analysis, and development of scientific products. Communicate research findings orally and in writing to scientific and lay audiences. Mentor and provide scientific oversight for junior researchers. Acting Associate Director for Science (ADS) providing cover for scientific review, clearance, and technical guidance responsibilities when ADS is unavailable.Highlighted Achievements:* Authored successful intramural funding competition proposal. Awarded $976,548.* Managed cross-institute initiative. Developed strategic plan and research goals, managed budget, provided scientific and technical assistance to both internal and external partners and stakeholders.* Represented NIOSH on federal interagency workgroups and other technical committees. Improved awareness of occupational safety and health issues among wider public health community.* Led research collaborations with government and industry partners. Obtained access to medical claims datasets. Developed formal data sharing agreements.* Served as peer-reviewer for scientific journals and conference abstracts, and on review committees for grant funding opportunities and science awards.* Trained research assistants in systematic review methodology for review of occupational hazards in the recycling industry.* Provided day-to-day supervision of activities for a contract research assistant.* Ebola Response: Deployed to Liberia to lead county epidemiology field teams. Served as Epidemiology Team Lead.* Zika Response: Deployed to CDC Emergency Operations Center/Global Disease Detection Operations Center to serve on International Task Force as the Event Based Surveillance Subject Matter Expert and Partner Coordinator.* Twice selected to serve on CDC Global Rapid Response Team.

EIS Field Assignments Branch Officer assigned to the Utah Department of HealthConducted epidemiologic investigations on communicable disease, non-communicable disease, and injury topics. Responded to public and healthcare provider enquiries. Major EIS projects:* Evaluation of surveillance for infant sleep death in Utah.* Investigation of a reported increase in cases of gonorrhea in Utah.* Investigation of an outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a neonatal intensive care unit.* Analysis of alcohol-attributable deaths and years of potential life lost, Utah, 2006–2010.* Medical record review for a case-control study of Tdap vaccine effectiveness, Washington State.* Disease surveillance in evacuation shelters following Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey.* Analysis of the associations between obesity, physical activity, screen time, sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and fast food consumption among adolescents in Utah, 2011.* Review of infant botulism in Utah.