Director Of Disease Surveillance
Current• Direct eight projects from start to finish - write project proposals, create and manage budgets, execute work, track deliverables, write project reports, create invoices. • Oversee the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED), the oldest event-based surveillance program comprised of 35 Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in 28 countries credited with sending out the first alert about COVID-19.• Manage all operational aspects of ProMED including the team of SMEs who publish over… Show more • Direct eight projects from start to finish - write project proposals, create and manage budgets, execute work, track deliverables, write project reports, create invoices. • Oversee the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED), the oldest event-based surveillance program comprised of 35 Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in 28 countries credited with sending out the first alert about COVID-19.• Manage all operational aspects of ProMED including the team of SMEs who publish over 6,500 posts annually; new post alerts are sent to 30,000 unique subscribers worldwide. • Led internal strategic planning sessions to create a shared vision and roadmap for ProMED’s future, for generating sustainable revenue, and for bringing the supporting technology into the 21st century. Wrote three-year strategic plan, budget, and presentation for potential funders.• Wrote the proposal for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Imagine Grant outlining the three-year strategic plan for ProMED; ISID was one of 10 organizations awarded the grant out of 700 applicants. • Secured a £780,000 grant for ProMED from the Wellcome Trust; secured two different grants from Pfizer totaling over $600,000. • Represent ISID and ProMED to external partners and stakeholders including the WHO, US CDC, Africa CDC, European CDC, the Robert Koch Institute, Wellcome Trust, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Show less