Katherine Sharp Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

* Chair the BCH Graduate Program Committee, which meets bi-monthly during the fall and spring semesters * Serve on Departmental Advisory Committee * Serve on the SPH Graduate Programs Committee which meets bi-monthly during the fall and spring semesters * Manage implementation of all programmatic changes to graduate program curriculum and policies * Create/update all course competencies and ensure compatible course content * Prepare all reports for UMD Graduate School, Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH), and Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH) accreditation requests regarding MPH and PhD student information * Provide final approval/disapproval on policy waivers, course waivers and independent study contracts * Oversee administration of qualifying exams and grading * Organize and facilitate departmental graduate student orientations each fall * Facilitate departmental MPH capstone project orientation every fall and spring semester * Compose and update, as needed, all graduate-related content on department website and in the UMD Graduate Catalog * Advise approximately 60 current masters and doctoral program students and maintain their program files * Process and review approximately 60 PhD application and admission files each fall * Preside over the selection of graduate research and teaching assistants ; * Manage approximately 100 phone, e-mail, in-person inquiries from prospective PhD students per year * Played a prominent role in securing CEPH accreditation for the newly formed SPH in 2009

* Created and teach an online graduate course in Health Behavior* Serve on numerous university, school and department committees* Serve as Scheduling Officer for all department undergraduate and graduate classes

* Taught undergraduate courses in health education. Course titles included: Personal Health, Drugs and Health, Marketing in Health Education, Consumer Health Advocacy, and Program Planning and Evaluation.

Health Communications Team Research Analyst * Conducted exploratory focus group research on topics such as the Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2010, an H. pylori public education initiative, and a Hepatitis C communication initiative with blood transfusion recipients and intravenous drug users * Analyzed focus group findings and prepared reports for clients ; * Conducted literature reviews ; * Developed survey instruments and focus group moderator guides ; * Conducted in-depth interviews. ; * Planned concept and message testing focus groups ; * Contributed content for CDCynergy, an instructional CD-ROM on how to plan, implement and evaluate health communication campaigns/programs * Contributed content to proposals for additional funding

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health PromotionOffice on Smoking and Health Intern, Health Communications Branch * Conducted a variety of research tasks related to various educational media on the risks of smoking such as writing advertising analysis summaries for new television ads to be included in a resource manual available to tobacco prevention advocates and state health departments, aiding with the development of companion health education materials for two video programs developed in collaboration with MTV, and developing a guide for parents on how to talk to their kids about tobacco addiction * Served as a technical reviewer for grant applications, participated in and assisted with the evaluation of the Second Annual Tobacco Use Prevention Institute

2000 goals (a product of Healthy People 2000) by collecting data on the work sites with smoking policies and/or smoking cessation programs(master's thesis).

* Facilitated two small group discussion classes per week for freshmen students on healthrelated topics of interest to college students ; * Prepared for small group discussions by attending Health Education lecture each week, reading required text, and attending weekly teaching assistant meetings.

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) Research Assistant, Prevention Materials Department * Promoted NCADI's national database of prevention materials to producers and distributors of substance abuse prevention materials and encouraged them to submit materials for inclusion * Evaluated prevention materials for scientific accuracy, conformance with public health principles and policies, and appropriateness for intended audience * Contributed written prevention material summaries for inclusion in NCADI publications * Served as NCADI representative and provided curriculum development consultation for grantees of a Hispanic High-Risk Youth Project

* Communicated with producers and distributors of health education materials to receive materials and determine their relevancy to project goals * Designed evaluation documents for the review of health education materials ; * Assisted in creating summaries of key communication concepts for materials to be included in a wellness newspaper for health professionals * Created a national database of producers and distributors of health education materials ; * Conducted interviews with local health professionals to assess their interests in a wellness newspaper

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Public Health Education And Promotion

Master Of Public Health (Mph), Behavioral Science And Health Education

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Community Health Education