Kimberly Repp, Phd, Mph Email & Phone Number

Hillsboro, Or, Us

Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

Hillsboro, Or

SCIENTIFIC COORDINATOR: Oversee public health epidemiology in Washington County. Work as project coordinator with program staff to plan, prioritize, and implement community health assessment projects, and quality improvement evaluations. Assist programs by clarifying key questions to be answered: determine data to be collected, collection methodology, conduct data analysis, disseminate the findings and plan future steps. Collaborate on projects with community groups, public agencies, private institutions, and healthcare organizations. Supervise research analyst and epidemiologist.SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR: Provide relevant public health data to internal programs, community partners and stakeholders to guide research and intervention efforts. Recommend and design health policy changes based on findings from research. Train outbreak interviewers, data collectors, and data entry staff for quality disease investigations, public health surveillance, research, and assessment; train staff on methods of presenting data and study findings. Utilize quantitative analytic software (SAS, Stata, Prism) for reports and analysis.WRITER: Design, prepare, and publish public health reports for public facing audiences. Write highly technical epidemiological methodology for publication. Prepare evidence-based white papers for elected officials. Translate highly technical scientific concepts in writing for audiences ranging from special-needs sixth graders to non-public health federal governmental officials.SPEAKER: Present local public health work at professional meetings, conferences and seminars. Invited presenter to high schools, colleges and graduate schools. Paid presenter for accredited clinician infectious disease conferences. Participate in community meetings and present public health data and epidemiologic issues to members of the public.

Hillsboro, Or

Course Description of MHA 525 - Managerial Epidemiology: This course provides students with skills and experience in applying analytical techniques to manage population health. Students will learn epidemiologic concepts, methods, and strategies that can be applied to health planning and healthcare management. The primary focus of the course is on understanding the determinants of health, the measurement of health and disease, cultural beliefs and how they impact community health, emerging trends and issues in disease patterns, and community health resource allocation. The course also will cover the use of epidemiologic methods and data to make managerial decisions, including the roles and responsibilities of health project managers; risk perception and motivation; crisis management; social marketing and health promotion; and the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in analyzing population health/disease data and supporting health promotion and disease prevention.

Portland, Or

ANALYST: Data management and preliminary statistical analysis of epidemiologic studies on antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections and evaluations or antibiotic prescribing. Electronic collection and management of large medical records data sets. Utilize SAS to perform data management, cleaning and statistical analysis. Maintain confidentiality of healthcare/research data with Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval.SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR: Provide key scientific, technical and administrative support for an investigator conducting clinical epidemiologic research in the areas of antibiotic-resistant bacterial diseases, antibiotic utilization and medical informatics using NAMCS and NHAMCS data. Interpretation of data and scientific writing. Assist students and other workers in the design and conduct of epidemiologic research, and ensuring the processes are effective and contribute to specific outcomes.PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Participating, developing and facilitating data collection activities and materials to assist with preparation of IRB materials for human subject research. Plan, schedule, coordinate, and monitor meetings and site visits.

Tempe, Az

MYCOLOGIST: Discover and fully characterize Cryptococcus neoformans biofilm formation. Develop an Alamar blue assay for drug susceptibility testing of Candida albicans biofilms. Design biofilm triple-stain protocol for multi-photon confocal laser scanning microscopes. Present research monthly to all Cancer Research Institute staff. Train and remotely supervise Cancer Research Institute technical employees. Meet complex, local, state and federal chemical and microbiological safety requirements.INSTRUCTOR: Teach multiple microbiology laboratory sections, each with 14 students. Develop lesson plans, quizzes/exams and microbiological experiments. Manage culture storage and preparation for the Arizona State University microbiology department. Emphasize teamwork among new teaching assistants for maximum efficiency. Chair daily lab meetings for lab manager as needed.

Mph, Epidemiology And Biostatistics

Phd, Microbiology

Bs, Biology And Philosophy

Activities and Societies: Delta Gamma