Katrina Sison Email & Phone Number

Greater Los Angeles Area

Service Planning Area 4 - Metropolitian La

• Support the administrative functions of the Regional Health Office including providing program updates and reports, disease outreach tracking, and assisting with health education materials management.• Respond to emerging diseases and community outbreaks as part of the Incident Command System (ICS) including temporary reassignment to support disease surveillance and data reporting during disease outbreaks.• Represent Service Planning Area 4 - Metropolitan L.A. as a member of the Northeast LA Consortium and Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Health (AANHPI) Initiative to provide technical assistance in improving health outcomes and policy recommendation development.• Supervise the Health Educator Assistant and three Health Promoters to ensure compliance of county policies and completion of mandated trainings, approving timesheets and time off requests, and conducting other administrative functions.• Prepare, coordinate, and present mandatory Cal-OSHA modules to DPH staff members.• Coordinate and provide community presentations to a variety of audiences on various health topics through the DPH Speakers’ Bureau program.• Created, planned, and coordinated SPA 3 and SPA 4 Employee Wellness Committee Initiative which includes creating a program and evaluation plan, leading a multidisciplinary Wellness Committee, writing and developing the quarterly Wellness Newsletter, and implementing Wellness activities across each of the health centers in SPA 3 and SPA 4.• Provide community outreach and culturally appropriate health education to underserved communities on a variety of issues and topics.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Planned, implemented, facilitated, and evaluated a cross-collaboration post-partum mental health and lactation support group which improved breastfeeding rates in the hospital and raised awareness regarding post-partum depression.• Provided psychosocial support to patients and their families by linking them to appropriate community resources.• Facilitated meetings between patient/family members and medical staff to help patients and their familiesunderstand diagnosis.• Reported and collaborated with the Department of Children and Family Services(DCFS) and Adult ProtectiveServices (APS) to ensure safe discharge of patients.• Assisted in the creation of training videos for 1,000+ hospital-wide staff to increase knowledge of hospital policies and procedures.• Represented the Social Service Department at the bi-monthly New Hire Orientation.

Lynwood, Ca

• Linked patients with appropriate community resources • Worked with community agencies (Adult Protective Services & Department of Child and Family Services) to ensure patient safety• Conducted psychosocial assessments in the ER, NICU, Labor & Delivery, Medical/Surgical

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Provided support for health promoter trainings in community settings.• Created and implemented effective strategies, such as theater series, to present information to community members.• Conducted needs assessment and evaluate effectiveness of community health promoter program.• Facilitated, coordinated, and created presentations during health promoter training sessions.• Developed a five year plan for the community health promoter program.• Created a poster highlighting the need to incorporate the topic of high blood pressure into the community health worker curriculum.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Collaborated with school officials to promote student mental health• Evaluated student’s and family’s needs, and made referrals to community agencies• Assisted and participated in training students to run the LA Marathon through Students Run Los Angeles (SRLA)

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Mentored teenage girls by being part of a treatment team in a structured residential program• Organized and led weekly single/group therapeutic sessions regarding anger management, self-esteem, health, etc.• Provided crisis intervention and individual counseling

Togo, West Africa

• Fostered collaboration with non-profit organizations, government officials, and local schools to support and improve girls’ education programs in the community.• Coordinated and provided community presentationsin French on various health education and gender equity topics.• Developed, implemented, and evaluated the first ever week-long Summer Girls’ Camp in the village of Nadjoundi which was attended by 50 participants and 10 trainersto address high female student dropout rates.• Participated in nationwide Camp UNITE and Camp ESPOIR (HOPE) to increase awareness about gender inequality and to reduce stigma regarding HIV/AIDS, respectively.• Initiated and evaluated a literacy program in Nadjoundi attended by 30 participants which resulted in two children starting school and increased literacy rates among the participants.• Promoted the nutritional benefits of the Moringa plant through a regional bike tour to 13 villages.

Master Of Public Health - Mph And Master Of Social Work - Msw

Activities and Societies: Asian Pacific Islander (API) Caucus, Community Representative (Co-chair)Phi Alpha Honor, Dean’s Leadership.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, International Relations And Peace And Justice Studies

Activities and Societies: Leonard Carmichael Society, Filipino Cultural Society (Treasurer), Residential Assistant, Catholic Community.