Faculty in the Department of Health Sciences, College of Health Professions at Towson University.

SEADS Project: Statewide Ethnographic Assessment of Drug Use and Services (PI: Danielle German, PhD)

Support teaching faculty with course conceptualization, instructional design, and the pivot to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chaired committee on "Excellence in Teaching" focusing on inclusivity and accessibility; made recommendations based on committee activities to JHSPH administration.

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Institute for Global Tobacco Control; Baltimore, MD (Joanna Cohen, PhD & Lauren Czaplicki, PhD)• Perform qualitative data analysis of focus group interviews focused on perceptions of graphic health warning labels in Bangladesh• Compose scientific writing for publication and present findings at conferences and meetings

Conceptualized, designed, and taught undergraduate course "Contemporary Social Movements in Public Health," focusing on movements such as Black Lives Matter, MeToo, the Youth Climate Strike, and how these movements relate to concepts in public health. The course was offered three times to Johns Hopkins University upperclassmen in the Public Health Studies program: in the Fall 2019, Spring 2020, and Fall 2021 semesters.

Supported courses alongside faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Assisted with course design, grading, writing support, student support and mentoring, technological needs, and guest lecturing.School Year 2018-2019:Term 1: “Sociological Perspectives on Health,” Zoé Hendrickson, PhD (in-person)Term 2: “Policy Interventions for Health Behavior Change,” Joanna Cohen, PhD (in-person)School Year 2017-2018:Term 1: “Sociological Perspectives on Health,” Katherine Clegg Smith, PhD (in-person)Term 2: “Policy Interventions for Health Behavior Change,” Joanna Cohen, PhD (in-person)Term 3: “Children, Media & Health,” Lisa Lagasse, PhD (in-person)Summer: “Campaigning and Organizing for Public Health,” Ayelet Hines (online)School Year 2016-2017:Term 1: “Sociological Perspectives on Health,” Katherine Clegg Smith, PhD (in-person)Term 2: “Policy Interventions for Health Behavior Change,” Joanna Cohen, PhD (in-person)Summer: “Program Planning for Health Behavior Change,” Ryan Kennedy, PhD (online)

BESURE West: Social Context of Drug Use in Western Maryland (PI: Danielle German, PhD)

BESURE Study: National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study (NHBS)Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, BESURE Study: National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study (NHBS); Baltimore, Maryland (Danielle German, PhD)• Conduct formative research including leading key informant interviews and moderating focus groups with low-income residents of Baltimore• Transcribe, compose, and publish findings of interviews and focus groups in a primary data report for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the United States Centers for Disease Control• Conduct qualitative interviews with participants, provide HIV pre- and post-test counseling, and provide referrals to social and health services• Obtained certification in HIV Testing and Counseling Level I from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for a Livable Future; Baltimore, Maryland (Jillian Fry, PhD)• Compose and prepare for publication scientific writing from a comprehensive media analysis of environmental policies concerning the Chesapeake Bay, industrial food animal production, and their portrayal in mainstream media

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Institute for Global Tobacco Control; Baltimore, Maryland (Joanna Cohen, PhD)• Performed data collection in twelve tobacco retailers in Alberta, Canada, as part of surveillance of implementation of a ban of menthol products in Alberta• Prepared materials, coordinated shipping and customs, performed data entry

• Assisted the Project Manager in establishing the Tobacco Pack Surveillance System (TPackSS) project, operating in fourteen low- and middle-income countries• Performed data collection pilot in Sao Paulo, Brazil; supervised imaging of tobacco packages and communicated remotely with data collection teams in fourteen countries• Led codebook development to analyze tobacco pack features and appeals, coded tobacco packages, managed clean data from over three-thousand tobacco packs• Drafted publications, abstracts, and posters of findings; presented results at domestic and international conferences and meetings

Immigrant Service Providers’ Group/Health; Somerville, Massachusetts (Alexander Pirie with Tufts University advisors Edith Balbach, PhD and Linda Sprague Martinez, PhD)• Conducted key informant interviews to identify barriers to access to influenza immunizations among the immigrant population of Somerville, MA• Composed a report of findings for the use of the local government and community organizations to better address needs of the immigrant communities