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Heidelberg, Bw, De

Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Work Package lead for the Integrated Human Data Repositories for Infectious Disease-Related International Cohorts to Foster Personalized Medicine Approaches to Infectious Disease Research (ReCoDID). Project manager for Data Work Package of the Horizon 2020-funded initiative, European Clinical Research Alliance for Infectious Diseases (ECRAID) Base, to develop a network of Europe wide-perpetual observational studies that can be rapidly transitioned to randomized controlled trials in the research response to known and emerging public health threats, including antimicrobial resistance and COVID-19. Project lead for the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) initiative to evaluate efforts to harmonize and share participant-level data in the research response to COVID-19.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Developed research protocol for an individual participant data meta-analysis of ZIKV-related cohort studies of pregnant women and their infants. Built and managed a multi-site research consortium that includes more than 150 Zika virus researchers from 28 countries. Developed framework related to the utility of data sharing and IPD-MA for fast tracking insights in the research response to emerging pathogens.

United States

Developed and implemented statistical analysis plans for multi-level, multi-country analyses related to the effect of public health, legal, and policy interventions on maternal and child health outcomes, including women's empowerment and violence against women and children. Developed and administered an introduction to Stata course related to the statistical analysis of DHS data for public health master’s students. Developed successful funding proposals for estimating the measurement invariance of measures of violence against women across low-and-middle income countries.

United States

Montréal, Québec

Developed and performed multilevel analyses of cross-sectional, cross-national DHS datasets; mentored masters students in use of DHS data to evaluate the effects of laws and policies on maternal and child health outcomes.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Created a log frame and comprehensive evaluation plan to quantify research translation related to longstanding government counter terrorism initiative

Chapel Hill, Nc

Developed and managed a Society for Family Planning-funded study to investigate decision making and health outcomes of for women who access misoprostol for elective abortion outside of the formal health system in Mexico; designed and implemented field epidemiology research skills capacity building workshops for field staff in Nigeria and Latin America; performed research and monitoring and evaluation related data analysis and cleaning; backstop for monitoring and evaluation teams in Central and South America and West Africa; initiated organizational mHealth initiative and developed mHealth related proposals and protocols.

Cairo, Egypt

Developed codebook and analysis plan for a qualitative evaluation of urban refugees’ access to healthcare-related services and supplies in Cairo, Egypt; created connection between refugee legal advocacy group and NAMRU (US disease surveillance group) to facilitate treatment of refugees with rare parasitic illnesses; advocated for refugee clients at the UNHCR-funded refugee clinic in Cairo.

Chapel Hill, Nc

Developed qualitative interview guide; supervised and trained 4 bilingual project staff in quantitative and qualitative interviewing; performed quantitative and qualitative interviews and NDSR-based nutritional assessments in Spanish; translated survey instruments; managed IRB submissions; established and maintained relationships with community partners, including WIC and Early Head Start.

Chapel Hill, Nc

Supervised training and field work for 15 data collectors as part of a multi-site randomized controlled trial (RCT) of an in-home, behavioral health intervention; developed codebook and interview guide for two qualitative research projects; translated, transcribed, and analyzed qualitative data using ATLAS.ti; wrote and edited articles for submission to academic journals; supervised inter-rater reliability checks; managed IRB submissions.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Epidemiology

Master Of Public Health (Mph), Maternal And Child Health

Certificate In Field Epidemiology