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Washington, DC, US

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, DC

- Short-term consulting assignments in global health and U.S. public health, for international NGOs and academic public health researchers.- Assignments included: technical advising for HIV/AIDS and Health Systems Strengthening proposals to USAID; technical support on peer-reviewed publications of original research on tobacco use and control in the U.S.

Geneva, Switzerland; Washington, DC

- Coordinated management of a multi-year, multi-country grant from USAID’s Bureau of Global Health to support IFRC's community-based health programming, including building pandemic preparedness and resilience and response to health emergencies. Primarily responsible for programmatic coordination of Red Cross Red Crescent Movement COVID-19 response and.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

- Focal point for key U.S. government institutional relationships and policy objectives in migration and refugee affairs. Promoted and strengthened partnership with UNHCR.- Represented the U.S. government in bilateral relationships and multilateral fora, working in close collaboration with international organization and multilateral partners, bilateral.

Washington DC; Geneva, Switzerland

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

- Managed USAID/Cambodia’s $3M Global Health Security Agenda portfolio, successfully coordinating multiple internal and external participants and stakeholders to ensure progress toward Cambodia’s targets within the context of overall global strategy and roadmap.- Designed and implemented a new outreach strategy and improved communications practice for the.

Cambodia

- Managed $2.5M cross-sectoral portfolio of projects in community-based health, disaster risk reduction, and organizational development, implemented locally by 7 National Societies. - Responsible for ARC’s overseas field delegation, including all operations, programming, and finances, in 6 countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Armenia, Ukraine, and.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Successfully managed a portfolio of regional and country-based projects in community health and disaster risk reduction through a transition in leadership and shift in strategy. Facilitated partnerships and contract agreements between American Red Cross and National Society partners. Coordinated all aspects of grants, including programmatic, risk.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Delivered high quality analysis, program tools and assessments to NGOs. Assignments included monitoring & evaluation tools for Save the Children youth livelihoods project in Indonesia; labor market assessment that informed the design of IYF livelihoods project in Egypt.

Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Responsible for business development, including proposals to USAID and ECHO.Researched and wrote in-depth needs assessments on education reform and food security.Conducted reporting and ensured compliance for post-emergency youth engagement project in Kyrgyzstan; compiled and edited external reporting to Office of Transition Initiatives, USAID.

Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Designed, researched, & wrote articles and book manuscript on history of Soviet public health.Established close working relations with scholars and health officials to obtain access to state archives in Russia and Tajikistan; interpreted complex systems to find and collect data.Published peer-reviewed scholarly articles and attended conferences to present.

Bethesda, MD

Conducted original research in the history of vaccine development and virus research at NIH's NIAID/Laboratory of Infectious Disease and on U.S.-Soviet health exchanges, while completing post-doctoral residential fellowship in the history of biomedical sciences and technology. Wrote and edited articles and outreach materials for the Office of NIH History.

Rockville, MD

Managed $12M in foreign assistance for USG non-proliferation efforts in the former Soviet Union, strengthening civilian public health capacity and facilitating technology transfer.Oversaw grants process, including evaluating proposals, coordinating technical reviews, and compiling funding. Monitored grants and conducted site visits using Russian and.

B.A., Russian Literature

Ph.D., History -- Focus On Public Health And Urbanization