Mahelet K. Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Develop and lead NASTAD’s trauma-informed approaches portfolio, including the development of the TIA Toolkit• Lead the Health Care Access program Highly Intensive Technical Assistance and Problem Solving initiative for state health department HIV/AIDS programs on care and treatment issues• Establish the HCA program’s online presence via the Online Technical Assistance Platform• Provide support to NASTAD’s members through TA and capacity building assistance

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Lead the Health Care Access programs technical assistance efforts to state health department HIV/AIDS programs on care and treatment issues• Provide quantitative and qualitative analysis related to HIV and viral hepatitis care and treatment programs and their clients• Represent NASTAD and its positions at meetings, briefings, and consultations related to state department HIV health care programs• Interface with NASTAD’s Health Systems Integration, Prevention, and Health Equity teams to support cross-program collaboration activities• Provide support to NASTAD’s members through mentoring, networking and technical assistance activities

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Lead the conception and development of NNPHI’s Bridging Public Health and Health Care portfolio (Bridging) to build NNPHI and member health system transformation capacity- Plan, implement, and evaluate initiatives in NNPHI’s Bridging, Health Equity and Community Health Improvement areas- Develop and manage relationships with funders (e.g., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Office of Minority Health), national partner organizations, and members, contractors, and consultants- Author and edit reports, case examples and other publications to communicate NNPHI’s impact and highlight members activities and achievements- Contribute to the development of (federal and private foundation) proposals- Facilitate and present at meetings, webinars, and conference calls- Supervise and mentor NNPHI interns and junior staff

Greater New York City Area

• Educated patients visiting clinic on HPV and other pertinent sexual health issues• Recruited and managed retention of study participants as well as conducted informed consent• Maintained social network sites, such as Facebook and MySpace, used to contact participants• Developed materials to increase interest in study and aid in recruitment• Oversaw participants’ study visits, including conducting screening process, guiding them through questionnaires, aiding doctors in explaining visit and relevant health issues• Developed rapport with study participants and advocated for their needs• Collected and entered study data and created and ran reports on data completeness and progress• Created a 100 page training manual for new research assistants• Trained new staff (interns, volunteers, and research assistants)

Master Of Public Health (Mph), Global Community Health And Behavioral Sciences

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Sociology