I am a results-driven healthcare professional with over 15 years of specialized administrative experience in diverse healthcare settings including the U.S. Federal Government, academic medical centers, and multinational healthcare organizations. I have a proven track record of success in achieving strong operational and financial performance, effectively leading high-performance teams, collaborating with diverse internal and external stakeholders to solve challenging problems, managing operational activities and budgets, and actively participating in designing, implementing, and managing clinical programs and epidemiological research studies with special emphasis on cardiometabolic diseases. I am committed to promoting health equity and addressing health disparities. I have co-authored scientific publications in reputable peer-reviewed journals and presented my work at international conferences.I hold a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree from the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, a Master of Public Health from New York University School of Global Public Health, a Master of Science in Health Sciences from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Utah Eccles School of Business. I also completed coursework for a Graduate Certificate in Quality, Patient Safety, and Outcomes Research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. In the DrPH program at the UTHealth School of Public Health, I received several prestigious academic scholarship awards including the following: Dr. Lawrence E. Lamb Scholarship Award (received four years in a row), Doctoral Dissertation Research Award, and the Sjoerd Steunebrink Endowed Scholarship Award. I am also a two-time recipient of The Obesity Society’s Diversity Travel Award (a competitively selected international award), and a recipient of the New York University Global Health Scholarship Award, New York University Internship Grant, the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business Opportunity Scholarship Award, and the Consonus Diversity Scholarship Award, among others.Core Competencies:Management of clinical programs and epidemiological research studies.Health equity strategic initiatives to improve access to care, quality of care, and health outcomes.Effective leadership of high-performance teams.Strong verbal and written communication with diverse stakeholders.Ability to design, implement, and evaluate qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods projects.Healthcare quality improvement.