Marissa Swanson, Mph Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

New York City Metropolitan Area

Greater New York City Area

Post-COVID:-Research lead for Monitoring & Evaluation of Patient Satisfaction for Veteran's Program. Conduct literature reviews, designed a survey instrument to measure health outcomes & patient satisfaction. Analyze data (qual&quant), produce reports/presentations, and collect survey data. Pre-COVID:-Lead project manager for health-equity-centered oral health outreaches in roughly seven clinical global sites a year that serve 3,000 patients each. Each program is strategically designed to deliver sustainable cost-effective oral health care and support the missions of local community organizations.-In collaboration with community partners, develop project timelines, budgets, outreach goals, as well as identify and procure materials required for location-specific population needs.-Initiated the creation of and currently manage the ‘Outreach Manual’, a centralized database with standard operating procedres/best practices for finances, program logistics, program reports, etc. -Draft, compile, finalize, and disseminate oral health program reports for local partners, local governments, and donors including project-specific literature reviews, program evaluations, narrative accounts, caries (cavity) data, financial/budgetary summaries, and action-plan recommendations for future interventions and sustainability efforts. -Obtain legal and regulatory permissions to conduct dental care in nontraditional settings in the U.S. and abroad. This includes collaboration with local, state, and country-level departments of health/ministries of health for permissions to operate a clinic, personnel permissions to provide dental care at varying levels of professional licensure, customs approval for temporary import of 4,000+ specialty dental materials, and visa approvals for participants. -Research and present program-specific health data, country-level policies, oral health in host communities etc. for outreach participants.

Fort Lee, Nj

•Manage internal database of 90,000+ candidates while qualitatively assessing each candidate’s backgrounds to maximize the efficiency of the keyword search capabilities of the database.•Initiated standard formatting procedures for client facing documents such as resumes and biographies.•Provide public health expertise and marketplace research to related searches.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

The Presidential Management Fellowship is a highly selective leadership program designed to recruit recent advanced degree graduates for a two-year developmental fellowship with the Federal government. The class of 2016 had a 9% finalist rate from over 6,000 applicants. To meet the STEM requirements of selection, an applicant had to hold a degree with rigorous math and science components. Under 100 applicants from the original pool of over 6,000 were selected to be STEM finalists.

Greater New York City Area

• Provided personalized counseling and HIV/sexual health education with individuals facing complex health and life challenges.• Supervised 11 interviewers at both Respondent-Driven and Venue-Based Sampling methods. Increased RDS participants from an average of 1 every two months to 3 a week using tailored follow up techniques for 13-18 year old men who have sex with men. • Approached and screened over 2,000 individuals at VBS locations, including in public parks, parties, LGBTQ events and centers, and other locations throughout all of NYC. Recruit individuals and quickly establish rapport with a hidden and highly stigmatized population by administering in-depth HIV Risk survey. • Improved data collection by adjusting recruitment areas and times using qualitative research from participants and knowledge of NYC’s event schedule. Improved data accuracy through quickly understanding slang and past answers of an hour-long survey. • Corrected data errors in SAS and internal database reporting program. Managed database of all screened and eligible participants. • Conducted HIV Testing for young men who have sex with men aged 13-18 with INSTI and Dried Blood Spot methods.

Greater New York City Area

• Increased survey retention and follow-up rates through ongoing and persistent communication with low-income individuals from Planned Parenthood sites across the Northeast. • Accurately managed database of 1,400 contraceptive study follow up data entries and administered study surveys.

Greater New York City Area

• Global Policies and Perspectives.• Managed discussion based classes of 20 students.• Developed grading rubric for 500+ student cohort.• Graded essays, long answer, and short answer exams and homeworks for 500+ student cohort.• Provided office hours and individualized instruction through in person and email correspondence

Kalisizo, Rakai, Uganda

• Performed numerator analysis on migration trends of HIV+ youths (15-24 Year olds) in STATA and Excel from a database of over 50,000 participants representing 80% of the population of the district. • Presented work to top researchers at Rakai Health Sciences, changing long-standing perceptions of HIV mortality and incidence. • Collaborated with an international team on nuances of a new data analysis technique and future utility of this technique.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Improved 7-12th grade students average grade in Chemistry and Math by 1-2 letter grades.• Developed personalized lesson plans and achievement progress reports based on individual needs.

Scottsdale, Az

Worked on a team of passionate community members and Arizona State undergraduate students to learn about US prison systems.Developed programs to involve the ASU community, as well as to directly impact the young women and girl's lives of Mingus Mountain Academy and Estrella Prison. Wrote articles to portray the amazing work GINA's Team is doing to change the way people think about incarceration."Education, not incarceration"

Certificate Program, Professional, Technical, Business, And Scientific Writing

Master Of Public Health (Mph), Epidemiology

Activities and Societies: Dance Haven Infectious Disease Certificate Thesis: Numerator Analysis of HIV+ Youth Migration Trends in Rakai.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Genetics, Cell, Developmental Biology

Activities and Societies: Barrett, the Honors College. HIV/AIDS Awareness Club, Devils in the Bedroom Peer Sex Education, Fenix/.