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Geneva, Switzerland

• Coordinate and implement country and external stakeholders engagement approaches for the COVID-19 and Malaria vaccination programmes that involve 92 low- and lower-middle income countries in Africa, Asia, and South and.
• Liaise with internal teams and alliance partners (WHO, UNICEF, PAHO) to align information and to develop timely, informative and cohesive messages that serve the needs of countries. Champion inclusion of in-country and.
• Develop a variety of engagement tools to provide technical and operational support to countries and country-facings teams
• Support the development of work plans and standard operating procedures for country engagement to drive coordination and cross-team collaboration

Geneva, Switzerland

Prepared communications to be shared with the Ministers of Health of 92 low- and lower-middle income countries receiving COVID-19 vaccines through COVAX. Liaised with multiple internal and external teams to consolidate technical information, vaccine policy updates, identify country needs, and provide transparency to the COVAX vaccine allocation process.

Engaged with the NAA’s community of patients, caregivers and speech therapists by creating web and social media content related to scientific advances, treatments for aphasia and strategies to increase aphasia awareness nationwide. Collected continuous community feedback to adjust the digital communication materials to better serve the needs of the.

Greater New York City Area

• Liaised with partner organizations to develop mutually beneficial advocacy and education initiatives. Organizations included: U.S. National Institutes of Health, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Simons Foundation.
• Engaged with patient organizations to create joint advocacy campaigns in support of medical research. Campaigns included over 90 patient organizations.
• Served as liaison between Lasker's senior management and the Foundation’s Board of Directors overseeing communication and education initiatives.
• Developed communications projects work plans and created results reporting structure to coordinate the work of Lasker staff and external Public Relations consulting team. Created a more efficient working relationship.
• Represented the foundation at key events such as the annual Lasker Awards (>300 invitees) and biannual Lasker lectures at the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

Greater Boston Area

Built collaborations between neuroimaging and genetic centers at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) to bridge neurobiological, medical, and quantitative research in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Coordinated meetings and deliverables. Collaboration resulted in 3 peer-reviewed scientific publications in top journals.

Greater Boston Area

Modeled brain connectivity abnormalities in individuals with Autism using diffusion MRI. Built collaboration with the Psychiatric Neuroimaging Unit of Massachusetts General Hospital to set up joint research projects in Autism.

Greater Boston Area

Identified high impact research advances, interviewed leading scientists, developed ideas for the NOVA Science Now documentaries with members of the editorial team. Helped conceptualizing the illustration of scientific ideas for a documentary in the making (The Big Energy Gamble, aired January 2009 on PBS).

Developed collaborative research project in speech and language. Served as liaison for interactions between US and French centers, presented results at conferences. Collaboration resulted in a peer-reviewed scientific publication and multiple conference presentations.

Phd, Neuroscience

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics And Computer Science