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Contribute to scalable products that use atypical data to enable real-time disease detection, risk assessment, and infectious disease forecastingDeveloped code to automate the identification and adjustment of epidemiologically unsound forecasts, reducing mean average error and reputational riskServe as a company-wide and customer-facing expert in epidemiology and public healthDevelop evidence-based public health recommendations and products that support customer decision-making

Led a team of epidemiologists to design and conduct analyses of substance use epidemiology Provided mentorship, training, technical assistance, and statistical consults to staff internally and at health departments nationwideDeveloped a novel surveillance system to monitor substance use-related morbidity and mortality in real-time and inform public health strategies and interventionsConducted surveillance of real-time drug-related morbidity, initiated outbreak investigations, recommended public health responses, conducted research, and evaluated the effectiveness of public health interventionsReviewed the Bureau’s public communications and written material to ensure scientific accuracy Designed dashboards and automated the associated data analyses, visualization, and distribution using RPublished findings in the peer-reviewed literature and mentored junior epidemiologists to first author papersCommunicated research findings, complex statistical concepts, and technical information to researchers and non-scientific audiences, including members of the pressAutomated the creation of publication-quality surveillance tables using SAS, reducing the amount of time spent on data analysis and data checking from several months to one day Testified as an expert witness on synthetic cannabinoids on behalf of the New York City Health Department

Designed surveys to collect both qualitative and quantitative data; analyzed survey data for ICAP programsMentored country staff on report writing and synthesizing and interpreting indicator data; edited annual and quarterly reports submitted to funding agenciesDeveloped and implemented Excel-based tracking tools to manage eleven CDC, NIH, and USAID grants in Tanzania, Kenya, and EthiopiaSupported the planning for and coordination of the International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP) Nurse Capacity Initiative and Nurse Education Partnership Conference in Malawi involving over one hundred participants from thirteen countriesDesigned a web-based conference form which reduced staff time spent on registration by 95%

Led recitation sections twice a week and reinforced graduate student’s understanding of epidemiology and biostatisticsMonitored the progress of nineteen students and provided individualized feedbackHeld weekly office hours and exam review sessions for students

Built a SAS dataset of all homicides in Los Angeles County using data from multiple sourcesAnalyzed the spatial distribution of homicide using regression and spatial statisticsPresented research findings on gun prevalence and homicide to senior-level officials within the Los Angeles Department of Public Health

Provided high-level administrative support to the President and Dean of the College by conducting research, managing the million dollar office budget, analyzing quantitative survey data, and organizing office operations

Instructed students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods geared toward age and abilityEstablished clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicated those objectives to Special Education students

Produced the Congressional Scorecard for the 110th CongressIdentified and compiled news updates on current legislation Lobbied Congress on the 2008 PEPFAR reauthorization bill

Assisted students with HIV data correlation and analysisEdited student research papers and website designs

Responsible for immigration and health care caseworkCorresponded with Federal Agencies on behalf of constituentsCoordinated technical office operations

Diagnosed and corrected issues with residential computer networkAnalyzed and removed viruses from students' computers

Informed activists of candidate’s political positionsPublished in Union Leader and Foster’s Daily DemocratGenerated publicity in CNN’s “The Note” and local papers