Rachel S Webster, Mph Email & Phone Number

Principal Scientist, Translational Epidemiology team

Greater New York City Area

Identified potential cases of perinatal hepatitis C in New York City reported 2014-2016 and investigated cases through 42 provider interviews to determine provider awareness of perinatal hepatitis C testing guidelines and reasons for testing children reported with hepatitis C • Compiled and presented data indicating that most children tested had mothers known to have hepatitis C and most providers were unaware of perinatal hepatitis C testing guidelines at 2017 Northeast Epidemiology ConferencePerformed data analysis of study to determine if, for individuals with positive hepatitis C test who are seemingly out of care, there is a most effective outreach method in linking these individuals to treatment • Used surveillance data to identify if 2500+ individuals randomized into 4 outreach groups had sought care after receiving outreach • Publication of results pendingFollowing health code change, identified rates of reflex RNA testing following positive hepatitis C antibody tests at top 15 reporting laboratories to inform outreach to facilities with insufficient reflex testing ratesCreated SAS code to identify hepatitis C tests ordered by substance use treatment facilities to increase outreach, testing, and treatment at these facilities • Publication of preliminary results pendingOversaw quality of existing and new hepatitis C electronic lab reports imported into data system; created and implemented schedule to deduplicate cases, and used cleaned data to create maps of hepatitis B and C rates in New York City for annual reportTrainings Completed• June 14-15, 2018: GIS Workshop: Visualizing and Analyzing Health Data• July 25-27, 2018: SAS Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques

Kampala, Uganda

Analyzed data from the Ugandan Bureau of Statistics, UNICEF, and USAID on four areas of child health and development (nutrition and stimulation, children outside of family care, education, and protection) to assist the center to set outreach goalsDeveloped research strategy based on published literature, key data sources, and analysis of scientific frameworks for child health and development, to identify areas for investment and recommend policy changesAuthored position paper highlighting overlooked aspects of child health, which was endorsed by members of the Uganda Child Rights Network

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Assisted in the integration of testing and visualization software and a deployment service into development projects at a large financial institution to increase efficiency of application updates, resulting in $2+ million savings per fiscal yearEstablished database used as an internal IBM resource management tool to track employees’ current assignments and trainingsSpearheaded team of four using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS to create website for resource managementConducted behavioral interviews of perspective employees and assisted in onboarding and integration of new hires to existing projects

Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

• Implemented program to model protein movement, with the end-goal of modeling how HIV interacts with proteins associated with the immune system• Assisted in integrating robotics simulation programs created at Texas A&M University into research at the University of New Mexico• Authored paper on the findings of robotics simulated protein modeling, titled “Simulation of Protein Movement using Probabilistic Roadmap Methods”

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Compared accuracy of DNA analyzing machines to find differences in the human genome to be used on future studies• Devised simulated DNA, both whole genome and targeted regions of the genome, to aid in determining accuracy of DNA analyzing machines• Presented the findings in both formal presentation and poster session

Master Of Public Health (Mph), Epidemiology

Activities and Societies: Molecular Epidemiology and Toxicology Journal Club, CUMC Symphony Orchestra, CSAPHMPH in Epidemiology.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Mathematics And Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Coalition for English Education and Social Advocacy, Lewis & Clark Symphony Orchestra, KLC radio, Pi Mu Epsilon.

Education record

Study Abroad in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic Relevant Courses: Dominican-Haitian Relations Latin American Cinema Living.