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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

•Project and program management in research (including information about the school’s research strengths, financial management, and research compliance), global health projects and strategy, and innovation-related programs•Develop content and distribute information to a diverse audience in timely and accurate manner through various media channels including newsletters, WordPress, and social media•Monitor and communicate current policies, practices, trends, and opportunities such as research funding opportunities, legislative and policy-related matters, and other pan-campus activities and initiatives•Capture, curate, analyze, and distribute information about productivity, trends, and faculty expertise

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

•Compile metrics for global research, leadership, and engagement by Gillings faculty to demonstrate global impact•Conduct research for the development of a Bachelor of Science in Public Health program for Global Health and Community Health within the Gillings School of Global Public Health•Curate the Gillings Global Twitter presence to demonstrate the global impact of students, faculty, and alumni•Create and disseminate the “This Week in Global Health” Newsletter via iContact to over 2.6k contacts on global health research, seminars, and events

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

•Researched Human Centered Design to design a tool guide for qualitative data collection to optimize feedback from and center the lived experiences of healthcare providers in hospital and clinics implementing the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative •Developed an individual survey and focus group discussion questions to assess effectiveness of the Ready, Set, Baby! toolkit in facilitating implementation of Step 3 of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and to identify challenges

Seattle, Washington, United States

•Co-authored a scoping review of skilled lactation support for mothers of small and sick newborns in 4 databases•Conducted a landscape review of existing digital and data programs for breastfeeding and lactation support to inform development of an application for use within the first human milk bank in Kenya, Pumwani Maternity Hospital•Developed graphics to promote collaboration between PATH and the Management of small & nutritionally At-risk Infants under six months & their Mothers (MAMI) within the newborn nutrition sphere for small and sick newborns•Manage updates for the Human Milk Bank Global Map, which tracks over 700 human milk banks globally

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

•Co-drafted a manuscript focused on a cross-sectional survey of perinatal mental health services needs among internally displaced Yazidi women in Iraq using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale•Developed a presentation for the APHA 2020 Annual Meeting and Expo on results from the cross-sectional survey of perinatal mental health services needs among internally displaced Yazidi women in Iraq•Edited three sets of Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) Guidelines for a USAID/BHA project focused on home visits, group support sessions, and e-counselling during the COVID-19 pandemic•Created booklets in Adobe InDesign for Ready, Set, Baby! An educational program for prenatal women about maternity care best practices and breastfeeding in coordination with the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Initiative

Arghakhanchi District, Nepal

•Wrote and implemented, with community counterparts, a USAID Small Project Assistance grant for beekeeping as an income generation project and buckwheat to increase household diversity for 27 small-scale farmer households•Organized a gender-based violence and women’s leadership training with 35 women from 7 villages to a training facilitated by Kopila, a Nepali nonprofit focused on promotion of gender equity•Facilitated trainings with small scale-farmers, including households with mothers and children under 5 years of age, on nutrition education, oyster mushroom production, fruit tree propagation, and permagardening for vegetable production•Provided menstruation hygiene management education and facilitated pad sewing trainings for students and smallholder farmers from 5 villages

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

•Managed $27 million in program funds for Washington’s administrative operations and $23 million in overseas support funds for operational costs for 30 field offices programming development and emergency projects•Provided operational support to the Regional Mission in Dakar, Senegal during a temporary duty assignment and subsequent recommendations relating to financial and contract management•Conducted financial analysis through running obligation reports, developing pipeline analyses, creating contract budgets, committing funds and recommending actions to prevent funds control violations•Committed and obligated funds in the USAID Phoenix Financial Management System and performed end-to-end acquisition and assistance management of procurement in the USAID Global Acquisition and Assistance System

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

•Liaised with stakeholders supporting food assistance projects from the State Department, Department of Agriculture, other USAID offices, and overseas Missions to streamline processes and establish standard operating procedures •Drafted memoranda for premium pay for staff members who are traveling on TDY or are serving on Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DARTs) or Response Management Teams (RMTs) for over 250 staff globally•Executed travel authorizations, travel vouchers, and electronic country clearances for over 250 staff globally

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

•Co-authored and edited “Chapter 4 Causation in Introductory Psychology Texts” in the publication Questioning Causality: Scientific Explorations of Cause and Consequence Across Social Contexts •Designed and conducted surveys to assess multiple aspects of mutual radicalization, received approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB), analyzed the data utilizing SPSS, and wrote an honors thesis

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Global Health

Activities and Societies: 2021 UNC Minority Health Conference, Speakers Committee Member •Planned and moderated the session A Conversation.

Lactation Consultant

•Engage in didactic hours and weekly clinicals to build capacity for provision of skilled breastfeeding and lactation support.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science And Government

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