Rheana Lipscomb Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, PA, US

• Provided an epidemiologic approach to preventing healthcare-associated infections through interpreting infection surveillance data to develop risk reduction strategies, implementing process improvement initiatives, and.
• Facilitated the implementation of infection prevention and control policies/guidelines for all departments that reflect current standards while ensuring compliance with the CDC, OSHA, TJC, and the Pennsylvania.
• Led an interdisciplinary effort to reduce Clostridioides difficile (CDI) and central line-associated blood stream (CLABSI) healthcare-associated infections, resulting in a 15% reduction of CDI healthcare-associated.
• Presented and coordinated the Infection Control Committee, member of the Patient Safety Committee, Critical Care Committee, and Quality Council
• Awarded the 2023 Richard L. Simmons, MD Speak Up for Patient Safety Award

• Acted as a liaison to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office for the brain tissue donation program, conducted death investigation case assessment for NIH study eligibility, brain tissue recovery and processing.
• Trained six research specialists in performing postmortem brain tissue recovery, case review, database entry, and laboratory functions

• Completed an independent project matching COVID-19 cases with vital statistics data using Excel, SAS, and ArcGIS, classified deaths related to COVID-19, and developed a descriptive report of COVID-19 deaths in.
• Presented findings to officials within the Allegheny County Health Department and the Pennsylvania State Department of Health

• Called local health care providers to complete PA-NEDSS case investigation for cases of hepatitis C among women of reproductive age to assess pregnancy and treatment status
• Communicated with women of reproductive age who had not received treatment and women who were pregnant or have delivered a child to counsel on hepatitis C testing and treatment guidelines

Assist various members of the IT Staff with summer projects including but not limited to: Answering Telephones, Providing trouble shooting the campus community, installation and maintenance of equipment

Williamsport, Pennsylvania Area

Refined interpersonal communication skills in meeting with prospective students and families and acted as a student ambassador for Lycoming College

Williamsport, Pennsylvania Area

Assisted students in introductory and genetics laboratories in learning laboratory techniques. Responsibilities additionally included assisting professors with the preparation and execution of lab work

Completed independent research involving CRISPR-Cas9 related molecular characterization and Drosophila behavioral studies, further developing molecular biology related research skills and data collection in a laboratory setting

Designed and executed a CRISPR-Cas9 experiment to create a novel Drosophila Pak allele, including gRNA design and molecular characterization of mutant Drosophila

Williamsport, Pennsylvania Area

• Conducted research in conjunction with local doctors to examine community STI rates and sexual health statistics to construct a research-based sex education program for young adults in local schools

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Epidemiology, Cumulative Gpa: 4.00/4.00

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Cell/Cellular And Molecular Biology

Activities and Societies: President of Beta Phi Gamma, Lycoming College Women's Swim Team, MAC Academic Honor Roll, Gettysburg Leadership.

High School Diploma