Rosemary Pearson-Clarke Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Facilitating the annual donation of azithromycin valued at more than $300 million for a portfolio of eight countries in southern Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean by coordinating with ministries of health, implementing partners, and supply chain experts to ensure national programs receive the correct number of treatments on time to achieve their program.

Botswana

• Co-wrote, implemented, and developed monitoring and evaluation plans for three (3) US Government funded grants resulting in successful completion of grants and an additional BWP450,000 in funding
• Coordinated the collection, review, and analysis of qualitative data on barriers and supportive factors to HIV treatment linkage and adherence programs across Botswana and presented findings to a multidisciplinary.
• Co-facilitated a series of four (4) gender-based violence (GBV) coordination and action planning workshops for twenty (20) governmental and non-governmental institutions and sixteen (16) village chiefs resulting in.
• Planned and facilitated a 16-hour training for Peace Corps Volunteers on malaria and mosquito biology, the chain of transmission and utilization of the host/agent/environment model, Botswana-specific epidemiology and.
• Co-designed and implemented a backyard gardening and nutrition program for 31 female gardeners focusing on HIV, tuberculosis, and diabetes specific nutrition that integrated the use of wild growing foods resulting in.
• Co-created an environmental and health education curriculum and implemented over 135 hours of instruction reaching 107 students ages 9-15

Atlanta, GA

• Responded to the Flint, Michigan water crisis as part of CDC's field team
• Duties included preparing situation reports and senior leader briefs for distribution to White House and Congressional staff, monitoring response impact, implementing safety and security protocols, providing technical.
• Contributed to the development of a public health emergency management curriculum for a community college
• Created a survey to assess state public health emergency management directors’ knowledge and implementation of disaster risk reduction

Athens, GA

• Performed research in an innovative lab focused on modeling the effects of emerging contaminants, such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products, on aquatic organisms, and exploring the potential implications they.
• Assisted with field and lab research on Sapelo Island and in Brunswick, Georgia, helping to analyze over 100 oyster samples six times per year for pharmaceuticals and personal care products through metabolomic.
• Developed and led proof of concept research project examining the impacts of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on fathead minnow feeding behaviors using UV spectroscopy

Athens, GA

• Analyzed water quality data in relation to land use in Athens Clarke County using R and ArcGIS to guide prioritization of sub-watersheds for outreach and cleanup efforts
• Designed and implemented environmental health education programming for children ages 7-17, including English as a Second Language students, on health risks and environmental impacts of poor water quality, particularly.
• Engaged in community events including a local music festival, farmers market, trivia night, and a summer camp to inform community members of issues surrounding water quality in the Athens Area
• Produced a radio PSA and informational pamphlets to communicate to the public health and environmental risks associated with exposure to waterways impaired by fecal contamination
• Created and implemented a needs assessment for an underserved population within Athens-Clarke County to guide future outreach events

Atlanta, GA

• Established a methodology for identifying sites with both onsite wastewater systems and private wells to guide future studies exploring the health implications of well contamination
• Developed content for the arsenic module of an animated toxicology program to teach community members about common chemicals in the environment and their impact on human health
• Designed and provided a half-day training, in collaboration with three colleagues, for 20 interns on the role of environmental health risks during emergency response
• Completed an Integrated Pest Management training accredited by the National Environmental Health Association
• Received training on public health communications, including how to design effective messaging and communicate technical information to individuals with limited science backgrounds

Master’S Degree, Public Health

Concentration in Environmental Health Science

Bachelor’S Degree, Environmental Health Science

Activities and Societies: Epsilon Nu Eta Honor Society (Inducted Spring 2013) Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (Inducted Spring 2015)