Sarah Pohl, Mph Email and Phone Number

• Collaborate with supervisor and other CIs to problem solve and ensure strong comprehension of protocols among sub-team of 24 Contact Tracers by supporting each team member through answering questions and providing resources

• Support MA residents, through accompaniment, who are infected with or exposed to COVID-19 by providing isolation and quarantine instructions, ensuring that cases and contacts have access to healthcare services and resources (food, medications, etc.) to successfully isolate or quarantine, and responding to questions and concerns• Collect exposure source, symptom, and demographic information for epidemiological tracking of COVID-19• Call workplaces, schools, and businesses to alert of potential COVID-19 exposures, offer support, and collect contacts

• Recruit children and parents to participate in the study intervention and interviews, respectively, to better understand the impact of caffeinated sugar sweetened beverage (SSB) intake in children ages 8 to 14 years old; Perform outreach to elementary and middle schools in Washington, D.C. for potential new participants• Conduct intervention visits with participants which include dietary recalls, survey facilitation, soda taste tests, and height and weight measurements; Communicate with participants for the 2-week study duration to ensure completion of daily surveys and attendance at follow-up visits; Input intervention visit data into RedCap and Nutrition Data System for Research (NDSR) Software• Co-create social media pages (website, Instagram, and Facebook) for Principal Investigator’s ongoing studies to aid in study recruitment• Facilitate brainstorming sessions among children ages 8 to14 to understand the reasons for caffeinated SSB consumption for concept mapping in Concept Systems Global; Facilitate sorting and rating of these reasons among a separate set of children 8 to 14 years old• Perform in-depth literature search to develop the next step of a study; Submit study protocol for Institutional Review Board approval, develop consent and assent forms, and draft standard operating procedures for 2 studies

Research Study Title: Low-calorie Sweeteners Induce Metabolic Dysregulation via Alterations in Adipose Signaling• Trained by CITI in Health Information Privacy and Security and Human research Biomedical Investigators• Assisted clinicians to ensure successful visits with each participant and imputed follow-up data into REDCap database• Performed phone screenings to deem participant eligibility; coordinated and facilitated tri-weekly check-ins with each participant throughout the 8 week study on the impact of artificial sweeteners on the health of women

• Constructed and presented a breakfast outreach toolkit consisting of email templates, talking points, one-pagers, and impact calculators, to assist the NKH campaign partners in the field with approaching stakeholders with the goal of enhancing alternative breakfast program implementation• Co-created a map of Montana using ArcGIS to identify free or reduced priced summer meal sites, the gap between number of sites and level of food insecurity, and where NKH has granted funds in Montana• Develop multi-piece district-level one-pagers to identify tangible benefits of implementing alternative breakfast programs in schools

• Presented legislative strategies to the Community Servings staff about the Food is Medicine (FIM) State Plan to educate stakeholders about the objectives of the plan, and the role they can play in connecting Massachusetts residents living with chronic illness and food insecurity to nutritious foods that will improve their health and decrease health care costs • Prepared legislative backgrounders for, scheduled, participated in, and led meetings with Massachusetts legislators about FIM State Plan • Drafted a blog for a Massachusetts senator to report the FIM State Plan launch event for constituents to understand the goals of the Plan; Drafted a blog on women’s health, health disparities, and the State Plan for the Massachusetts Medical Society newsletter issue, Vital Signs

• Began a study by scoring over 200 Horowitz Lyme-MSIDS questionnaires which will later be compared to blood test results of patients with Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases, along with diagnoses of psychiatric disorders

•Facilitated trained ADA ambassadors and confirm health fair venues•Composed community health strategies updates for monthly E-Newsletter•Attended health fairs as an ADA ambassador to supplement high health fair demand •Researched volunteer options and performed outreach for Tour de Cure and Step Out Walk to Stop Diabetes •Designed Health and Wellness Expo recruitment form for Tour de Cure and Step Out walk and recruit vendors