Sarah (Schneider) Balian Email & Phone Number

Rockville, Maryland, United States

● Designs and implements the overall communication strategy for large five-year federal contract including management of multiple websites, blog, social media, newsletter, webinars, mobile app, dashboards, and videos ● Designs communication plans for research projects and develops tailored digital and print products and in-person and virtual technical assistance activities to facilitate the use of survey findings by diverse audiences to inform programs and policies● Monitors and evaluates communication activities using Google Analytics, social media metrics, media mentions, email surveys, and key informant interviews● Develops and manages annual work plans and budgets, including managing subcontracts and consultants ● Authors multiple high-level client-facing contractually mandated annual reports and 2 successful rebid proposals● Leads and mentors a team of 4 communication and digital media specialists

● Provided in-person and virtual technical assistance to strengthen local partners’ capacity to apply data to improve programs and policies● Developed project’s video portfolio in response to user needs● Co-manages the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Plan including developing, collecting, and analyzing performance monitoring indicators● Supervises program support staff

Greater Atlanta Area

• Edited implications of global report based on findings of six country study of women’s empowerment and HIV risk• Developed PowerPoint presentation for international conference on the link between violence against women and HIV• Created newsletters, manage and update content of HIV/AIDS Google Group• Developed promotional materials for World AIDS Day

• Assisted professor in the creation of new syllabus through assessment of prior readings and assignments• Developed lesson plan and instruct students for assigned teaching module titled “Ethics In Qualitative Research”

Teaching assistant for PE101, Undergraduate Health Class.• Analyzed qualitative results from over 400 student surveys of curriculum and utilized data to overhaul entire syllabus for the course• Recruited guest lecturers for classroom sessions• Planned and facilitated teaching assistant orientation and lead weekly meetings• Managed database of additional learning tools for teaching assistants• Taught three laboratory sections, 90 students total, of undergraduate class focused on personal health topics such as stress, reproductive health, substance use, and the environment• Created lesson plans and graded assignments

Greater Atlanta Area

• Administered field-based computer surveys to and collected samples from subjects as part of study examining HIV prevention in African American adolescent girls• Created codebook for quantitative and qualitative data• Coordinated retention efforts through email and phone bank campaigns

Greater Atlanta Area

• Data entry and processing of undergraduate admissions applications.

Bafilo, Togo

• Designed and conduct an assessment of staff at an NGO that provides comprehensive HIV care• Conducted and transcribed approximately 50 interviews and one focus group, in French• Analyzed data, identified areas for improvement, then advised stakeholders on recommendations• Presented preliminary findings of the study to all stakeholders and produced evaluation reports

Westchester And Putnam, New York

• Created lesson plans on various reproductive health topics and presented programs to diverse audiences including: developmentally disabled youth and adults, mentally ill youth & adults, incarcerated youth and adults, youth and adults with substance abuse problems – 330 programs in 2007• Trained and managed a high school peer-education group

Nyamassila, Togo

• Served as founding national coordinator for nationwide annual AIDS Ride, successfully obtaining $4,000 from PSI, PLAN Togo, Red Cross, U.S. Embassy Cultural Center, and Peace Corps, and reaching 24,000 people in one week• Wrote numerous successful grant proposals to fund projects such as AIDS Ride, construction of shower wells, soccer tournament to provide reproductive and sexual health education, and community development trainings• Developed and led several trainings for approximately 100 community leaders and members on topics including flour enrichment and community development • Collaborated with local counterparts at health clinic and schools on HIV prevention efforts, including teaching classes and participating in vaccination and other health campaigns

Newark, Delaware

• Data entry and processing of undergraduate admissions applications.

Master Of Public Health (M.P.H.), Health Education

Honors Bachelor Of Science, Dietetics

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