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Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Summer fellow on the Research and Cost Trends team, directly supporting research using the MA All Payer Claims Database

Lebanon, Nh

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Economic Research Service, Food Economics Division, Food Assistance Branch• Participated in a project on the National School Lunch Program that uses data on food purchases, food costs, nutrient content, and School Food Authority (SFA) characteristics from the School Food Purchase Study Data (SFPSD).• Prepared analysis files and evaluate how nutrients and the cost of providing those nutrients may vary across SFAs.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Preformed survey data collection, prepared the report of the Virtual Supermarket Program evaluation, and assisted in the writing of an additional manuscript• Assisted with other tasks as needed including preparing infographics to creatively represent various data, editing documents, imputing and cleaning data• Preformed nutrition demonstrations and education in Save-A-Lot stores in the Baltimore community two times per week• DSIP teaching assistant duties included writing blogs, grading assignments, and giving 2 presentations on creative and innovative leadership techniques.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Work-study position 8 hours/ week in a clinic for the uninsured, assist the office manager and the front desk staff Front desk operations include making reminder calls to patients, checking patients in and out, making and following up on patient referrals, and being a first line liaison between patients and clinic staff.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Assisted on Project CONNECT "Community-based Organizations Neighborhood Network: Enhancing Capacity Together"• Laison between Johns Hopkins Hospital and a CBO: Beans and Bread• Visit partner CBO once a week to implement and observe intervention, preformed ethnographic research

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Assisted the Center for a Livable Future on their Urban Foraging study• Preformed surveys, assisted in creating methods for data organization and analysis• Participated in a poster presentation

Phd, Health Policy, Evaluative Science And Statistics

Master’S Degree, Health Policy And Management, Health Economics

Bachelor’S Degree, B.A. Public Health, B.A. Biology, Minor In Spanish