Consulting, editing

Implement evaluation logical framework for digital communication, ie., select metrics, collaborate on dashboard design, validate dashboard data, analyze trends, and look for key insights, and monitor digital content quality, performance, and efficiencies at cdc.gov

Technical Writer for the Division of Select Agents and Toxins (https://www.selectagents.gov)

Current portfolio includes: Evaluation, Writing/Editing, Analysis of Communication research findings (qualitative focus groups, quantitative surveys and market research) for the National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)

Project Management & Technical Assistance• Provided technical assistance to Grants Management Team Lead on special projects as needed.• Acted as coordinator for the Data Use Working Group for the U.S. Zika Pregnancy Registry and Zika Birth Defects Surveillance (64 jurisdictions)• Acted as on-site manager for CNI employees working in the Emergency Operations Center• Traveled to six local health departments across the country to get a better understanding of Zika activities on the frontlines by city and county health departments and gaps that could potentially be addressed with additional human resources.• Acted as Area Point-of-Contact (Area POC) for New York for the U.S Zika Pregnancy Registry (USZPR).• Completed the development of a Grants Management Tool used to manage budgets and monitor work plans for Zika surveillance, capacity and referral to services across 64 jurisdictions. • Developed standard operation procedures for data processing for birth defects surveillance data using R Studio as part of a data processing team of epidemiologists.• Developed a quality assurance plan with validity checks on variables reported on birth defects and select CNS (central nervous system) birth defects related to Zika.• Processed data for entry into the United States Zika Pregnancy Registry.Training, Supervision & Coaching• Trained finance staff on how to use the Grants Management Tool• Provided training on how to find grant opportunities to staff in the field working in local health departments• Mentored recent MPH graduates interested in Global HealthPresentations and Publications• Co-authored MMWR article entitled “Population-based surveillance of birth defects potentially related to Zika virus infection, 15 U.S. states and territories, 2016• Led development of presentation and presented on monitoring and evaluation of large-scale Zika surveillance program during an emergency response for CDC’s Evaluation Day 2017.

Led a team as a capture planner, proposal manager and lead writer for large health care bids ($250K to $100M) to US government agencies, selected foundations, and individual donors for African and Asian contexts. • Led or co-led capture planning and proposal development process (technical and cost applications) in several implementing countries: Haiti, Mali, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Swaziland, Malawi, Myanmar, Cambodia, Russia; engaged with national & district level government ministries and UN organizations; conducted design workshops; provided data management and monitoring and evaluation technical assistance for multiple international development sectors. • Provided technical support for health communications through grant writing and editing for mHealth (mobile tech and health), Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Nutrition, Economic Strengthening, and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) programs and related proposals.• Integrated donated medical and non-medical products (GIK) to support the well-being of HIV patients, pregnant women, children and their families into large-scale programs.• Presented to various audiences through design workshops, internal and external meetings including a program close-out conference for a PEPFAR-funded USAID program in Uganda• Acted as account manager and liason between country offices and team in the U.S. to align strategies and streamline communication.• Ensured proposal complied with US government rules and regulations.• Conducted literature reviews.• Wrote teaming agreements, job descriptions for key personnel, & budget summaries. • Designed graphics to accompany text.• Compiled and integrated information into summaries.

University of North Carolina • Chapel Hill, NC • 2003-2010 Research Associate (Data Management) Secured funding ($50K) for and conducted National Institutes of Health-funded (R03) secondary data analysis and disseminated results from CDC-funded Breastfeeding, Antiretroviral and Nutrition (BAN) Study in Lilongwe, Malawi. Produced three peer-reviewed CDC-cleared publications on nutrition and HIV in pregnancy and birth outcomes in Malawi• R&D on Ready-to-Use-Therapeutic Food (RUTF)• Developed research protocol for nutrition dietary data collection.• Coordinated partnership with Malawi, UNC and CDC to monitor research activities to obtain primary study outcome while minimizing staff burden and increasing efficiency of study visits.• Optimized primary database and followed up on questionable or missing data to ensure complete dataset.• Disseminated findings of dissertation research at American Society for Nutrition, an annual Nutrition conference and at local national HIV conference in LilongweDepartment of Infectious Diseases, UNC Chapel Hill, NC • 2006 – 2007 Regulatory Assistant, AIDS Clinical Trial UnitManaged and updated modifications to clinical trial study protocols as required by UNC’s Institutional Review Board (IRB), FDA, or the pharmaceutical sponsors and trained technicians and clinicians on new protocols.