Trina Helderman Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, In, Us

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Indiana, United States

Clinically working as an emergency medicine doctor in the US and supporting various projects as a technical expert in health and nutrition response humanitarian contexts.

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Remote In Indianapolis, In

Health Advisor providing technical support for project design, strategy, and implentation across multiple MTI country offices.

Ecublens, Switzerland

Deployed for new onset emergencies to assess, design, request funds, and start implementation in health and nutrition public health emergencies in response to natural disasters (earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunami), conflict, and acute population displacements.- Team lead for Medair's response to the Ecuador Earthquake implementing MHPSS and shelter/NFI programming- Deployed to support scale-up and training of mobile medical teams in Iraq for the Mosul Offensive- Team lead then health… Show more Deployed for new onset emergencies to assess, design, request funds, and start implementation in health and nutrition public health emergencies in response to natural disasters (earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunami), conflict, and acute population displacements.- Team lead for Medair's response to the Ecuador Earthquake implementing MHPSS and shelter/NFI programming- Deployed to support scale-up and training of mobile medical teams in Iraq for the Mosul Offensive- Team lead then health focal point for Rohingya Response in Bangladesh setting up BSFP/TSFB nutrition programming and mobile medical teams- Global focal point for 2018-2020 DRC Ebola outbreak both in field and remote support in DRC to coordinate, design, train, and implement Ebola response programming as well as supporting training in South Sudan. Response include Ebola transit centers, IPC in health facilities, and community engagement to both general community as well as pharmacists, traditional birth attendants, and traditional healers- Supported initial contingency and response planning for COVID19 outbreak (January-February 2020)- Provided technical support for the overall health and nutrition portfolios of various country programmes including Syria and Democratic Republic of Congo.Served as Global staff health focal point to support staff medevacs and medical emergencies, design staff health policies and medical kit guidelines.Served as Global Health Cluster focal point for Medair as well as was elected to the Strategic Advisory Group and served as the co-lead of the SAG. Actively particiated in several task teams including co-chair of remote management task team, interim co-chair of the quality task team, capacity development task, and public health information systems task team. Served as focal point to the Global Task Force to Cholera Control Show less

Switzerland

Provided technical support for health emergency response team in Iraq in response to ISIS CrisisMedical Coordinator for set-up and implementation of Ebola Response in Sierra Leone including ETC and Quarantine support (Nov 2014 - April 2015)Provided technical support for health emergency assessment for Nepal earthquake

Upland, Indiana, United States

Assisted Department Chair to teach and plan International Public Health in Disasters course for undergraduate students.

Upland, Indiana, United States

Taught International Public Health in Disasters course for undergraduate public health students.

South Sudan

Health and Nutrition technical advisor for Medair South Sudan programmes. Primary health care programming and acute emergency response to outbreaks and displacements. Outbreak responses included kala azar, cholera, measles, hepatitis E, and meningitis. Also supported CMAM nutrition programming including stabilization centers, OTPs, and TSFPs.

South Sudan

New York, Ny

Master Of Public Health (Mph), Forced Migration

Doctor Of Medicine (Md)

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biology