Victor Cruz Email & Phone Number

Department Of Health - Infectious Disease Prevention And Control

Leading CDC and MDH research programs. Outbreak response. Vaccine preventable disease, infectious diseases, Subject matter expert. Data analysis. Response team for outbreaks including: pertussis, measles (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6627a1.htm), ebola, covid-19 and others. Data analysis: SAS, GIS, STATA, Redcap.Television and Print Interviews:http://www.fox9.com/home/59757849-storyhttp://kstp.com/news/stories/s3993072.shtmlhttp://www.twincities.com/2016/02/11/minnesota-whooping-cough-returning/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/05/27/health-officials-investigating-whooping-cough-cluster-rochesterhttps://www.wdio.com/news/pertussis/5602352/?cat=10335Enhanced Pertussis Surveillance - One of seven CDC funded states. Developing and implementing new strategies for specimen collection, setting up partnerships with clinics, hospitals, and laboratories. Grant writing and contracts all the way to getting fax machines working and gently navigating bacteria from one place to another. Leading a cross-functional team.Subject Matter Expert - Pertussis and vaccine preventable diseases. Infectious disease epidemiologist after hours on-call for clinician questions on: rabies, pertussis, mumps, measles, rubella, ebola, and others. Media. Continuing medical education presentations. Invited to present at Minnesota Immunization Practices Advisory Committee, University of Minnesota Medical Center Grand Rounds. Data Analysis - Keeping our data clean, our variables relevant, and summarizing results for use by the public, the Minnesota Disease Control Newsletter, and NNDSS and CDC numbers. SAS. GIS. STATA.

Principal Investigator on CDC-funded clinical research study - Identified and developed logistic partnerships with study sites, protocols and documentation. Over 100 households with 300 participants, phone interviews and specimen collection. The case numbers from Minnesota were the highest among all study states.

Minnesota Department Of Health

Trained with nationally recognized outbreak investigations team. Foodborne Center of Excellence. Conducted 150+ surveillance interviews to detect outbreaks and track disease trends in Minnesota.Improved speed of SAS code used for identifying potentially contaminated food items in outbreak investigations. Obtained medical records from health systems for reportable illnesses. SAS data analysis. Completed case report forms. Created Access databases for data analysis in outbreak investigations. Supported epidemiology staff on foodborne outbreak investigations. Patient recruitment and consent for an NIH funded study. Data entry. Quality Control.http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/team-diarrhea/http://foodsafety.news21.com/2011/response/analysis/minnesota/

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Courses: SAS Procedures and Data AnalysisGIS Spatial Analysis in Infectious Disease EpidemiologyStatistical Methods for Correlated DataDecision Analysis for HealthcareManagement in Health ServicesEpidemiology Methods I, II, IIIBiostatistics I, II

Served as an analyst and project coordinator helping companies secure reimbursement for new drugs and diagnostics. Project coordinator for team of 3 analysts and 2 cross-functional consultants on projects in a fast-paced, confidential environment. Managed timelines and budget, identified business requirements, creating deliverables under minimal supervision. Created a relational database for over 3,000 research papers and synthesized results for non-technical audiences. Regular updates to senior management (CEO, Chief Science Officer) on projects in Health Economics and Outcomes Research. Locating and analyzing data.

Researched factors related to decreased kidney function over time. Conducted over 100, 4-hour clinic visits helping patients have a nice day while collecting primary data. Patients were from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds. Developed a customer-service orientation with participants. Quality control, auditing of case-report forms, data abstraction, and data entry into study database. Prepared NIH quarterly reports. Provided input on refining study protocol.

Researched effectiveness of a new tuberculosis diagnostic test compared to traditional tuberculin skin test. Conducted data analysis of 340 patients. Cleaned and imported data. Recorded findings and received training from PhD Epidemiologist. SPSS. Presented findings as a poster at research symposium.

Founded group that resulted in 3 trips, 12 students, over 3 years. Organized all international logistics including lodging, activities, and transportation with university and overseas non-governmental organization.Meetings with CEO and key stakeholders in government and private industry. Developed a medical volunteering program. Mentored students who later developed a research partnership between Gawad Kalinga and Stanford University Medical School.Delivered tuberculosis medication with community health workers per DOTS protocol, visited rural development projects, prepared vitamin enriched meals. Medical translation and patient intake in Tagalog.

Mars House

Managed a budget of over $50,000 for salary and expenses. Contracted chef and oversaw weekly expenses.

Mph - Epidemiology

Ba, Human Biology: International Health And Infectious Disease; Creative Writing