Vishwarupa [Vish] Vasani, Mph Email & Phone Number

Greater Atlanta Area

Greater Chicago Area

• Provided training and technical assistance to local YMCAs in the delivery of evidence-based chronic disease prevention and management programs to build organizational capacity, ensure adherence to national program fidelity and quality standards, demonstrate impact through data, and support partnership development and long-term sustainability. • Managed cohorts of YMCAs participating in grant-funded projects with national partners, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to pilot innovative processes, ensure completion of deliverables, and synthesize and share learnings.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Coordinated the development and implementation of various strategies designed to improve access to healthy eating, active living, and chronic disease prevention and management opportunities for all Minneapolis residents, particularly in low-income communities and communities of color.• Greatest achievement: Developed and led the City's first healthy beverage campaign - ReThink Your Drink, Every Sip Counts! - resulting in increased awareness of the negative impacts of sugar-sweetened beverages and improved access to healthy beverage options in community settings and organizations; additionally, engaged statewide stakeholders to explore interest in and possible strategic coordination of state and local policy approaches to promote healthy beverages and reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• As part of the Public Health Prevention Service fellowship, coordinated Homegrown Minneapolis Food Council activities to increase access to quality food, address hunger and food insecurity, connect sectors of the food system, and influence policy and decision making.• Engaged in regular strategic planning, and built strong relationships across a variety of stakeholders - from urban farmers to academia - to guide the City's progress towards an environmentally sustainable and socially just food system.

Greater Atlanta Area

• As part of the Public Health Prevention Service fellowship, administered rapid ethnographic assessment to obtain community member and provider views on sexual health services available to residents in Fort McPherson area of Atlanta, GA; results led to collaboration across sectors to integrate health considerations into land redevelopment plans. • Evaluated reach, user engagement, and campaign exposure of www.findstdtest.org, a national database of STD/HIV testing resources, to establish a benchmark for website performance and optimize user experience.

Greater Atlanta Area

• As part of the Public Health Prevention Service fellowship, authored advocacy materials for Let's Move! Salad Bars to Schools initiative and blog entries for White House Let's Move! webpage, generating support for salad bars in schools at local, state, and national level.• Designed system to match schools with salad bar donations and/or potential funders.

Greater Atlanta Area

Educated young women vulnerable to HIV/AIDS on several health topics pertinent to youth development via Girls Empowered and Motivated to Succeed (GEMS) program. In addition, supported program evaluation activities, and reported on facilitators and barriers of curriculum modules' delivery to leadership to inform program improvement.

Greater Atlanta Area

Authored curricula for and presented workshops to general student body; collaborated with local partners and campus organizations to plan and facilitate campaigns such as World AIDS Day and Get Yourself Tested campaign; and engaged in program evaluation activities through data entry, analysis, and drafting summary reports.

Greater

Recruited and trained graduate students to create and deliver monthly health education curricula for children and women. In addition, formulated and presented health and wellness curricula for children from low socio-economic backgrounds to increase knowledge and adoption of healthy lifestyle behaviors.

Greater San Diego Area

Provided nationwide phone-based education (healthy eating, physical activity, stress management, and tobacco cessation) to over 100 members to support members' goals towards chronic disease prevention, management, and/or weight loss.

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Behavioral Sciences And Health Education

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Psychology, Minor In Health Care Social Issues