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• Managing internal and external communications, outreach plans, and digital content for 7 NIH-funded programs from more than 30 institutions
• Developing external user research to improve new data visualization tools
• Collaborating with the communications team to ensure brand and voice consistency
• Developing and employing the strategic communications plan and measuring the performance to identify priorities and opportunities for impact
• Synthesizing information, tracking deliverables, and facilitating meetings for five different working groups

Greater Seattle Area

• Worked with the Systems Biology team to strengthen collaborator engagement and make the connections that drive neurodegenerative research
• Developed outreach strategies to promote meaningful data use and contributions across the National Institute on Aging's Accelerating Medicines Partnership in Alzheimer’s Disease program

Ethiopia

• Developed and implemented an English language curriculum for 450 9th grade students in rural Ethiopia, practicing adaptability in a low-resource environment to promote health education, gender equality, and youth.
• Conducted a needs assessment for a community in rural Ethiopia, managing issues and prioritizing projectsThree-year blog can be accessed at zoeinethiopia.wordpress.com

Ethiopia

• Collaborated with the USAID Global Health Supply Chain - Procurement Supply Management team to develop and implement plans for regional long-lasting insecticidal net (LLINs) distributions and subsequent campaign.

• Provided supplemental instruction for students in Cell Biology and Psychology courses, coordinating closely with professors to evaluate students' progress and give feedback on assignments

Costa Rica

• Published more than 20 media-rich articles through Reach the World, a NYC-based nonprofit that integrates travel into classroom curriculums across the United States Articles are archived at.
• Communicated directly with a classroom of 7th graders in a New York science classroom through published articles and regular videoconferences

Costa Rica

• Evaluated the effectiveness of community-based health education programs, working in collaboration with Dra. Anabelle Alfaro Obando and Dr. Jose Alberto Morales Ortega to advocate priority revisions to dengue education.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Evaluated 2,968 researchers within the life sciences and 1,183 corresponding labs to compile an annotated customer profiling database, acquired over 300 hours of experience with SugarCRM, order entry systems, and lab.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Assisted Dr. S. Warfa Osman in connecting Somali refugees with culturally-appropriate medical care
• Developed a grant renewal proposal for continued funding of cancer research within the local Somali community; successfully funded by the Otto Bremer Foundation

Greater Denver Area

• Assisted Dr. Eric A. F. Simoes with laboratory maintenance and sterilization