USING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO SOLVE REAL WORLD PROBLEMS.


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My credentials are always evolving but here is some pertinent information. Take your time, look around, and learn all there is to know about me. I hope you enjoy the site and take a moment to consider how I could be a benefit to your organization. 

Resume

Education

2017  Master of Public Health: Public Health Informatics 

University of Illinois at Chicago 

Capstone: “Smart Phones and HIV+/AIDS Populations.”

Practicum: Chicago Women’s AIDS Project 


2014  Bachelor of Arts 

Murray State University 

Fields: Chemistry, Biological Archaeology (Interdisciplinary) 

Minor: Agriculture 

Thesis: “Rheumatoid Arthritis: Put Down the Steak.”

Foreign Language: International Intermediate Standard in French Education Abroad: Examination of Healthcare Delivery in Belize 

Experience

08/2018-Present   Health Educator II

                                 Purchase District Health Department

  • Purchase Area Health Connections Network Director
  • Opioid Taskforce Project Director
  • Project Director Rural Opioid Response 
  • Transitional Care Team to reduce readmits at local hospitals
  • Purchase District Health Department Community Health Needs Assessment
  • COPAT toolkit- author and analysis
  • Data Coordination and Data Analysis
  • Event/training planning
  • Public Speaking engagements
  • Facilitated community outreach, engagement, recruitment, and collaboration.  
  • Coalition Building
  • Grant writing,
  • Strategic planning
  • Sustainability planning
  • Business planning
  • Project management
  • Conceptual design, and development of a web hosted health resource guide for the 8 counties of the Purchase Area
  • Health Promotion 
  • Social Media Marketing and Graphic Design

07/2017-07/2018   Health Coalition Support Coordinator 

                                 DeltaCorps 

  • Formed new or revitalized existing health coalitions in the Purchase Area in need 
  • Completed and planned health promotion tasks, community health needs assessments (including data analysis), form design, promotional and marketing materials design including materials for the Regional Health Summit and an Unplug and Move challenge 
  • Planned events including Health Coalition Kick-Offs, Health Scavenger Hunt, Regional Health Summit, and a Health Fair 
  • Public Speaking engagements at local nonprofits on Informatics 
  • Facilitated community outreach, engagement, recruitment, collaboration for Health Coalitions and Projects, including speaking to Local Governments in 4 counties 
  • Completed grants research, strategic planning, project management for the coalitions in Hickman, Fulton, Carlisle, and Ballard 
  • Conceptual design, and development of a health resource guide for the 8 counties of the Purchase Area that will be web hosted 
  • Project management, planning, and implementation of community gardens, walking paths, as well as established or revitalized pedestrian and bicycle plans in the river counties of the Purchase Area 
  • Obtained DeltaCorps Leadership and Community Involvement training, Trauma Informed Care training 


                                        06/2017-08/2017     Client Services Intern-Practicum                                    Chicago Women’s AIDS Project 

 

  • Performed data management and analysis for Ryan White HIV+/AIDS program 
  • Aided in strategic planning and program planning 
  • Support group facilitator 
  • Designed forms, flyers, and newsletters 
  • Worked directly with the Executive Director 
  • Completed required office support including medical form verification and file management 
  • Conducted human resources duties including entering time, determining accrued time, resume and candidate verification, completed first round phone interviews, job postings 


01/2015-07/2015    Health Department Intern 

                                  Marshall County Health Department 

 

  • Used statistical methods to generate large reports to display, develop, and compare analytical data pertaining to Public Health and Nutrition for Team Ultra 
  • Created a record of the success of the program for 2015 including written summary, charts, graphs, and visual aids 
  • Completed data analysis and management of confidential and personal information including deidentification 
  • Performed biometric screenings 
  • This work was presented at the Kentucky Public Health Conference in 2016 

 

                       10/2013-12/2014   Assistant Purchasing Agent/Administrative Assistant                                  Procurement Services at Murray State University 


  • Updated and maintained price contracts and master contracts 
  • Completed purchase orders and invoices 
  • Prepared and dispensed tax-exempt documents 
  • Aided in the closing of the fiscal year end files 
  • Updated and maintained databases 
  • Handled bids, RFPs, and RFQs 
  • Interoffice, vendor, and customer relations 
  • Completed projects and tasks as assigned 
  • Assisted buyers and worked directly with Director 
  • Designed forms 
  • Performed administrative assistant duties 


04/2009-08/2010  Hazardous Waste Technician 

                                University of Illinois at Chicago 


  • Updated, maintained, and classified hazardous materials within University of Illinois’s database 
  • Bulked Solvents 
  • Handled hazardous and bio-hazardous materials including storage and transport 
  • Respiratory fit tested the employees and medical students of the University of Illinois Medical Centers 
  • Hazmat and DOT certified [2009-2011] 

Skills

  • Data Analysis
  • Data Management
  • SAS, Epi Info 7
  • Microsoft Suite
  • Project Management 
  • Strategic Planning
  • Health Systems & Exchanges 
  • Corporate Security Knowledge 
  • Telecommunication Network
  • Communication Systems Applications
  • Web Based Information Systems
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Procurement 
  • Creative Writing and Design Research
  • Public Speaking
  • Health Promotion 
  • Leadership 

Certifications

  • Certified in Information Privacy and Security, IPS for Researchers 
  • Certified in Human Research, Social/Behavioral Research 
  • Certified in HIPAA 

Additional Accomplishments

  • Speaker at 3rd Annual Health and Wellness Summit
  • Work presented at Kentucky Public Health Conference in 2016
  • Undergraduate thesis cited as Exemplary by Murray State University
  • Ascend Scholar at University of Illinois at Chicago 

FAQs

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Looking for organizational positions and fee for service consulting!