Syndromic Surveillance Coordinator

• Mar 2023 - Present

Medical Services Coordinator

• Aug 2014 - Present

• Manage medical staffing, vaccine program compliance and departmental budget.• Supervise physicians, RNs, PAs, APRN and other allied health staff.• Supervising CLIA-waived laboratory services including training medical students, nursing students and other allied health providers in interview techniques, phlebotomy, specimen handling/sterile technique and donning/doffing PPE.

HIV Prevention Team/Counselor

• Jun 2011 - Mar 2023

• Counseled patients onsite and offsite in HIV prevention, disclosure, serodiscordant relationships, safer sex and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP / Truvada) and PEP using techniques including open-ended questions and role-play.• Conduct contact tracing for reportable infectious disease using patient-derived and social-media forensic techniques.• Referred clients to STD clinic, smoking cessation, substance abuse, support groups, and behavioral health services.• Co-facilitation of MpowerCT project based on “Mpowerment” Distributed Effective Behavioral Intervention (DEBI).• Developed disease-specific social media, print and web campaigns, and websites using evidence-based strategies.• Successfully completed DPH HIV counselor / tester program, 2011 and required continuing education programs. Show less

President

• Apr 2020 - Present

President

• Mar 2020 - Jun 2022

Consultant

• Sep 2006 - Mar 2020

• Developed multispecialty and multistate online risk management questionnaires for healthcare organizations.• Participated in remote and onsite interviews and “walk-around” risk management assessments at healthcare organizations, and contributed to reports and recommendations.• Independently and collaboratively conducted research for clients with short turnaround times on issues including backup power and communications, medical device sterilization, and telemedicine technology.• Authored, co-authored, and managed the distribution of newsletters on topics including infectious disease, social media risks and opportunities, healthcare emergency management, and technology risk management.• Developed and maintained custom secure websites for healthcare and insurer client educational content.• Managed accounting and purchases of capital equipment, subscriptions, and materials.• Completion of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) Barton Certificate in Health Care Risk Management (2008). Show less