Experience

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  Maryland Department of Health

  • United States
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Influenza/RSV/Coronavirus Epidemiologist 2

    • Oct 2020 - Present

  • Influenza/RSV Epidemiologist

    • Oct 2018 - Oct 2020

    • Conducting active surveillance for laboratory confirmed influenza and RSV hospitalizations primarily through medical record abstraction• Managing surveillance data within databases and transmitting data to CDC on a regular basis• Analyzing surveillance and study data using SAS• Participating in state and national food outbreak investigations• Tracking clinical specimens received within the MDH laboratory, hospital laboratories, and private laboratories

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  Virginia Commonwealth University

  • Richmond, Virginia Area

  • Evaluation Coordinator and Data Analyst

    • Oct 2016 - Sep 2018
    • Richmond, Virginia Area

    • Analyzing and translating complex healthcare data into useful information for senior management as well as external partners so they can improve programs.• Managing multiple projects and ad hoc requests related to data management and analysis while utilizing multiple tools (SAS, Tableau, REDCap...

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  Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe

  • Athens, Georgia Area

  • Hostess

    • Aug 2015 - Jul 2016
    • Athens, Georgia Area

    • Welcoming customers into the restaurant, taking orders and collecting payment accurately.• Handling any customer complaints, interacting with culturally diverse co-workers and customers.• Compiling catering orders, and assembling meals in a safe and sanitary manner for customers all while inter...

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  Athens Regional Health System

  • Athens, Georgia Area

  • Intern

    • Jan 2016 - Apr 2016
    • Athens, Georgia Area

    • Data abstraction of all hospital-acquired infections in 2015 to perform root cause analyses utilizing electronic health records. The results of this study led to hospital pharmacists changing best-practice medications given to patients with hospital-acquired infections. • Primary accomplishme...

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  Athens Associates in Family Practice

  • Athens, Georgia Area

  • Front Office Coordinator

    • Sep 2014 - Aug 2015
    • Athens, Georgia Area

    • Answering any questions or concerns patients may have about current or previous visits including testing, results, or billing issues.• Scheduling appointments, interacting with providers, maintaining patient records, collecting payment, and verifying insurance while maintaining HIPPA confidenti...

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  American Red Cross

  • Charlotte, North Carolina Area

  • Lab Technician I

    • Nov 2013 - Jul 2014
    • Charlotte, North Carolina Area

    • Following current Good Manufacturing Practices while completing automated and manual testing to assure the safety, potency, and purity of the 5,000 test samples per shift.• Testing required utilizing time management, multi-tasking, and organizational skills. • Assisting in identifying problems...

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  High Point University

  • Laboratory Assistant

    • 2011 - 2013

    As a laboratory assistant for the Genetics course my responsibilities included assembling and disassembling labs, creating agarose gels and master mixes to be used in class, performing PCR and electrophoresis. Special emphasis was placed on using pipets properly. Focus of job was handling Droso...