Experience

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  Speak Up Africa

  • Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

  • Policy and Research Manager

    • Oct 2021 - Present
    • Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

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  Village Pilote

  • Dakar, Senegal

  • Health Program Manager

    • Sep 2020 - Oct 2021
    • Dakar, Senegal

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  Agence de la Couverture Maladie Universelle (Sénégal)

  • Dakar, Senegal

  • Chargée de Partenariats/Partnerships Officer

    • Feb 2019 - Nov 2019
    • Dakar, Senegal

    • Identifier tous les partenaires potentiels• Cibler les partenaires les plus indiqués et identifier les opportunités de subventions en fonction de leurs priorités de financement • Prospecter les partenaires les plus indiqués sur la base des résultats de l’analyse des opportunités • Rédiger et/ou soumettre, selon les besoins, les propositions technique et financière, la note conceptuelle et les autres annexes • Suivi des propositions soumises

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  Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

  • United States
  • Public Health
  • 300 - 400 Employee

  • Senior Analyst, Chronic Disease Prevention

    • Apr 2018 - Nov 2018

    • Manage deliverables for grant-funded projects related to hypertension prevention, diabetes management, tobacco control, childhood obesity cost-effectiveness studies, and older adults falls prevention. Related activities include managing learning communities, creating informational resources (i.e., issue briefs, fact sheets, state stories, and toolkits), and organizing and facilitating technical assistance calls and webinars• Regularly collect, analyze, and disseminate information through issue briefs, newsletters, and reports• Track state/territorial and national progress on the development and use of evidence-based approaches to improve policy and clinical outcomes.• Conduct routine environmental scans of information from governmental sources, national public health organizations, and foundations focusing on the social determinants of health (SDOH)• Track federal and state legislative and regulatory issues, looking strategically at trends for addressing health equity.• Join webinars and working groups calls to stay abreast of national trends and evidence-based interventions highlighting chronic disease prevention and management.• Represent ASTHO at meetings and conferences nationally

  • Analyst, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention

    • Oct 2016 - Apr 2018

    • Support chronic disease prevention program planning and implementation activities, specifically for sodium reduction, diabetes, childhood obesity, heart disease and stroke, and older adults falls prevention • Develop issue briefs, state success stories, industry snapshots, and policy statements• Support various project management activities, including deliverable tracking and communication with state leads• Facilitate virtual and in-person meetings• Provide technical assistance to state program leads and partners • Conduct policy scans and analysis to inform project implementation• Track and disseminate policies and new publications related to chronic disease prevention • Develop proposals for new funding from public and private agencies• Maintain web presence and add content as available• Liaise with other organizations to identify and develop opportunities for collaboration • Represent ASTHO in the Food Service Guidelines Committee (FSGC) and the National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA)

  • Health Improvement

    • Aug 2016 - Oct 2016

    • Conducted literature reviews and policy research related to diabetes and sodium reduction • Drafted and edited issue briefs and snapshots for the Million Hearts and Diabetes Prevention projects• Developed summary reports for virtual and in-person meetings • Created a diabetes toolkit for the ASTHO Diabetes Webpage • Contributed to ASTHO newsletters • Attended local partner meetings

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  Inova Health System

  • Fairfax, VA

  • Clinical Exercise Physiologist

    • Jan 2014 - Jul 2016
    • Fairfax, VA

    • Taught nutrition education classes to cardiac rehabilitation patients and their families monthly• Evaluated patients’ cardiovascular function (i.e. stress test etc.)• Developed individualized exercise prescription to increase physical fitness, strength, endurance, and flexibility• Conducted cardiac rehabilitation sessions daily• Participated in quality improvement processes

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  Horton's Kids, Inc.

  • Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • Health Disparities Fellow

    • Apr 2014 - Mar 2016
    • Washington D.C. Metro Area

    • Created educational brochures on health issues such as diabetes, hypertension, and cancers• Assisted with the coordination, preparation and submission of grant applications, under the supervision of the Development Director• Drafted project reports, memos, meeting minutes, and edited documents as required• Coordinated and served as the point person for planning and logistics for community health events• Performed administrative duties as required

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  Lancaster General Health/Penn Medicine

  • United States
  • Hospitals and Health Care
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Program Assistant, Shapedown Program

    • Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

  • Intern, Cardiac Rehabilitation

    • Jul 2013 - Dec 2013

    • Assisted the planning of cardiac rehabilitation sessions, under the supervision of exercise physiologists and cardiac care nurses• Taught “importance of physical activity” curriculum• Prescribed exercise to high-risk patients, under the supervision of exercise physiologists and cardiologists

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  Samaritan Health Services

  • Albany, Oregon

  • Intern, Clinical Exercise Physiologist

    • Mar 2013 - Jun 2013
    • Albany, Oregon