Experience

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

• United States
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Health Specialist

  • Aug 2021 - Present



Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• TL1 NIH-NCATS Pre-doctoral Fellow

  • Jul 2021 - Jun 2022



The Scientific Consulting Group, Inc.

• Government Relations Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director, NCI Cohort Consortium

  • Nov 2020 - Aug 2021

• Research Associate

  • Jan 2019 - Nov 2020

  Ms. Pottinger provides administrative and programmatic support for NCI’s Cohort Consortium. She schedules, plans, attends, and takes meeting summaries for Steering Committee and subcommittee meetings. She assists with scientific and program planning activities of the Steering Committee and subcommittees. She manages the project proposal process. She manages the evaluation of project and working group activities, and related analyses. She drafts and formats content for the membership newsletter and disseminates to the Consortium’s 500+ members listserv. She manages the consortium website and Plone portal. She assists with annual meeting planning and implementation, and she participates in manuscript writing, as appropriate. Ms. Pottinger also supports the Cancer in Hispanics Working Group with conducting a trans-NIH/DoD portfolio analyses to include and analyze all grants that provide epidemiological information about cancer in Hispanics populations. Finally, Ms. Pottinger supports EGRP’s data sharing policies and procedures.She provides guidance to program staff and outside investigators on requirements for data sharing consistent with NIH policies. She stays current on NIH policies related to data sharing and participates on committees charged with the implementation of the policies. She develops reports on Genomic Data Sharing (GDS) and other data sharing activities to be presented to senior program leadership. She maintains databases and spreadsheets related to tracking data sharing/submissions and participates in development of new or updated databases to support new data sharing projects. She develops and presents data sharing training materials to program staff and outside investigators. She works with staff on special projects for the promotion of data sharing. Show less



National Cancer Institute (NCI)

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Cancer Research Training Award Fellow

  • Apr 2016 - Jan 2019



Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

• United States
• Research Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Program Assistant

  • Oct 2015 - Dec 2015

   Compiled various data from Principal Investigator Progress reports including contract information, milestone information, recruitment numbers, and dissemination of results reports to be programmed as pre-populated information into an electronic Interim Progress Report database. My work increased and improved communication between PCORI employees and extramural principal investigators.  Compiled various data from Principal Investigator Progress reports including contract information, milestone information, recruitment numbers, and dissemination of results reports to be programmed as pre-populated information into an electronic Interim Progress Report database. My work increased and improved communication between PCORI employees and extramural principal investigators.



Yale School of Public Health

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Practicum Student

  • Jan 2015 - Sep 2015

  I worked as a Practicum Student at the CT Emerging Infections Program (EIP), alongside of completing my MPH curriculum at YSPH. The CT EIP offers epidemiology services on behalf of the CT State Department of Health and the CDC. I evaluated the impact of wireless phone usage on the methodology of using land line phones to enroll controls in outbreak investigation case control studies. I used SAS to compile, clean, and analyze CT phone usage data and Connecticut FoodNET surveillance data to determine the estimated coverage of landline and wireless usage in the CT population. My evaluation raised awareness of potential bias when selecting study subjects in health research studies. The results were presented at the 2015 Northeast Epidemiology Conference at Rutgers University. Show less

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  The COLD study is a prospective, descriptive, cost of illness study of Lyme disease (LD) patients being conducted to assess total societal and individual level costs of LD. I worked with the project coordinator to conduct enrollment activities for the COLD study. These activities included conducting telephone interviews to assess eligibility, completing introductory surveys, and conducting data entry activities. I was able to increase recruitment by 30% in the time I worked on this study.



Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti

• Haiti
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chronic Disease Management Team Member

  • Jan 2015 - Aug 2015

  In 2015, I traveled to Haiti through my "Sustainable Development in Post-Disaster Context" class. Our team consulted on a Chronic Disease project for Hopital Albert Schweitzer (HAS), the main hospital for residents of the Artibonite region. Our task was to build on previous classes’ efforts in estimating the burden of diabetes and hypertension in Deschapelles and Liancourt. We collected information on patients who were screened at the local dispensary (clinic) in Deschapelles and Liancourt from January 1, 2014-December 31, 2014 for diabetes and hypertension. Descriptive statistics, prevalence, sub-group analysis, and comparative trends from 2011-2014 were assessed using SAS and Excel. Upon completion of the project, we constructed a peer-review paper on diabetes and hypertension prevalence in collaboration with Hôpital Albert Schweitzer to strengthen chronic disease surveillance on a national scale in Haiti. Show less



UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2014 - Dec 2014

  The Smarter Lunchrooms Makeover Pilot Study is a collaborative project with the Connecticut State Department of Education and Cornell’s B.E.N. Center that identified effective strategies for changing the cafeteria environment to help students make healthy food choices. Funded partially by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). I collected and measured post meal plate waste using the quarter-waste method at six K-12 schools in Connecticut to determine how the study intervention impacted eating behaviors during lunch. My work contributed to a state-wide community health, federally funded intervention study that showed positive results of schools making changes to improve the cafeteria and promote healthy choices for students. Show less



Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE)

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Data Analyst

  • Sep 2014 - Dec 2014

  The Hartford Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative Program was a 5-year grant funded initiative awarded to the City of Hartford Health and Human Services Department by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2010. The intervention provided youth sexual education programs and focus groups serviced to over 600 children. I conducted qualitative and quantitative data entry and analysis using SPSS. Various data analyzed included demographic information, pre- and post-youth program responses about contraceptive use and knowledge about pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). My work helped to show positive results of reduced rates of teen pregnancies and births in the City of Hartford. Show less



Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Trainee

  • May 2014 - Jul 2014

  As a participant in the James A. Ferguson Emerging Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program, I interned at the CDC in their Division of HIV/AIDS and Prevention. I worked under behavioral scientists on a HIV medication adherence project. I conducted a secondary analysis of mobile applications designed to support persons living with HIV. I searched the Apple iTunes and Android Google Play stores for HIV care and treatment apps that exclusively target people living with HIV. Each app was downloaded, tested and assessed for user ratings and functionality. Broad content areas searched included: HIV, HIV medication adherence, HIV treatment, and support for HIV-positive persons. My analysis provided additional support for an HIV care mobile app designed by the Prevention in Clinical Care team to be launched nationally. I presented my work at the 2014 Atlanta Ferguson Fellowship Public Health Scholarship and Practice Meeting. Show less