Chantal Besa, MD, MPH, CIC, LSSYB

Director at MHS
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(386) 825-5501
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Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

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Experience

    • India
    • Marketing Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director
      • Feb 2021 - Present

    • Program Manager, Infection Prevention & Epidemiology
      • Nov 2018 - Aug 2019

  • North Hills Hospital
    • North Richland Hills
    • Coordinator, Infection Prevention & Epidemiology
      • Mar 2016 - Nov 2018

      Responsible for coordination of all hospital infection prevention and control activities with the Infection Control Committee, Medical Staff and hospital employees. Conduct data collection, data analysis and reporting. Responsible for coordination of all hospital infection prevention and control activities with the Infection Control Committee, Medical Staff and hospital employees. Conduct data collection, data analysis and reporting.

  • Dallas Medical Center
    • Dallas/Fort Worth Area
    • Infection Prevention & Epidemiology
      • Nov 2013 - Feb 2016

      Responsible for surveillance, prevention and control of infection. Provide assistance with policy and procedure development and implementation while maintaining CDC, OSHA, TJC and other regulatory agency directives. Conduct data collection and data analysis. Acts as a primary education consultant to hospital employees. physicians, patients and visitors in safe Infection Control/Prevention practices. Coordinate all hospital infection control activities with the Infection Control Committee, Medical Staff and hospital employees. Responds to potential exposures by communicating with patients, physicians, employees and regulatory agencies Show less

    • Epidemiologist II
      • Oct 2011 - Jul 2013

      Planned, coordinated, implemented and conducted outbreak investigations Designed data collection forms, developed data collection strategies, and conducted data analysis Analyzed epidemiologic and surveillance data on communicable diseases prevalence and risk factors Prepared summary tables, figures and reports including peer-reviewed publications Planned, coordinated, implemented and conducted outbreak investigations Designed data collection forms, developed data collection strategies, and conducted data analysis Analyzed epidemiologic and surveillance data on communicable diseases prevalence and risk factors Prepared summary tables, figures and reports including peer-reviewed publications

    • Consultant Assistant Project Coordinator
      • Dec 2008 - Aug 2009

      Successfully recruited and trained school nurses and childcare center Directors in health data collection in prevention of H1N1 virus, project honored by the national research organization “CID RAP” for promising practice for pandemic flu preparedness Participated in design, implementation and evaluation of survey and focus groups Conducted data analysis and report writing for grant deliverable Developed and maintained collaboration between community professionals and county public health department Show less

    • Public Health Intern
      • May 2008 - Jul 2008

      Worked closely with the Executive Director in data management, data analysis to accurately identify different program priorities and redefine project goals Analyzed data to determine the correlation between teen pregnancy and low birth weight Assisted in grant proposals writing Worked closely with the Executive Director in data management, data analysis to accurately identify different program priorities and redefine project goals Analyzed data to determine the correlation between teen pregnancy and low birth weight Assisted in grant proposals writing

    • Resarch Assistant
      • Sep 2007 - Nov 2007

      Prepared and entered data collected for studies conducted Worked closely with faculty members in data cleaning, coding and recoding assuring accuracy in study results Prepared and entered data collected for studies conducted Worked closely with faculty members in data cleaning, coding and recoding assuring accuracy in study results

    • United States
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Associate
      • Dec 1987 - Sep 1990

      Investigated HIV infection and mother-to-child viral transmission Supervisor and Counselor ( August 1989 – September 1990) Implemented and supervised counseling and educational program for HIV-infected women Participated in data analysis Prepared summary reports and final results for presentation at professional meetings Provided internal review of manuscripts before submission for publication in professional journals Led team effort to produce numbers of scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals and numerous abstracts presented at international conferences Team leader (August 1988 – July 1989) Managed data collection and data analysis Assisted in the development of protocols Led and provided on-the-job training to lower grades staff members in data collection Identified quality and performance improvement opportunities and collaborated with staff in the development of action plans to improve quality Prepared and presented research results at scientific conferences Medical officer –Research Associate(December 1987 – July 1988) Screened potential subjects for protocol eligibility. Presented study concepts and details to the subjects, participated in the informed consent process and enrolled subjects into the studies Managed patients participation and retention Provided accurate and timely data collection, documentation, data entry and reporting. Serve as the primary liaison between investigators, clinical staffs and study subjects. . Show less

Education

  • University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
    MPH, Epidemiology
    2007 - 2009
  • University Rene Descartes-Paris V
    Capacity of Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases
    1995 - 1997
  • University of Kinshasa
    Doctor of Medicine (MD), General Medicine
    1980 - 1987

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