Experience

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Policy Analyst

  • Jan 2003 - Present

  • Performed analyses of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) research portfolios in mission critical areas.• Performed project evaluation, and worked with evaluation staff to assess programs, and policies.• Piloted technical initiatives for the office including collaborative endeavors like Microsoft Share Point and analytical software packages like e-SPA, among others. Maintained the Office’s IT infrastructure as the site administrator.• Cross-trained to perform controlled correspondence for NIAID.• Developed presentations for the Director of NIAID in topic areas that I was particularly familiar.• Assisted in the production of NIAID’s annual Congressional Justification• Compiled two briefs. The briefs included an early morning “Urgent Update”, and a comprehensive daily “International Infectious Disease and Policy Digest”. The topic for the morning update was determined by the Institute’s Office of the Director based upon what was determined to be the highest priority subject matter. The second daily was a comprehensive briefing on the most relevant health-related events that were occurring world-wide. In addition, both dailies were sent out to other government entities including the White House, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, The Department of Agriculture, the Department of State, the Department of Defense and various branches of the United States military, among others. Show less

• Management Analyst

  • Jan 2013 - Apr 2020

  • Responsible for managing communications between the Institute’s internal Divisions and Offices, the Institute’s Office of the Director, other NIH Institutes and Centers, offices within the Secretary’s Office at the Department of Health and Human Services, external entities like the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization, as well as direct correspondence from politicians and citizens from the United States and other countries.• Compiled and analyzed daily security information for overseas employees in high-risk posts like Mali and several other countries in Western Africa.• Researches, analyzes, and writes reports and white papers on potential partners like the Institut Pasteur and Wellcome Trust for senior management.• Research, analyze, and write reports and white papers on international policies, rules and regulations that might impact the Agency (for example, the Office’s Annual Report to the Institute’s senior staff, and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation).• Generates, analyzes Office performance metrics on an annual basis.• Manages and curates the Institute’s portfolio of over 130 international agreements• Manages the Institute’s State Department Embassy Science Fellow’s Program. The Embassy Science Fellows Program provides U.S. embassies access to the expertise of U.S. government officers in science and technology fields. Show less



Information, Inc.

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Writer, Analyst

  • 1997 - 1999

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