Experience

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  Georgia Emerging Infections Program

  • Atlanta, Georgia, United States

  • Surveillance Epidemiologist

    • May 2023 - Present
    • Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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  Piedmont

  • Athens, Georgia, United States

  • Infection Prevention Intern

    • Jan 2023 - May 2023
    • Athens, Georgia, United States

    While interning with the Infection Prevention Department of Piedmont Athens Regional, I aimed to answer the question: how has the incidence of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) at Piedmont Athens Regional changed over time, and how can infection control strategies prevent disease transmission in hospital environments? Using National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) data, I utilized descriptive and analytic epidemiology principles to identify trends in hospital-onset disease and to identify corresponding environmental exposures. I then used this working knowledge of emerging public health issues to perform data cleaning, analysis, and interpretation to communicate these risk factors to staff using educational materials.

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  The University of Georgia

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae Screening Recommendations Presentation

    • Jan 2023 - May 2023

    As part of a Screening and Prevention course, I created this presentation to briefly describe Neisseria gonorrhoeae symptoms, high-risk populations, treatment recommendations, and United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) screening recommendations. Potential harms and benefits of screening screening were considered.

  • Carotid Artery Stenosis Screening Recommendations

    • Apr 2023 - Apr 2023

    As part of a Screening and Prevention course, I created this presentation to assess the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) screening recommendations for Carotid Artery Stenosis. Utilizing the USPSTF analytic framework, the potential harms and benefits of population-wide screening were considered.

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  Center for Family Research

  • Athens, Georgia, United States

  • Community Research Assistant

    • May 2021 - May 2023
    • Athens, Georgia, United States

    As a Community Research Assistant, I maintained the records of study participant’s data including methylation data, genotype data, Qualtrics survey data, and other biological health indicators. Focusing on data management, I updated protocols to ensure accurate documentation of participant’s biological data including blood and saliva samples. We then displayed findings regarding the mechanisms through which ProSAAF induced changes influenced healthy aging among rural African Americans following the end of our 6th phase of data collection.

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  The University of Georgia

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • The Diagnostic Accuracy of HPV Self-Sampling Tests for Cervical Cancer Screening

    • Aug 2022 - Dec 2022

    In this meta-analysis, my colleagues and I investigated the diagnostic accuracy of HPV-self sampling compared to clinician-performed sampling for detecting cervical cancer. We developed a PubMed search strategy using MESH terms and abstracted the resulting literature to pull our included studies. We then performed an analysis of these included studies using R to determine the weighted average for sensitivity and specificity. The findings are attached.

  • Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Prevention Program

    • Aug 2022 - Dec 2022

    As part of an introduction to health promotion and behavior course, I worked with a team to develop an intervention plan to reduce rates of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) in Athens, Georgia. Guided by the health belief model, we designed our program to reduce the misuse of opioids among pregnant persons by providing education, by offering personalized counseling, and by increasing access to methadone assisted treatment clinics.

  • Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) Data Cleaning & Analysis

    • Aug 2022 - Dec 2022

    In this project, I cleaned and manipulated Surgical Site Infections (SSI) Healthcare data reported to the Center for Disease Control and the Prevention National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) to discover which surgical procedure had the highest average Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR). Several additional stratifications were considered.

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  The University of Georgia

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Effects of Alcohol Consumption and COVID-19 Risk

    • Jan 2022 - May 2022

    During this Field Epidemiology project I collaborated with 3 peers to assess if University of Georgia student’s alcohol consumption was associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 infection. We investigated survey data from study participants to calculate prevalence rate ratios and chi-squared homogeneity using SAS. Additionally, we considered potential data confounders, biases, and implications for future research.

  • Policy Recommendations for the Opioid Overdose Epidemic

    • Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

    During this health policy project, I identified the driving factors of the opioid overdose epidemic including historical opioid use trends. Then I evaluated potential policy options aimed to reduce opioid overdose deaths and summarized my recommendations for actions based on 3 policy analysis criteria including feasibility, ethical considerations, and effectiveness.