Experience

Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research

• Switzerland
• Health, Wellness & Fitness
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Scientist

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  Geneva, Switzerland In this role, I manage a portfolio of health systems research on primary health care (PHC) and universal health coverage (UHC) in India. I also manage an initiative to engage policymakers in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) in implementation research agenda setting and more broadly to developing recommendations and best practices for how to engage policymakers in research cycles overall.



Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate and Assistant Scientist

  • Jul 2017 - Nov 2022

  Baltimore, MD I have developed and taught courses in Haiti, India, Uganda, Ethiopia, and beyond on a range of public health and leadership topics as well as to global audiences via online platforms. I have been able to collaborate with a wide range of colleagues and divisions at Johns Hopkins as well as with leaders around the world to reach frontline workers, health systems leaders, and young professionals. My research portfolio focuses on primary health care and community health systems including a… Show more I have developed and taught courses in Haiti, India, Uganda, Ethiopia, and beyond on a range of public health and leadership topics as well as to global audiences via online platforms. I have been able to collaborate with a wide range of colleagues and divisions at Johns Hopkins as well as with leaders around the world to reach frontline workers, health systems leaders, and young professionals. My research portfolio focuses on primary health care and community health systems including a number of projects related to community health workers (CHW). I have designed and led a number of literature reviews, qualitative and mixed-methods evaluations of CHW programs, and have been involved with ongoing monitoring and evaluation as well as implementation research initiatives on these topics. Building capacity is at the center of my motivation for being a public health leader. This focus is one I have developed by observing, mentoring, and collaborating with an exceptionally diverse and skilled set of colleagues and students from around the world. I am particularly dedicated to advancing opportunities for women, given the immense role women play to improving health and the many barriers they must often overcome to do this. I continue to be humbled by their dedication, work, and insights into complex public health issues, and I have dedicated my career to finding ways to support and augment this work. Show less



Bél Global Consulting Services, LLC

• CEO

  • Oct 2011 - Dec 2021

  Lewisburg, WV I have had my own consulting business since 2011, and have worked for private foundations, as a project manager for a number of different organizations, and as an independent consultant and technical advisor for public health and international development projects.



The GROW Project, Inc.

• United States
• Education Administration Programs

• Co-Founder and Executive/Program Director

  • Jul 2008 - Jun 2020

  Lewisburg, WV and Cap Haitien, Haiti Founder and director for over a decade of a capacity strengthening partnership between the Greenbrier Valley in WV and the city of Cap Haitien, Haiti and surrounding areas in northern Haiti. We worked between communities to create mutually beneficial partnerships and support locally initiated efforts. Our work was built around education, health, and economic projects that are identified, initiated, and managed by local community members in Haiti. GROW's roles included advocacy, resource… Show more Founder and director for over a decade of a capacity strengthening partnership between the Greenbrier Valley in WV and the city of Cap Haitien, Haiti and surrounding areas in northern Haiti. We worked between communities to create mutually beneficial partnerships and support locally initiated efforts. Our work was built around education, health, and economic projects that are identified, initiated, and managed by local community members in Haiti. GROW's roles included advocacy, resource mobilization, mentoring, evidence generation, mediation of conflicts and challenges, and providing an organizational structure under which local projects can be incubated, experimented with, and grown. Show less



Health Systems Global

• Canada
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Coordinator of the Thematic Working Group on Teaching and Learning HPSR

  • May 2014 - Oct 2018

  Baltimore, Maryland Area I have been part of a team conducting a global mapping of Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) courses currently offered and developing an online database of these that will continue to grow as well as work to identify and address gaps in the currently available training opportunities. The report from the initial mapping exercise will be released shortly by Health Systems Global and the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research



Future Generations University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Professor and Director of Research

  • Jan 2015 - Dec 2017

  Franklin, WV I am collaborating with Future Generations to strengthen several aspects of their teaching program. This includes their faculty preparation and support strategy, student mentoring plan, and course offerings in the health sector as part of their master's degree program in Applied Community Change. I am also engaged in developing the institutional research strategy and bringing together the historical scholarship of the organization with its future directions.



Future Health Systems

• United States
• Research Services

• Intern

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Kampala, Uganda Future Health Systems and the Africa Hub have developed a regional Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) curriculum for East Africa that includes seven school of public health in the region. I spent two months in Kampala, Uganda in the summer of 2014 to help them revise and align this curriculum and create a database for students using the curriculum to have a "one stop shop" of current literature for HPSR to use in their study and work. The resulting "Library in a Box" can be rounf at:… Show more Future Health Systems and the Africa Hub have developed a regional Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) curriculum for East Africa that includes seven school of public health in the region. I spent two months in Kampala, Uganda in the summer of 2014 to help them revise and align this curriculum and create a database for students using the curriculum to have a "one stop shop" of current literature for HPSR to use in their study and work. The resulting "Library in a Box" can be rounf at: http://africahub.org/index.php/library-in-a-box/welcome-to-the-library-in-a-box. Show less


High Rocks Educational Corporation
• Americorps VISTA/Greenbrier County Staff

  • Aug 2009 - Aug 2010