Experience

Strength In Numbers Consulting Group

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Research Associate

  • Jun 2021 - Present

• Research Associate

  • Jan 2021 - Jun 2021



SKG Health Consulting

• Principal and Founder

  • Aug 2016 - Present

  As independent consultant, worked with non-profit, NGO, think tank, and federal government clients on public health projects, focused on LGBT health, quantitative data analysis/data management, qualitative analysis, and sexual and reproductive health. Key clients and projects are listed below - Lead authored policy/research report on the impact of transgender-inclusive, and transgender-exclusive, sports policies for transgender athletes, including designing and conducting storytelling interviews with transgender/non-binary athletes (Client: Center for American Progress) - Created and led multi-day training programs on statistics and research methods using STATA for non-profits and federal government workers. (Clients: Maternal & Infant Health Consulting; FDA; EGPAF)- Systematic review/white paper on the prevalence of child sexual abuse (CSA); developed a framework to evaluate stakeholder capacity to detect and prevent CSA (Clients: Darkness to Light/ Databoom). - Co-authored chapters in the Durham Community Health Assessment on violence and economic disparities among LGBT populations. (Client: Durham LGBTQ Center). - Program evaluation of middle and high school-based sexual health education/teen pregnancy prevention interventions (Client: SHIFT NC [Sexual Health Initiatives for Teens in North Carolina]).- Respondent driven sampling (RDS) analysis of malaria determinants among agriculture workers in Southeast Asia.(Client: Maternal & Infant Health Consulting; PSI)- Global health-focused qualitative analyses of barriers and facilitators to family planning methods among mothers and adolescents in Nigeria and Uganda; and the impact of COVID-19 on routine, child, maternal, neonatal, and reproductive health seeking among women and community leaders in Pakistan (Client: Maternal & Infant Health Consulting; PSI)



University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant Professor, Department of Maternal and Child Health

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  - Developed and taught graduate-level LGBT Population Health seminar for health sciences students (public health, medicine, nursing, social work; Spring 2017; Spring 2018). - Served as guest lecturer throughout Gillings School of Global Public Health, and broader UNC community, on topics including LGBT health, adolescent sexual health, HIV/AIDS among key populations, and developing theoretical frameworks for program evaluation, and research methods. - Developed and taught graduate-level LGBT Population Health seminar for health sciences students (public health, medicine, nursing, social work; Spring 2017; Spring 2018). - Served as guest lecturer throughout Gillings School of Global Public Health, and broader UNC community, on topics including LGBT health, adolescent sexual health, HIV/AIDS among key populations, and developing theoretical frameworks for program evaluation, and research methods.



The Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Consultant/Affiliated Researcher, LGBT Population Demography

  • Aug 2017 - Jun 2020

  - Led demographic analyses to produce estimates of the size and characteristics of the US LGBT population, as featured in The Williams Institute’s Data Interactive. Our estimates are the leading data source on the number of LGBT Americans, and have appeared in US House Resolution 5 - Equality Act and other policy change efforts, congressional testimony, Amicus Curiae to the US Supreme Court, and national news reports.- Conducted quantitative analyses of federal /state (ACS, NHIS, YRBS, etc.), nationally-representative (Add Health), and opinion polling surveys (Gallup, GSS, etc.) in STATA, SAS, and MPlus. Analytic techniques ranged from simple descriptive analyses (cross-tabs and t-tests) to complex survey-weighted estimations (mediation/ moderation testing, linear, logistic, and multinomial regression, and structural equation models [SEM]).- Lead- and co-authored over 20 peer-reviewed manuscripts, rapid-response research briefs, and demographic reports on wide range of LGBT health and policy topics, in collaborations with internal research, legal, and communications teams, and external advocacy organizations. Recent topics include The CARES Act, Medicaid expansion, Raise the Wage, housing discrimination, LGBT parenting and family formation, and immigration. - Led analysis and social science research on project aimed at repealing HIV criminalization laws in Missouri, Georgia, and Florida. Cleaned and analyzed longitudinal criminal record data to understand implementation history of existing laws. Co-wrote reports assessing the local evidence for repealing HIV criminalization laws.



Carolina Population Center - Training Programs

• Postdoctoral Scholar

  • Aug 2016 - Aug 2017

  - Co-authored successful NIH Administrative Supplement, Sexual Orientation, Socioeconomic Status, and Chronic Disease Risk, securing funding for Postdoctoral Scholar position. - Led analyses, and successfully published, peer reviewed research on socioeconomic disparities among sexual minority young adults, and biomarkers of chronic disease risk among LGB populations (lead author), using longitudinal, nationally-representative, complex survey data (National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health [Add Health]). - Led analysis investigating the HIV Cascade, and HIV service uptake, among key populations in the Dominican Republic, for the USAID funded project (LINKAGES)



GlaxoSmithKline

• United States
• Investment Management

• Graduate Research Assistant, Infectious Disease; Maternal and Fetal Medicine

  • Aug 2014 - Aug 2016

  -Conducted systematic literature reviews and epidemiological research for institutional documents, including orphan drug applications, clinical protocols, meta-analyses, investigative plans, data extraction spreadsheets, and professional presentations, with a focus on global and domestic infectious diseases and perinatal and maternal health.-Gained proficiency in interpreting and synthesizing statistics from a variety of sources (e.g. national and regional surveillance data, scientific articles, grey literature) and settings (e.g. CDC, WHO, and country-level databases).

• Pre-Doctoral Trainee

  • Aug 2012 - Jun 2016

  - Selected, for all four years of doctoral program, to serve as one of ~30 graduate students in annual pre-doctoral traineeship program in population health. Traineeship included coursework in demographic methods and population health, mentorship in individual research, and participation in seminars and academic conferences (Population Association of America)- Lead-authored or co-authored 7 academic manuscripts, and numerous conference presentations, on structural and social determinants of LGBT health disparities, sexual and reproductive health across the life course, and sexual orientation/gender identity measurement. - Gained expertise in statistical analytic techniques such as latent class analysis, structural equation modeling, and linear/logistic/multinomial regression, while gaining mastery of multiple software packages (STATA; SAS; MPlus; LatentGold).- Developed and taught course on Introduction to STATA/Research Methods for undergraduate summer honors program; mentored 8 students throughout course on how to develop and refine research questions, devise an analysis plan, implement analyses in STATA, and interpret and present key findings.



Fenway Community Health

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Trainee, Summer Institute in LGBT Population Health

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  - Selected to attend 4-week research and training intensive for graduate students focused on LGBT population health- Received substantive training on key determinants, outcomes, research issues, and theoretical frameworks in the field of LGBT health, along with statistical analysis training in mediation/moderation, regression, and latent class analysis. - Conducted independent research exploring the impact of Massachusetts marriage equality on school climate and suicidal ideation/attempt among sexual minority adolescents



UNC Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Research Assistant, HealthMPowerment Project

  • May 2011 - Aug 2011

  - MPH practicum with HealthMpowerment, a web-based HIV-prevention/health promotion intervention targeted at young, black men who have sex with men (MSM) in North Carolina. - Designed, conducted, and coded qualitative interviews with black MSM focused on experiences living with HIV, HIV/STD testing, and life in the South as a black MSM. - Created and programmed web-based quantitative and demographic survey. - Wrote layperson-targeted articles and quizzes on HIV and other related health topics.



Georgetown University Medical Center

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Program Manager, Stroke Disparities Project

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2010

  - Managed 20-person, $10mil NIH/NINDS funded program grant examining disparities in stroke treatment in the underserved population of Washington, DC- Executed various financial/administrative duties, including (but not limited to): IRB applications; NIH, AHA, and Industry Sponsored budgets; NIH and ARRA quarterly reports; initial grant submissions and annual progress reports; interviewing and hiring new staff; etc.- Lead research coordinator for neurosurgical clinical trials (MISTIE; CLEAR IVH) testing novel treatment interventions for strokes (ICH; IVH). Clinical tasks included: screening and consenting patients, conducting and scoring clinical/functional /neuropsychological interviews, and interpreting brain scans (CT, MRI)