Experience

Rowan University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  Lecturer in Department of Health and Exercise Science. Coursework includes: community and public health*; health behavior theory and counseling; health care policy, ethics, and advocacy*; grant writing*; program planning and leadership; implementation and assessment in public health*; and global health*. *Created all coursework and lectures of these new program courses or significantly overhauled already established courses. Lecturer in Department of Health and Exercise Science. Coursework includes: community and public health*; health behavior theory and counseling; health care policy, ethics, and advocacy*; grant writing*; program planning and leadership; implementation and assessment in public health*; and global health*. *Created all coursework and lectures of these new program courses or significantly overhauled already established courses.



New Jersey Department of Health

• Trenton, New Jersey

• Health Data Specialist

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2019

  • Supervised one (1) health data specialist consultant and one (1) public health nursing consultant. Responsible for assignment and evaluation of work. • Managed and cleaned health data gleaned from the Case Management Referral System (CMRS), a statewide web-based documentation system; conduct descriptive and inferential statistics in Stata. • Problem-solved user-reported CMRS issues; consulted and collaborated with other State programs and software developers to create solutions. • Developed, tested, and implemented new components of CMRS in an effort to improve system documentation and health data collection. Monitored and reported use of new components. • Guided grantees in ten (10) counties and one (1) non-profit organization in collecting health data to meet objectives set forth in a Social Services Block Grant related to Super Storm Sandy. • Created and implemented health data collection and program evaluation to align with goals and objectives set forth in a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Systems Integration Grant (i.e., medical home for children and youth with special health care needs). Monitored and reported findings; planned and implemented new programming based on findings. • Liaised on behalf of Family Centered Care Services with individuals who create health data collection systems for grantees; liaised with external team members who also manage and clean health data and conduct statistical analyses. • Conceptualized and operationalized evidence-based questions and measures to assess these health services questions; reviewed and created tools to collect health data (e.g., surveys, audits). Show less



Hunter College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Aug 2012 - Aug 2014

  Taught the following courses in the Urban Public Health Department: • “Urban Health and Society”. Planned and gave graduate-level lectures once a week. Created and graded assignments, tests, and course papers. Held scheduled office hours and by appointment. Taught both in-class only course and hybrid course (50% online, 50% in-class). • “Research Seminar on the Health of CUNY Students.” Created new graduate-level course from the ground up with objectives, content, assignments, and readings. Provided research methods, writing, and statistical knowledge to aid students in applied research projects with other City University of New York faculty and staff. Coordinated and acted as ombudsperson between students and faculty serving as research team leaders. Provided additional group and one-on-one mentoring for graduate students as they developed and executed their research. • “Independent Fieldwork.” Planned and gave undergraduate-level lectures combined with online components using Blackboard. Acted as ombudsperson between students and fieldwork site supervisors as needed. • “Research Symposium.” Planned and gave undergraduate-level lectures once a week. Revised course to incorporate learning and application of quantitative statistics to students’ summer fieldwork projects. Taught students Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Show less



The City University of New York

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Healthy CUNY Initiative Research Director

  • Jul 2012 - Jun 2014

  • Supervised, trained, and mentored research assistants on study design, data collection, and environmental pedestrian audits. Responsible for hiring, firing, and evaluation of their work. • Planned and executed statistical analyses using survey-weighted techniques in Stata. Interpreted analyses and provided research, policy, and general audience reports. Planned and implemented new programming based on research findings. • Developed research tools including environmental audits, questionnaires, focus group and interview questions. • Coordinated several studies at any given time with tight funding-contingent deadlines. Provided expertise and assistance with grant writing, creating, implementing, and completing Institutional Review Board-reviewed research studies. Show less



Transportation Alternatives

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Dr. Carl Henry Nacht Fellow

  • Feb 2012 - Jun 2012

  • Created and implemented 4-month community-based project examining links between children’s and parents’ physical activity and neighborhood crime; utilized surveys, pedestrian audits, photography, and discussion. • Collaborated with neighborhood leaders and residents to create actionable change toward community building following project completion. Collaborative partners included Brownsville Partnership and Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. • Supervised graduate students. Show less



Seattle Children's

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Behavioral Interventionist

  • Jan 2009 - Jan 2012

  • Implemented one-on-one intervention with families and co-facilitated children’s group component of National Institutes of Health-funded randomized controlled studies. Supervised by Dr. Brian E. Saelens, PhD. •Interventionist for Comprehensive Maintenance Program to Achieve Sustained Success (COMPASS) Study. Screened and interviewed incoming participants prior to randomization. •Completed interventionist duties for 2 of 3 cohorts of the Familial Overweight: Comparing Use of Strategies (FOCUS) study. Aided in participant recruitment. Show less



Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Behavioral Interventionist

  • Jan 2007 - Aug 2008

  • Team member of the Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescent and Youth (TODAY) study, a thirteen-site randomized controlled study funded by the National Institutes of Health. • Compared the efficacy of three treatment arms (two medication arms, one intensive lifestyle change arm) on management of type 2 diabetes in the pediatric population. • Trained for and implemented program that is focused on better management of type 2 diabetes through weight loss and lifestyle change. • Worked with participants and their family support person on implementing lifestyle change. • Prepared material for and assisted with medical visits for non-lifestyle arm participants, as well as various organizational and data management tasks. Show less



University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Aug 2007 - Dec 2007

  Taught the following courses in the Social Sciences Department: • “Cognitive Psychology”. Planned and gave lectures twice a week. Prepared undergraduate students to write a research proposal in APA format. Created supplementary activities to aid students in effectively learning the material. Created and graded assignments, tests, and course papers. Held scheduled office hours and by appointment. • “Undergraduate Research Design and Statistics for the Social Sciences.” Planned lectures and group-based activities for classes held twice a week. Supervised graduate student instructor. Taught undergraduate students how to write a research proposal for Institutional Review Board submission and implement research projects for the second semester of the course. Reviewed several iterations of groups’ research proposals. Aided students in IRB submission and resubmission (if applicable) of research proposals. Created and graded assignments and tests. Held scheduled office hours and by appointment. Show less