Experience

Karna, LLC

• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Public Health Analyst II

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety, Data Analyst - World Trade Center Health Program• Creating and facilitating presentations for staff and senior management.• Conducting business capture activities to grow Karna’s business portfolio.• Building relationships with internal and external partners.• Designing and implementing data collection tools to assess quality assurance and compliance activities.• Conducting audit activities to monitor compliance.• Reviewing and providing feedback on program documents and reports, and requests for information (RFIs).• Creating, collecting, analyzing, and reporting survey results administered via SurveyMonkey.• Conducting literature searches for STI/HIV prevention, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), medical mistrust, vaccine confidence, respiratory syncyntial virus (RSV), and customer satisfaction. Show less

• Public Health Analyst II

  • Feb 2022 - Aug 2022

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Data Analyst - Vaccine Impact and Breakthrough Surveillance• • Supported data collection, cleaning, and reporting of breakthrough COVID-19 cases and associated deaths.• Created MS Power BI reports to visualize reported COVID-19 cases, associated deaths, and vaccination rates.• Conducted quality checks of COVID-19 vaccine administration data using SAS and Microsoft Power BI.• Facilitated learning sessions with team members to share knowledge of MS Power BI.• Conducted analyses of epidemiologic data to measure frequencies, descriptive statistics, and trends over time.• Created, managed, and updated vaccine breakthrough surveillance procedures and protocols documentation.• Updated CDC’s COVID-19 Death and Hospitalizations Forecast webpages. Show less

• Public Health Analyst II

  • Nov 2020 - Feb 2022

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Study Coordinator - SUPERNOVA• • Collaborated on estimation of vaccine effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines.• Supported the collection, cleansing, analysis, and reporting of epidemiologic and laboratory data.• Designed, managed, and maintained REDCap and MS Access databases.• Communicated epidemiologic and laboratory data to agency staff through oral presentations.• Designed and implemented data collection tools to assess COVID-19 risk factors and vaccination rates.• Created, managed, and updated study documents, procedures, and protocols,.• Conducted preliminary analysis of housing status among U.S. Veterans hospitalized with COVID-19.• Monitored progress of data entry and specimen collection and shipment by partner sites.• Created presentations for bi-weekly meetings with internal and external partners.• Created and maintained a MS Power BI report to visualize epidemiologic data.• Sustained relations with partners and stakeholders.• Developed study training material and facilitated training sessions for external partners. Show less



Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education

• Geater Atlanta Area

• ORISE Informatics Fellow @ CDC

  • Nov 2018 - Nov 2020

  • Collaborated on an update of CDC’s STD Treatment Guidelines mobile application (STD Tx App). • Served as a technical reviewer for the Health Information Systems (HIS) Capacity section of the 2019 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) cooperative agreement applications. • Utilized Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Adobe Illustrator to create data visualizations of reported STIs and ELR data. • Conducted an evaluation of surveillance systems to assess levels of burden associated with reporting sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data for reported cases of sexually transmitted infections to CDC. • Supported the design, implementation, and monitoring of behavioral and social research during the COVID-19 emergency response with the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Team. • Designed data collection tools to assess hand hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors and the usability and functionality of a proposed updated STD Tx App. • Thematically coded and analyzed qualitative data assessing hand hygiene and environmental cleaning. • Cleaned and conducted preliminary reviews of gathered data to ensure quality. • Created and presented training material to external partners regarding in-depth interview techniques. • Assisted with coordination and planning efforts for the diagnostics section of an international Pelvic Inflammatory Disease working group. • Interpreted data for scientific presentations and journal publications. • Synthesized and interpreted findings of an evaluation of a locally designed clinical decision support tool to assist with gonorrhea treatment. • Created and presented scientific presentations for audiences internal and external to CDC. • Conducted literature searches for hand hygiene behaviors, sexually transmitted infections, clinical decision support, SOGI, and mobile application use in healthcare. Show less



Georgia State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Administrative Assistant for Supplemental Instruction (SI)

  • May 2018 - Nov 2018

  - Recruited faculty into SI program.- Created and maintained spreadsheets for effective and efficient office operations.- Scheduled and conducted meetings with faculty, staff, and students. - Supervised Graduate Administrative Assistants.- Communicated with staff and faculty to assess satisfaction levels with Supplemental Instruction and to develop better program policies and procedures.

• Graduate Administrative Assistant for Supplemental Instruction (SI)

  • Aug 2017 - May 2018

  - Created manual for future Graduate Administrative Assistants for SI on all five Perimeter campuses of Georgia State University. - Developed the skills of SI Leaders needed to successfully help other students learn course material and study skills through training, mentoring, and evaluating their SI sessions. - Created marketing material and outlined guidelines for daily office operations.



SPB Hospitality

• United States
• Restaurants
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Floor Support, Head Trainer, Bartender, Server

  • Oct 2003 - Dec 2016

  Started with the company at Gordon Biersch Midtown in Atlanta, GA, transferred to Rock Bottom in Nasvhille, TN at the beginning of 2013, and transferred back to Gordon Biersch Midtown in July 2014. Duties included... - Guest satisfaction. - Oversaw week-long training program. - Interviewed and hired potential employees. - Trained all new FOH employees (managers, bartenders, servers, hosts) - Mentored new trainers. - Built, nurtured, and maintained client relationships. - Supervised staff and in-house events. - Resolved guest complaints. Show less