LAUREN GORDON, MPH, CHES

Brooklyn, NY

646-***-****

acte1i@r.postjobfree.com

Summary: Public health professional with 5 years experience in project management, data management, development of grant proposals, quantitative/qualitative research methodology and analysis with SPSS and SAS.

Awards & Certifications: American Public Health Association-Cook Snyder Award, HRSA Public Health Traineeship Award, Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES), National Credentialing Examination, 2009

Language: Proficient in reading, writing Spanish: Novice Speaker

Presentations: Poster and oral presentations at local and international public health conferences

Software: Endnote, NVivo, PubMed; Coursework in SPSS and SAS

Trainings: Public Health Fellowship, CITI Human Subjects Research Training, Essentials of Healthy Housing, Grant Writing & Logic Models

EDUCATION

CUNY School of Public Health

Doctoral level Coursework in Environmental & Occupational Health 2012-2015

Environmental Health Research, Epidemiology, Qualitative Methods, Risk Assessment, Health Disparities

Research, Quantitative Methods w/SAS, Applied Biostatistics I w/SPSS, Epidemiology II w SAS

Drexel University School of Public Health

MPH, Public Health, Environmental & Occupational Health 2005-2007

Community-Based Master's Thesis: Particulate Exposure Variability, Environmental Co-factors and Clinic Visits among Hispanic Children with Asthma in Camden, NJ

State University of New York at Binghamton 2001-2005

BA, Sociology; Minor(s) in Biology, African-American & Latin-American Caribbean Studies

WORK EXPERIENCE

CUNY School of Public Health, New York, NY April 2015-December 2015

Research Associate

Managed day to day research activities for sugar sweetened beverage research project

Liaised with community partner to track project goals and timelines

Recruited participants and obtained informed consent forms for research focus groups

Prepared IRB applications and documents for submission in IDEATE

Developed themes, coded and analyzed qualitative focus group data using NVivo software

Co-authored and prepared manuscript for publication with lead investigator

Pfizer Pharmaceuticals (BreakthroughIT Agency), New York, NY October 2013-August 2014

Senior Grants Associate- IGLC/Medical Education

Reviewed letter of intent for request for proposals (RfP) grant submissions by external organizations

Summarized grant projects for Independent Grants for Learning & Change (IGLC) website

Assisted in establishing process for Sunshine reporting and collecting Sunshine data reports

Reviewed data entered by external organizations for accuracy and process vendor grants information

Communicated with external organizations to resolve erroneous data on reports

Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC December 2009- September 2012

Project Coordinator - Region 3 Pediatric Health Specialty Unit

Managed program projects for the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment

Provided Grants accounting and management for a $220,000 budget

Assisted in writing proposals and developing budgets for public health grant submissions

Developed educational outreach materials to health professionals and lay audience

Interfaced with community and government stakeholders to develop environmental justice projects

Accomplishments

Obtained CDC Environmental Health Grant-awarded 1H13/EH000792-01 (8/2011-8/ 2012)

Co-authored two articles

Publication (s): Paulson, J., Gordon, L (2011). Clinical services in environmental pediatrics. Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, 78:11-21

Paulson, J., Gordon, L. The Environmental History & Examination: The Key to Diagnosis of Environmental Diseases in Children. In: Landrigan, P., Etzel, R., eds. Textbook of Children's Environmental Health. December 2013

Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics, Washington, DC November 2009- August 2010

Data Coordinator

Conducted data entry and analysis of the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit program for government funding agencies

Maintained Pediatric Environmental Health database in ACCESS 2007

Association of Schools of Public Health, Washington, DC August 2007-August 2009

EPA Fellow –US EPA, National Center for Environmental Health Research

Assisted with the development and coordination of the Tribal Health Webinar Series

Assisted with the Disproportionate Impacts Symposium Planning Workgroup Strengthening Environmental Justice Research and Decision Making: A Symposium on the Science of Disproportionate Environmental Health Impacts

Accomplishment:

Publication: Gordon, L., Payne-Sturges, D., and Gee, G. (2010) Environmentally-mediated health disparities among Asian Pacific Islander Americans. Environmental Justice, 3 (1): 21-26

EPA Fellow- US EPA, Office of Child Health Protection

Conducted literature review on environmental health disparities

Assisted in developing fact sheets on environmental health disparities and updated children's health data facts for the outreach team division and Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units

Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drexel University, Camden, NJ September 2006-June 2007

Research Assistant

Community-based master's project using primary data collection of air quality data via DustTrak air monitoring device and preexisting monitoring devices.

Administered English and Spanish questionnaires and provided information on asthma triggers to asthma patients.

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA January 2006-January 2007

Intern-Center for Health Equity

Assisted with the development, planning & coordination of the Mantua-Drexel Health Fair

Disseminated educational materials on asthma to lay community of Mantua

Accomplishment

Conducted poster presentation to the lay community of Mantua on the environmental triggers of asthma.

Wissahickon Charter School, Philadelphia, PA August 2005-June 2006

After School Assistant Teacher

Coordinated activities and developed lesson plans for lead teacher

Assisted students grades 4-6 with homework

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