Project Health

Melissa K Fritz

**** ******** *****

Aurora, IL *0504

Ph: 630-***-**** (Cell)

Email: *******.*.*****@*****.***

WORK EXPERIENCE

City of St. Louis Department of Health, St. Louis, MO

Children's Environmental Health Intern

10/11 - 05/12

. Process referrals from OB/GYN clinics by contacting the pregnant woman to

educate her about the risks of lead poisoning and the importance of

finding and correcting lead hazard in her home before her baby is born.

. Obtain informed consent and forward referrals to the Building Division

for a lead inspection and enter data regarding referrals into project

spreadsheets and databases.

. Follow up referrals by tracking status in the Lead Housing Tracking

database. Recommended the addition of social media avenues to the

project follow up steps in order to better communication with referrals.

Submitted a written step-by-step plan that is currently circulating for

management approval.

. Assist principal investigator with data collection and analysis and

manage the Heavy Metal Project program.

. Drafted a concept paper relative to funding related to a grant

opportunity.

. Wrote a lead elimination plan that summarized all of the programs and

services currently provided by the City of St Louis Department of Health

to reduce lead exposure.

. Updated an internal resource guide called the Asthma Friendly St. Louis

Resource Guide to allow for current service providers' names, addresses,

phone numbers and summary services in order to assist internal personnel

in making relevant referrals.

. Provided job training for new interns and one volunteer.

EDUCATION

Master of Public Health

May 2012

Environmental and Occupational Health and Epidemiology

St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO

Bachelor of Science

May 2010

Health Science

Benedictine University, Lisle, IL

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Crisis Line of Will County (A Service of United Way), Joliet, IL

Volunteer Phone Counselor

05/09 - 08/09

. Completed a 48 hour training course in normal/abnormal psychology,

suicide prevention, emergency procedures, sex and family problems, drug

and alcohol abuse, available community services and techniques of non-

directive counseling.

Responsible for fielding crisis telephone calls from the general public

within Will, Grundy, Southern DuPage and portions of Southwestern Cook

Counties and for providing information relative to services available in

the communities for assistance with rent, child-care, utilities and food.

. Responsible for handling high risk calls from suicidal persons/domestic

abuse situations, conducting risk assessment and following up with local

authorities if a determined threat is present.

Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital (A Franciscan Order hospital), Wheaton,

IL

Volunteer Aid - Physical Therapy Department for Spinal Cord Injuries

05/08 - 08/08

Worked under the guidance of physical therapists to assist patients in

correctly performing physical rehabilitative exercises. Worked under the

guidance of physical therapists to provide rehabilitative exercises to

patients who were not able to complete their own care.

Rush Copley Hospital, Oswego, IL

Volunteer Aid - Radiology Department

05/07 - 08/07

. Responsible for answering phones, scheduling appointments,

handling/filing patient files, delivering x-rays to the attending

radiologist, transferring x-ray films to CD, transporting test results to

other departments, as instructed, and calling physicians for previous

records to complete patient files.

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