Health Safety

Raghav Sharma

****, ********* *, ********* ******, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Phone-267-***-****, ***************@*****.***

Objective

Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

Core Competencies: Industrial Hygiene, Exposure Assessment, Hazard Communication, Worker Safety, Infection

Control, Risk Assessment, Toxicology and OSHA Compliance. Independently managed and executed environmental

health and safety projects involving soil, water, air, food and biological sampling. Masters Degree in Environmental and

Occupational Health and Doctorate Degree in Health Sciences.

Work Experience

United States Department of Agriculture

& University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

04/2013-Present

Sustainability Science Fellow

Developed environmental health and safety program for green storm water infrastructure facilities in Philadelphia,

aimed at identifying workplace hazards, environmental compliance assessment with federal and state regulations, site

investigation, due diligence and developing proactive strategies to minimize hazardous exposures.

Key Accomplishments:

• Developed an industrial hygiene assessment protocol for identifying potential physical, chemical and biological

hazards.

• Conducted environmental sampling from over 60 facilities and performed lab analysis for chemical hazards.

• Collected and analyzed data to identify potential exposures and evaluate safety policies.

• Maintained and calibrated industrial hygiene equipment and updated records for field operations.

• Coordinated with facility engineers, supervisors and fellow environmental health and safety team to collect

technical information related to physical site safety and recommend corrective actions.

Drexel University School of Public Health

Philadelphia, PA

12/2011-06/2013

Research Associate

Demonstrated the ability to integrate approaches in designing environmental health and safety studies and conducting

industrial hygiene surveys. Drove success of research projects through close coordination with in-house team including

occupational health physicians, industrial hygienists, lab personnel and other health and safety professionals.

Key Accomplishments:

• Designed and conducted an exposure assessment study to assess health risks of mercury exposure in pregnant

women and neonates, involving blood sampling of 100 patients from Drexel University College of Medicine.

• Performed occupational risk assessment for the evaluation of work hazards in nursing profession.

• Conducted industrial hygiene monitoring in 6 Philadelphia schools for air quality assessment.

• Prepared technical reports such as IRB documentation, sampling design protocols and industrial hygiene

surveys.

• Reviewed EPA, OSHA and other federal and state regulations such as HAZWOPER, RCRA, CERCLA and

TOSCA applicable to the legislative issues related to occupational health and safety of workers employed in

hydraulic fracking.

Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health

New Delhi, India

06/2012-08/2012

Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

• Performed environmental health and safety audits in pharmaceutical labs and industrial facilities.

• Conducted safety training for medical professionals on the implementation of OSHAS 18001 safety

management system.

• Assisted in the development of environmental health and safety program for a multi-specialty hospital.

• Acknowledged for expertise in exposure assessment and invited to speak in an international conference focused

on occupational health.

R.K. Memorial Hospital

Jaipur, India

01/2009-08/2011

Consultant Dental Surgeon

• Delivered clinical treatment and emergency medical care including CPR, first aid and IV infusions.

• Maintained outstanding patient safety standards in terms of infection control, radiation safety and injury

prevention.

Education

• Masters of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

2011-2013

• Bachelors of Dental Surgery

Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, India

2003-2008

Certifications and Training Experience

• Pursuing CIH, CSP certification.

• Provided health and safety training to 120 public health graduate students at Drexel School of Public Health.

• Conducted radiation safety training for physicians and nursing staff including usage of radiation badges,

dosimetry and storage and disposal of hazardous waste at R.K. Memorial Hospital, India.

Computer Skills

• MS Office Suite including MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Outlook

• Statistical analysis software including SAS, SPSS, GIS and IHSTAT.

Achievements and Awards

• Sustainability Science Fellowship

United States Department of Agriculture

2013

• Deans Scholarship

Drexel University School of Public Health

2011

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