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Kimberly L. Pierce

Home/Cell #: 904-***-****

PO Box 550794

Jacksonville, FL 32255

abk30i@r.postjobfree.com

Education

Master's of Public Health

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Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia

Major: Global Health (Infectious Diseases) GPA: 3.24

Thesis: "The prevalence of the erm(B), the mef(A) and the erm(B ) +

mef(A)

mechanisms of erythromycin resistance among invasive isolates of

Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States, 2003"

Bachelor's of Science

08/05/00

State University of West Georgia

Major: Biology GPA: 3.43

Work Experience

Evaluation Research Associate

6/30/06-06/15/10

Duval County Health Department (Institute for Public Health Informatics

and Research), Jacksonville, FL

Coordinated and managed project evaluations of community based programs

and health services

Coordinated communication among community key stakeholders on evaluation

projects

Coordinated staff and manage data collection, data management, analysis,

and report preparation processes for evaluation projects

Assisted in development of research methodology for various projects

(survey development, data collection, data management and data analysis)

Performed quantitative and qualitative analysis from various data

collection through various statistical packages (SAS, SPSS, CDC EZ Text,

Microsoft Excel)

Prepared and Present Executive Reports of Program Evaluation Findings

Presented project findings at national and local conferences and

organizational board meetings

Assisted in grant applications and manuscript preparation

Facilitated workshops for research staff and graduate interns in various

techniques of data management and analysis

Coordinated Quality Improvement Evaluation Processes for internal

department

Data Abstractor

12/05-06/08

Centers of Disease Control, Atlanta, GA

Performed monthly online abstractions of 7-8 articles for the Branch of

Chronic Disease

Nutrition Branch

Submitted evidence tables from abstracted articles to the division of

Nutrition and Physical

activity's team of epidemiologists.

Operations Analyst I-Contracted hire, fulltime

4/06-6/06

Division of Human Resources-Division of Public Health (Women, Infants, and

Children)

Performed data collection, data management, and data analysis for peer

counseling pilot program

Managed an automated data system for pilot program (Microsoft Access)

Gathered, compiled and analyzed data in relation to breastfeeding peer

counseling from nine participating district sites within Georgia

(Microsoft Access and SAS 9.1)

Participated in assessment of peer counseling program operations

Monitored peer counseling program data to ensure compliance with program

policies and procedures

Assisted in on-site evaluations of participating Georgia local health

departments

Managed and supervised governor intern in data collection and data entry

Research Specialist

07/03-03/06

Emory University (School of Medicine's Department of Pharmacology),

Atlanta, GA

Performed a variety of defined research and laboratory tests and

experiments followed by data management and data analysis

Set up experiments as prescribed by one principal investigator and four

post doctorates.

Maintained records, files, and logs of work performed in laboratory

notebooks and computer database (Microsoft Excel)

Performed routine analysis of data collected through statistical packages

(SPSS, Statistica)

Compiled and recorded data from studies for publications, grants, and

seminar presentations

Managed lab maintenance activities and ordered supplies

Trained research staff in experiments, data management and analysis

Research Intern

06/04-08/05

Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health (Department of Global

Health), Atlanta, GA

Screened antibiotic resistant isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae

obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions' (CDCs)

Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs) for mechanisms of resistance

through Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

Evaluated the presence of the erm B gene through quantitative data

analysis in SAS 9.1 in conjunction with the mef A gene data obtained from

the molecular epidemiology's lab database and susceptibility and serotype

data from the ABCs 2003 surveillance system database

Research Specialist

09/00-07/03

Emory University (School of Medicine's Department of Cell Biology),

Atlanta, GA

Performed a variety of defined research and laboratory tests and

experiments followed by data

management and data analysis

Set up experiments as prescribed by one principal investigator.

Maintained records, files, and logs of work performed in laboratory

notebooks and computer

databases (Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access)

Performed routine analysis of data collected through statistical packages

(Statistica)

and Microsoft Excel

Compiled and recorded data from studies for publications, grants, and

seminar presentations

Trained undergraduate students in experiments, data management and

analysis

Research Intern

06/00-08/00

Emory University (School of Medicine's Department of

Obstetrics/Gynecology), Atlanta, GA

Assisted in the investigation of HIV women with cervical dysplasia

Performed Proteinase K digestion for HPV subtyping

Maintained, sterilized and cleaned equipment

Compiled and reviewed literature for research

Awarded Minority Scholar Award for Cancer Research from the American

Association of

Cancer Research (AACR) sponsored by the National Institute of Health

Proficiencies

Microsoft Excel SAS 9.1 Microbiology

Microsoft Word/Publisher SPSS Molecular

Microsoft PowerPoint Epi Info 6 Biology/Immunology

Microsoft Access Statistica Biochemistry

CDC EZ Text Immunohistochemistry

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