Health Data

RENÉE AUDRA SIMEON

**** ****** ***** • Raleigh, NC 27604 • 301-***-****• ************@*******.***

OBJECTIVE

Full-time professional alignment with a research agency with strong dedication to improving Public Health that will further

develop my quantitative analysis experience, discipline, and strong people skills.

EDUCATION

MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH - BIOSTATISTICS CONCENTRATION {GPA: 3.6} DECEMBER 2009

The University Of Georgia-Athens, GA

B.S. APPLIED MATHEMATICS {GPA: 3.6} MAY 2004

Towson University-Towson, MD

EMPLOYMENT / RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY MPH INTERN JULY 2009 – DEC 2009

Northeast Health District – Georgia Division of Public Health

• Analyzed data in for a maternal and child health program for women of low-income and other high risks

• Carried out and communicated exploratory data analyses including the production of tabular summaries, graphical displays and

descriptive statistics

• Compared Georgia state health statistics to benchmark program birth outcomes on city, county and district levels

• Created reports in Excel and Access summarizing program data and evaluated effectiveness of program interventions

• Cross tabulated variables in SAS to stratify data for the comparison of birth rates by maternal age, income, and education

RESEARCH ASSISTANT AUG 2007 – JULY 2009

Health Promotion and Behavior Dept., College of Public Health, UGA Athens, GA

• Provided statistical support for Healthy Teens, a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) funded grant following teens from middle school

to high school

• Provided cross-sectional and longitudinal data analysis on study cohort in order to describe prevalence of abuse and identify trends in

personal and behavioral characteristics

• Administered written and computerized surveys to study participants and entered data into SPSS database

• Cleaned project data using SPSS and merged it with data from previous years

• Facilitated focus groups and transcribed notes from these groups

• Compiled and organized project data and authored paper on the results that was presented at the 2008 American Public Health

Association (APHA) conference

• Assisted in the completion of grant applications by providing project statistics and writing Principal Investigators bio-sketches

ACTUARIAL ASSOCIATE DEC 2004 – JULY 2007

GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) Washington, DC

• Proposed, filed and implemented changes to product pricing which resulted in 10% growth in sales and underwriting gains for the state

of Florida

• Multitasked assigned projects and maintained organization during times of high pressure

• Monitored and presented pricing and rate levels by state and region in order to identify states of high and low profitability

• Revised and updated documentation and SAS codes used to review state profitability; still currently used

ESL INSTRUCTOR AUG 2006 – FEB 2007

Language, Education & Technology Center Washington, DC

• Independently trained 20+ adult students from diverse linguistic backgrounds in spoken and written English dynamics

• Designed and organized weekly curriculum and testing

STATISTICAL ANALYST NOV 2003 - JUNE 2004

Towson University Mathematics Laboratory Towson, MD

• Selected to participate in research group to investigate and solve the epidemic of water well failure in rural Maryland residences

• Used Access and ArcMap on to analyze data for Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Resource

Management

• Presented and reported results recommending methods to enable the prediction and prevention of future water well failures

PRESENTATIONS

Simeon, R.A., Orpinas, P., Raczynski, K.A., Reeves, P. M., Bandalos, D. (2008) Healthy Teens–Can 6th grade

characteristics predict dating and dating violence in 9 th grade? Presented at the 136th Annual Meeting and Exposition of

the American Public Health Association. San Diego, CA: October 25-29, 2008.

ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

• American Public Health Association Member (APHA)

• Blue Cross Blue Shield MPH Scholar

• SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS9.1

SKILLS

Proficiency with World Wide Web, SAS (Windows/Linux), SPSS, STATA, Microsoft Access, Excel, Word and PowerPoint

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