Jessica Watson, MPH
acchd1@r.postjobfree.com ? 561-***-**** ? 55 Skyhill Road Apartment 301,
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jessica-watson-mph/39/108/467
Education
Master of Public Health, Boston University School of Public Health
December 2013
Department of International Health
Thesis: Recommendations for the Scale Up of Integrated Case Community
Management in Uganda
Bachelor of Science in Biology and Bachelor of Arts in Nutrition,
University of Florida May 2011
Minor in International Humanitarian Assistance and Development
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Intermediate Spanish, Universidad de Granada, Spain
May to June 2008
Work Experience
ICCM Costing Consultant, Management Sciences for Health
June to December 2013
Executed report and technical document development on Integrated Case
Community Management (iCCM) including literature reviews, lessons
learned and best practices from the field, and costing tool summaries.
Prepared iCCM presentation materials for the lead presentation on iCCM
costing at the iCCM Evidence Review Symposium scheduled for March 2014
in Accra, Ghana.
Adolescent Clinical Trial Network Consultant, Fenway Health, The Fenway
Institute May to December 2013
. Identified gaps and inconsistencies to improve quality of data from
three clinical trials involving over 30 high-risk participants for
HIV/AIDS.
. Evaluated, analyzed and presented findings from three surveys reaching
over 600 youth focused on HIV/AIDS risk related behavior in Boston.
Urban Expansion Proposal Consultant, Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana,
India May 2013
. Designed women's Self Help Group program to empower women and extend
health and financial services through community workers in the urban
setting.
. Produced a proposal including: literature review, situational
analysis, logic model, action plan and Gantt chart, monitoring and
evaluation plan, budget, and sustainability plan.
Malnutrition Program Coordinator, Massachusetts General Hospital, Uganda
May to December 2012
. Managed budgets, grants, administration, staff and logistics of
program activities on a 16-bed Pediatric Ward in the District Referral
Hospital and in seven villages throughout Rukungiri Distict, Uganda.
. Developed strategic plans and monitoring and evaluation plans
(indicators, matrices, reports).
. Developed Excel databases for timely monthly indicator reports to
Boston, hospital administration and the Ministry of Health.
. Represented program expertise at meetings and workshops in the
capital, Kampala.
Evaluation Consultant, Boston Public Schools, Health and Wellness
Department September to October 2011
. Evaluated and prepared data from the Center for Disease Control's
Youth Risk Behavior surveys to improve dissemination methods to Boston
Public Schools.
Project Experience
Nonprofit Board Member Strategic Planning, The Refugee Center Online
October 2013 to present
Project Management Nonprofit Design, Graduate School of Management
September to December 2013
Monitoring and Evaluation Volunteer, Shining Hope for Communities, Kenya
December 2012
Women's Economic Strengthening Project, PROMIC and IECM, Uganda
September to November 2012
Medical Mission Trip, Maximo Nivel, Peru
December 2008 to January 2009[pic]