Health Assistant

OBJECTIVE: A position integrating health research skills

with a focus on epidemiology and

biostatistics.

EDUCATION: Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Master of Public Health, Epidemiology

Anticipated Graduation: June 2014

GPA: 3.90

The University of Maryland

College Park, MD

Bachelor of Science, Community Health

Class of 2012

WORK EXPERIENCE:

October 2013 - Present Drexel University

NIH Opening Doors Health Disparities Research

Training Program

Philadelphia, PA

Researcher

-Use SAS functions to run descriptive and

analytic analyses to

conduct hypothesis driven analyses and produce

results using data from

Hahnemann Hospital, BRFSS, Household Health

Survey, EPA state and

national data

-Evaluate health disparities in cardiovascular

disease and associated risk factors

through literature reviews and data analysis

-Attend a variety of professional health

trainings and seminars both in

person and online

March 2013 - Present The University of Pennsylvania,

Counseling & Psychological Services

Philadelphia, PA

Research Assistant

-Design an online surveys using Qualtrics

which seeks to understand students'

reluctance to seek support from friends using

the Theory of Planned Behavior

as a framework

-Manage online surveys and manipulate datasets

in STATA through cleaning,

merging, appending and converting from wide to

long formats and vice versa

-Develop sounds hypotheses and models using

literature and data as support

-Run descriptive analyses, linear and logistic

regression models using STATA

-Design and implement an intervention using

results to increase support

seeking among students

August 2013 - Present St Christopher's Children Hospital & Drexel

University Philadelphia, PA

Research Assistant

-Survey parents, physicians, and stakeholders

to learn about needs and wants of community

resources outside of the Hospital?in regards to

their children with special needs who are

overweight and obese

-Conduct analysis to identify significant and

noteworthy observations from survey data ?

-Assist in the development of a database to

assist parents and physicians in locating

community resources to help children with and

without special needs manage weight and dietary

needs

-Develop literature in regards to these issues

September 2013 - December 2013 Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Graduate Teaching Assistant

-Graded quizzes, research papers and exams for

PBHL 516: Introduction to

Public Health

-Held weekly office hours and review sessions

for 1st year MPH students to

assist with any course related questions

January 2012 - May 2012 JBS International, Inc.

North Bethesda, MD

Disability Services Center

Student Intern

-Responded to federal requests for commentary

for both ONC & AHRQ

-Compiled an analysis of the national FY 2013

Budget

-Researched information for HealthNav a tool

for individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury and

other co occurring disorders

-Provided research support on white paper

focused on individuals with FASD in PRTFs

-Recruited participants for study focused on

the implementation of middle school based

substance use curricula

September 2011 - January 2012 World Development Group

Bethesda, MD

Research Assistant

-Assisted in creation of Quality Management

Resource Directory (2011) a compilation of

accrediting organizations and relevant

periodicals

-Assisted in planning and implementation of an

expert meeting which focused on harmonizing

health research guidelines

-Updated contact files and query databases

using Microsoft Access

January 2011 - September 2011 The University of Maryland

College Park, MD

Center for Health Behavior Research

Research Assistant

-Assisted in developing survey to measure

social context factors on waterpipe

smoking

-Conducted 300 written surveys of current

undergraduate smokers

-Conducted qualitative interviews with focus on

ethnic influence on waterpipe

smoking

-Transcribed and analyzed using Max QDA

Software

-Performed all laboratory tasks for NCI

clinical trial "Standardization of Methods to

Measure Waterpipe Emissions and Exposure"

inclusive of follow up data entry

-Developed continuous and discrete visual

analog scales using Adaptive Visual Analogue

Scales software

-Conducted qualitative interviews of

participants with focus on initiation,

perception of harm, knowledge of waterpipe, and

other influential factors

August 2010 - December 2010 MBL Associates Inc.

Gaithersburg, MD

Student Intern

-Scheduled home health nurses and product

marketing meetings with doctors.

-Maintained and updated all active nurses' HR

records using McKesson software

AWARDS:

2013 Contributer to Marcom Award Winning White

Paper "Improve Awareness and

Treatment of Children with Fetal Alcohol

Spectrum Disorders and Co-

Occuring Psychiatric Disorders" by JBS

International

Fall 2010 & Fall 2011 University of Maryland School of Public

Health, Dean's List

SKILLS & LANGUAGE: Base SAS, STATA, Basic SPSS, Qualtrics, Basic Max

QDA, Basic McKesson, fluent in Hindi, MS

Office, MS Access, Windows 7, Mac OS Mavericks,

Adaptive Visual Analog Scales Software

TRAINING: PROC SQL Course, CITI Protection of Human Research Subjects,

CITI Health Information Privacy and Security,

CITI Social and Behavioral Responsible Conduct

of Research, NIH Human Subjects Protection, UMD

Blood borne Pathogen Training, Measure Carbon

Monoxide levels

LEADERSHIP: Drexel Health Management &

Policy Club

Volunteer & Event Coordinator

-Lead organizer of volunteer opportunities and events for MPH

students and those affiliated with the School

of Public Health

-Developed a speaker series for the Health Management & Policy Club

June 2013-August 2013 Mentored undergraduate student Lindsay Eckersburg on

scientific poster presentation

CLUBS: Epidemiology & Biostatistics Journal Club, Global Health Forum

and

Ethics Journal Club within the Drexel School of

Public Health

VOLUNTEER: Philabundance, Norris Square Neighborhood Project, Wills Eye

Institute, Relay for Life, Philadelphia

Marathon

REFERENCES:

Dr. Eran Magen

Supervisor, The University of Pennsylvania

Counseling and Psychological Services

133 S. 36th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104

*****@*****.***

Dr. Longjian Liu

Supervisor, Opening Doors Health Disparities Research Program

Drexel University School of Public Health

3215 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104

****@******.***

Dr. Michael Yudell

Professor, PBHL 516: Introduction to Public Health, Supervisor, Graduate TA

for PBHL 516

Drexel University School of Public Health

3215 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104

*****@******.***

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