Health Assistant

DISHA SHAH

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EDUCATION

Master of Public Health May 2014

Boston University, Boston, MA

Student Leadership Award Recipient

Teaching Assistant, Global Environmental Health Spring 2014

Bachelor of Dental Surgery September 2010

Rajasthan University of Health Services, India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Intern June 2014- Dec 2014

Sana, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology

Sana is a global mHealth project hosted by the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at the MIT, fo cused on

innovating technology solutions to improve the access and quality of healthcare.

Collaborated with a group of physicians to design a clinical trial for an mHealth solution to manage chronic hypertension.

Developed and evaluated study protocol with the research team.

Assisted in curriculum development for HST 936 course on Global Health Informatics.

Clinical Research Assistant, The Oncogrid Study Oct 2013-May 2014

Data Coordinating Center, Boston University School of Public Health

The Oncogrid Study is a clinical trial comparing effectiveness of an mHealth solution to current standard of care, to diagnose oral cancer.

Collaborated with the Principal Investigator to design and evaluate the study protocol.

Assisted PI to maintain research documents in accordance with IRB and GCP guidelines.

Participated in writing Manual of Operations for the trail.

Designed recruitment plan and timeline for study participants.

Assisted in reviewing CRFs to increase the effective collection and recording of the data.

Presented the ongoing research at NCI 2014 Symposium on Global Cancer Research.

Research Assistant Mar 2013-Dec 2013

Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health

Conducted market research, analyzed marketing strategies and studied targeted population of electronic cigarettes by examinin g media

advertisements and classifying claimed characteristics as a part of self -initiated study.

Discussed reports and ensured effective communication between team members.

Submitted manuscript to the Journal of Tobacco Control.

Dental Health Educator and Counselor Dec 2011-March 2012

Self Employed Women’s Association, Ahmedabad, India (social and health services nonprofit)

Conducted dental screening for rural population in Gujarat, followed by group counselling sessions.

Designed training materials for dental health awareness and tobacco related diseases, especially for children.

PUBLICATIONS

Abstract

Shah D., Chigurupati R., Forman L. & Chaisson C; “ONCOGRID: A MOBILE HEALTH APPROACH TO PREVENTION AND EARLY

DIAGNOSIS OF ORAL CANCER”. Abstract submitted and accepted by Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) annual

meeting hold in Washington, D.C., May 2014.

PROJECTS

Anamiv, a healthier world

The project was a part of Harvard President’s Challenge -2014, as well as HBS New Venture Competition: Student Social Enterprise Track.

The project focused on developing a sustainable business model for applying mHealth for the provision of evidence based primary

healthcare in resource-restrained settings.

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