Health Manager
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Morris
Zerandrian Morris, MPH
New York, NY 10035
**********.******@*****.***
Technical Skills
Microsoft Suite: Word, Excel,
Access, PowerPoint, SharePoint
RDBMS: SAS, SQL, SPSS,
Other: E cho VHR™
Education
Bachelor of Science. Psychology
Spelman College, 2001
Master of Public Health.
Epidemiology/Bio statistics
Tulane University School of Public
Health & Tropical Medicine, 2003
Languages
English (fluent)
Spanish (conversational)
Professional Experience
Race2Relate,New York City/remote, (2015 present)
co chief executive office/head of curriculum & corporate social responsibility Race2Relate™ is a social enterprise that creates compassion through courageous conversations with a mission to uncover what links us via a a three pronged approach to stimulate connection. As one half of the senior management team, Zerandrian guides the development of strategic and operational plans for management and exercises judgment in researching, organizing, analyzing and presenting information to assist in setting organizational policies. Zerandrian is also responsible for ensuring that all R2R practices, processes, products and procedures are socially just,ethical, sustainable and environmentally friendly. Frameworks Institute, Washington DC/remote, (2016) statistical analyst consultant
Frameworks Institute d esigns, conducts, and publishes multi method, multi disciplinary communications research to empirically identify the most effective ways of reframing social and scientific topics. Zerandrian was a consultant working with their Director of Interpretation and Senior Researcher on three multidimensional scaling (MDS) and cluster analysis projects. These projects focused on m edia content, field frame analysis, and substance abuse, Arthur Ashe Institute of Urban Health, Brooklyn NY/remote, (2015 present) statistical analyst consultant
The Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, located in Brooklyn, collaborates with community members to design, incubate and replicate neighborhood based interventions that address health conditions that disproportionately affect minorities. Zerandrian is currently a consultant working with their Deputy Director & Community Outreach Program Manager on a project focused on Pre Exposure Prophylaxis
(PrEP). Zerandrian is designing surveys and focus group discussion guides as well as performing qualitative analyses on the results. Zerandrian is also performing quantitative analyses on an additional adhoc project.
Novo Foundation/Casa de Esperanza (2015)
project coordinator
The mission of the NoVo Foundation is to foster a transformation from a world of domination and exploitation to one of collaboration and partnership. O ver the past few months, Ms. Morris has consulted with the organization Casa de Esperanza as a Project Coordinator for The Engaging Girls/Young Women Leaders working group. She will c oordinate a total of 7 10 national community discussions with cis and trans girls and young women leaders between the ages of 15 and 24 on their experiences with direct and indirect violence, and their roles as youth leaders in the movement to end violence against girls and women. M s. Morris has also coordinated a national survey of girl/young women serving organizations to better understand the impact of violence on those that they serve, how they address violence in their organizations, and how they develop leadership skills among the girls/young women that they serve.
Columbia University School of Social Work (2015 present) adjunct professor
Columbia University is is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York and the fifth oldest in the United States. Ms. Morris recently designed a course entitled ‘Power, Oppression & Privilege’ for the School of Social Work and serves as an adjunct professor delivering course instruction for Masters of Social Work students.
Sadie Nash Leadership Project, (2013 present)
core staff instructor
The Sadie Nash Leadership Project is both an inspiring learning experience and a powerful community of young female leaders in NYC. M s. Morris currently provides course instruction for both the summer institute and school year partnership programming for SNLP. In addition, Ms. Morris has served as a curriculum consultant for their Power, Identity, and Privilege and Sisterhood curriculum. The Morris Home (2011 2014)
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drug & alcohol counselor
In her role, Ms. Morris was part of a recovery oriented Clinical Teamt hat services an 8 bed residential 3 C drug & alcohol treatment program specifically servicing transgender and gender variant people located in SW Philadelphia. She m anaged a clinical caseload of up to 6 individual persons in recovery, which included conducting weekly therapeutic sessions and completing clinical documentation including but not limited to DAP notes, Recovery Plans, Bio Psycho Social evaluations, Team Support Meetings, After Care Planning and Discharge Summaries within the specified time frames of local and state regulatory and funding agencies. She also served on a team in the creation of a workforce development training program entitled ‘T Talk’ entering into communities (various hubs within the organization, hospitals, governmental organizations, etc.) providing training and facilitation on issues faced by LGBTQIA communities (in and out of medical settings) Keystone Mercy Health Plan (2010 2011)
lead statistical analyst
Keystone Mercy Health Plan (now AmeriHealth Caritas Pennsylvania) i s a Medical Assistance
(Medicaid) managed care health plan serving more than 115,000 Medical Assistance recipients across two regions of Pennsylvania. In this role, Ms. Morris provided high level technical and statistical information to non technical audiences via daily writing and weekly presentations. Ms. Morris provided technical writing expertise as she developed and managed a Predictive Model focusing on ER Utilization for two lines of business with over 500K claims records and 50+ variables utilizing a Logistic Regression analysis. She performed descriptive, differential, and predictive statistical analysis using analyses and methodologies including significance testing, regression analysis, logistic regression, propensity scoring, ANOVA, and z scoring.
Matria Healthcare (2007 2008)
informatics developer II
Matria Healthcare, Inc. (now Alere Healthcare) designs, develops, and delivers health enhancement, disease management, and high risk pregnancy management programs and services. In this role, Ms. Morris designed, developed and implemented data management reports, specifications and analyses for 10+ clients at a time. Ms. Morris also provided technical writing expertise and interpreted legal documentation and discerned client contract information. Her role included extraction of data from large complex data sets and performing ad hoc analysis and reports as required by users. Matria Healthcare (2006 2007)
data certification analyst
In this role, Ms. Morris designed, implemented, and maintained comprehensive test plans and test scripts to assure that client data was accurately mapped according to pre established business rules via testing of ETL process. Ms. Morris consistently exceeded new implementation and existing client certification goals by an average of 20 client tickets per month. She also managed, analyzed, and maintained the certification of large volumes of medical membership, pharmacy and claims data for 30+ clients with < 2% error resulting in increased contractual agreements by more than 5 clients per calendar year.
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (2003 2004) epidemiologist/biostatistician
As an Epidemiologist & Biostatistician in the National Center of HIV, STD, and TB Prevention/Office of Health Disparities, Ms. Morris d eveloped SAS data sets using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and trained 15 students on proper analysis methods and techniques. She also served as lead investigator on a cross sectional quantitative analysis and guest lectured Introduction to Epidemiology course at Morehouse College.
Teaching Experience
Adjunct Professor: Power, Oppression, & Privilege, Columbia University School of Social Work Facilitator: Social Justice Education, Uniquely You Summit, Inc. Staff Lead Teacher: Core Social Justice Principles, Girls for Gender Equity Instructor: Power/Identity/Privilege, Sadie Nash Leadership Project Graduate Student Instructor: Statistical Methods in Sociological Sciences, University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Sociology
Adjunct Professor: Mathematics Module III, Georgia Perimeter College, C ontinuing and Corporate Education Pharmacy Technician Certification Program 2
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Instructor: Introduction to Epidemiology, Morehouse College, Public Health Sciences Institute Instructor: Introduction to Biostatistics, Morehouse College, IMHOTEP Program Conference Presentations & Professional Panels
Morris, Z.S. (2016). E nd Mass Incarceration & Police Brutality. C olumbia Universiyt:New York, NY
(Moderator)
Morris, Z.S. (2014). W e Know Issues. Let’s Talk Victories. Congressional Hunger Center: Washington, DC (Panelist)
Morris, Z.S. (2013). S hades of Masculinity. National Black Justice Coalition OUT on the Hill Black LGBTQ Leadership Summit Town Hall: Washington, DC (Panelist) Morris, Z.S. (2013). B ut You Don’t Look Trans: Non Binary Trans*Identities & the Harmful Implications of Homogenizing Trans*Experiences. E lements Organization 2013 LGBTQ Womyn of Color Conference: Atlanta, GA (Presenter)
Morris, Z.S. (2013). B ut You Don’t Look Trans: Non Binary Trans*Identities & the Harmful Implications of Homogenizing Trans*Experiences. 2013 Minnesota Trans Health Conference: St. Paul, MN
(Presenter)
Morris, Z.S. (2013). T rans* Experiences in Sex/Gender Segregated Spaces: Do We Still Have Access? Should We Still Have Access? 1 2t h
Annual Philadelphia Trans Health Conference:
Philadelphia, PA (Co Presenter)
Morris, Z.S. (2013). A re Trans* Specific Services Disappearing?: Looking at the Different Needs of MSM and Trans* Populations. 14t h
Annual HIV Prevention & Outreach Summit: Philadelphia, PA
(Panelist)
Morris, Z.S. (2013). “ Sexual Minorities” Panel. Widener University Human Sexuality Program’s Sexual Minorities Course: Philadelphia, PA (Panelist)
Morris, Z.S. (2013). O ut in the Workplace: An Inclusive Panel of LGBTQA Professionals. The Foundation for Undergraduates of Sexual Equality (FUSE) – Drexel University/City of Philadelphia: Philadelphia, PA (Panelist)
Morris, Z.S. (2012). C reating Culturally Affirming Services for Transgender/Gender Variant People. Behavioral Health Training and Education Network & Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health/Intellectual disAbilities Services: Philadelphia, PA (Panelist) Morris, Z.S. (2001). Resiliency Among Today’s Youth: The Flint Adolescent Study U niversity of Michigan School of Public/ Health Department of Health Behavior/Health Education: Ann Arbor, MI
(Lead Investigator)
Professional Affiliations
Society of Young Black Public Health Professionals Uniquely You Summit, Inc
American Sociological Association
Honors & Awards
National Pharmacy Technician Certification (PTCB)
National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Scholar
National Institutes of Health Research Scholar
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health Disparities Training Program Research Fellowship 3
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