Health Public

STEPHEN ASAMOAH SAMPONG

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EDUCATION

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Mailman School of Public Health, New York May 2014

Master of Public Health in Epidemiology, Certificate in Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Course work included; Methods for Research Design and Evaluation, Applied Data Analysis, Application of Epidemiologic Research Methods/SAS, Analysis of Categorical Data, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Public Health Surveillance, Emerging Infectious Disease, Epidemiology and Control of TB/HIV/AIDS

UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, Accra-Legon, Ghana May 2005

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The Lewin Group, Falls Church, Virginia

January 2016 – Present

Research Consultant

Provides pragmatic support to The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the Provision of Hospital Performance Data to hospitals in the State of Maryland

Provides administrative assistance in setting appropriate work priorities

Serves as the lead in coordinating the completion of Participation Agreements, Data Release Agreements and Implementation Protocols.

Maintains close contact and working relationship with the government staff and our clients

Offers technical knowledge and expertise in providing innovative solutions to complex issues

Serves as the point of contact for all federal clients

Attends monthly meetings with our clients and sub-contractors

Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia

February 2015 – July 2015

Epidemiologist (Contract)

Assisted in the development of policies and procedures in the divisions involvement with various county health departments

Reviewed budget for all grant applications and provided solutions to critical problems

Ensured compliance with established administrative policies and procedures by external organizations

Coordinated research activities and maintained health data

Delivered training for community based organizations and health service providers on emerging issues

Attended both internal and external meetings

Provided educational resources to all health departments

Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, New York

September 2013 – February 2015

Research Analyst -NIH Funded

Served as the project manager for the research study

Managed and coordinated NIH grant renewal and application

Conduct outreach activities to identify potential program participants for the study

Lead the development of budget for project to be compliant with NIH requirements

Ensured all agencies complied to the rules and regulations, policies and procedures

Participated in project and administrative site visits to evaluate the appropriateness of budgetary requests.

Disbursed funds to the study participants

Conducted interviews and screening of participants

Developed and maintained excellent relationship with prison agencies in New York City

Served as a liaison between participating agencies and the study participants

Developed measurement instruments for the project and assisted with the preparation of documentation

Department of Health, Center for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Washington DC

June 2013 – August 2013

Intern

Served as a resource in communication and correspondence with all stakeholders

Ensured all policies and procedures are adhered to by all departments

Coordinated with other department to ensure effective analysis for the department’s annual report

Developed policy initiatives in response to critical problems or as needed by changing circumstances

Assisted in program budgeting

Represented the department in external meetings

Performed data cleaning, data management, data entry and review for effective data analysis

SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Computer skills; Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, STATA, SAS, ArcGIS, Epi Info

Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) certificate

Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA) training certificate

Financial Conflicts of Interest and Research for PHS Researchers certificate

PUBLICATIONS

Rowell-Cunsolo, T. L., Sampong, S. A., Befus, M., Mukherjee, D. V., & Larson, E. L. (2015). Predictors of Illicit Drug Use among Prisoners. Substance use & misuse, 1-7.

Rowell-Cunsolo, T. L., Szeto, B., Sampong, S. A., & Larson, E. L. (2016). Predictors of sexual behaviour among men and women in New York City area prisons. Culture, health & sexuality, 1-14.

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