Mason Intern

Joy Barua, MPH

Arlington, VA

Email: *******@*****.*** Phone: 571-***-****

LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/joybarua93 Public Health Advisor

Verbal communication Team building

Collaboration Relationship building

Work ethic Analytical thinking

Delegation Critical thinking

Curiosity Flexibility

Languages: Bengali, English

Technologies: Microsoft Office, Microsoft teams, Microsoft Sharepoint, SPSS, STATA, VEDSS, Power BI.

Industries: Local Government, Health Department, Non-Profit, Universities WORK HISTORY

School Investigation Supervisor, IPHI, Fairfax, VA (Sep. 2020-Present)

● Promoted to management role after 3 months of serving as a contact tracer.

● Established epidemiological links to determine outbreaks among schools in Fairfax County.

● Identified top performers within my team and helped them get promoted to management position.

● Identified various probable breakthrough cases.

● Assist contact tracers in complex situations through research and communication with leaders in the Health Department.

Case Interviewer, IPHI, Fairfax, VA (June 2020- Sep. 2020)

● Identified 18 contacts to a single COVID case through contact tracing.

● Act as a liaison between the county & the community.

● Identified possible epidemiological link between cases. Intern, CHEJ (Non-Profit), Falls Church, VA (Jan. 2020 - May 2020)

● Addressed current and past environmental challenges presented by policies through 2 different blogs to be posted on the Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) website.

● Collected water quality data on various states by using the National Water Quality Monitoring Council portal.

● Interpret data to address policies and programs that can improve health in diverse populations.

EDUCATION

• Masters, Public Health, (Concentration: Epidemiology), George Mason University (2020)

• Bachelor’s, Community Health, George Mason University (2017) ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Additional Experience

Environmental Technician, Fairfax County Health Department, Fairfax, VA

(Mar. 2019-Nov. 2019)

● Data collection of mosquito larvae across Fairfax County.

● Made application of pesticide in affected dry ponds.

● Analyzed mosquito in laboratory to identify various genes.

Certifications

COVID-19 Contact Tracing, John Hopkins University (2020) Introduction to the National Incident Management System, FEMA (2020) Human Research - Group 1 Social & Behavioral Research, CITI (2019) Responsible Conduct of Research - Social and Behavioral, CITI (2019)

Awards

Dean’s List, George Mason University (2017)

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