Research Intern Health Analyst

Ernest Opoku-Agyeman Ph.D. MPH. BSc. BA Cert. TCM&H. Cert. CDC RN

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Public Health Analyst/Epidemiologist and Registered Nurse offering 20+ years of achievement managing effective, population and patient-focused environments aimed to improve and streamline healthcare programs and services. Familiarity with design/implementation infectious and chronic disease control programs, health education/promotion, legislation/quality compliance, budget adherence, grant writing, community outreach, data collection, statistical/graphical analysis and reporting. Proven track record of successfully managing epidemiology and disease control within diverse communities.

RELEVANT SKILLS

Biostatistics

Contact tracing

Disease surveillance

Health Policy Management

EDUCATION

Outbreak investigation and intervention

Community Health Programming

Infectious & chronic disease epidemiology

Statistical Packages (SAS, SPSS, EpiInfo)

Walden University, School of Health Sciences Minneapolis, MN Ph.D. Public Health: Epidemiology February 2018

Washington Adventist University

B.S. Nursing

Takoma Park, MD

December 2007

Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School

M.P.H. Epidemiology and Community Medicine

Jerusalem, Israel

October 1990

Andrews University

B.A. Religion, Minor: Biological Sciences

CERTIFICATE

Berrien, MI

January 1989

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and University of Sierra Leone Freetown, Sierra Leone Tropical Community Medicine & Health

December 1982

College of Health and Well-Being (CoHK) Kintampo, Ghana Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control October 1980 Certification of Completion

FY2022 CDSE OPSEC Training 8/10/2022.

Cyber Awareness Challenge. 8/23/2022

OSD/WHS Initial Privacy Act Training. 8/10/2022

FY2022 CDSE DoD Mandatary Controlled Uncontrolled

Unclassified Information (CUI) Training 09/06/2022 FY2022 CDSE Unauthorized Disclosure (UD) of Classified Information and Controlled Information and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). 09/09/2022

FY2022 OSD CDSE Counterintelligence Awareness &

Reporting Completed 09/06/2022

PUBLICATIONS

Agyeman, E. O. (2017). Coping Mechanisms of Sub-Saharan African Female Immigrants with Breast Cancer

(Published)

Agyeman, E.O. (1993). Analysis of road traffic-pedestrian accidents data in Kumasi Metropolitan area between 1987 and 1989 (unpublished)

Agyeman, E. O. (1990). Descriptive analysis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis case distribution in Negev (Thesis, Unpublished)

SELECTED/ATTENDED PRESENTATIONS

HIV prevention counseling: The Facts, St. Elizabeths Hospital September 2018 Coping Mechanisms of Breast Cancer, St. Elizabeth's Hospital May 2018 Malaria and Drug Resistance, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health May 2018 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Public Health

Project Manager/Epidemiologist Dec 2021-Present

Chenega Healthcare Services San Antonio TX

• Managed DoD Covid-19 Tracing Team

• Monitored the investigative team

• Investigated cases, collected, organized and submitted data

• Trained Staff

• Performed weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually reports

• Interacted with experienced colleagues supervising the project and sometimes worked independently Health Data Analyst August -December 2000

ADRA International Silver Springs, MD

● Compiled, analyzed data, and communicated results clearly and concisely to sponsors

● Interacted with sponsors/clients and experienced colleague supervising the project and sometimes worked independently

Health Science Instructor January 1994 -June 1996

Valley View University Greater Accra, Ghana

● Taught upper and lower courses health principles, healthcare education, communicable and infectious diseases epidemiology, and human biology.

● Instructed students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations and established clear learning objectives

● Adapted teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.

● Prepared students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities

● Mentored students in groups and one-on-one to further guarantee content understanding and medical development excellence.

● Performed tasks in alignment with school standards, state, and national educational regulations. Associate Health and Temperance Director/Pastor January 1991- September 1996 Adventist Health Care Services Kumasi, Ghana

● Oversaw all provided public health care services.

● Public Health advisor to the President of the SDA Church Conference on public health issues

● Established women and children health programming across the region

● Led epidemiological research studies such as protocol development and monitoring primary data collection, and data analysis

● Contributed to writing scientific manuscripts and technical reports

● Developed and provided evidence-based documentation and technical assistance to various public, private, and nonprofit health and health-related organizations

● Fostered partnerships with institutions, foundation, and clients

● Provided mentorship and professional development to junior staff and researchers

● Successfully drafted and secured fully funded grants for rural healthcare/research projects

● Oversaw training programs for volunteers and instilled organizational values while promoting regulatory compliance importance

● Served in various boards of directors, budgetary, healthcare planning, and healthcare executive committees

● Familiarized with current literature and participated in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in epidemiology and public health Nursing

Psychiatric Nurse January 2011 Current

St. Elizabeths Hospital Washington, DC

● Uses Avatar software to perform tasks including but not limited to patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and implementation, intervention, and post-treatment evaluations

● Utilizes various software/archiving processes to manage patient and healthcare documentation

● Administers medication and provides in-depth side effect education and evaluation

● Transfers patient cases to physicians/psychiatrist as needed to ensure proper patient care

● Manages team of nurses, identifies nursing processes areas of improvement, and determines team/team member roles while handling the tasks within strict patient deadlines. Registered Nurse January 2010 May 2011

Townsend Careers LLC Baltimore, MD

● Provided a variety of nursing and public health interventions available to the students and the communities

● Created and facilitated educational presentations, educated community, staff and students on healthcare related issues and information, and ensured the procedures were within local law, state, federal, and community and school district regulatory compliance guidelines.

● Familiarized with current literature and participated in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in nursing.

Registered Nurse July 2010 Novmber 2010

Kensington Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Kensington, MD

● Performed health and medication education classes/sessions and promoted patient advocacy.

● Assisted with patient post-charge planning and home health care referrals...

● Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in nursing.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Intern Nov. 1998-Nov. 1999

Family Health Unit, Minnesota Department of Health St. Paul, MN

● Assisted with data Collection analysis with WICC program

● Assisted with collaboration internal and external partners’ research

● Created reports/fact sheets based on industry research analysis using SAS Technical Officer Jan. 1980-Dec. 1985

Medical Field Unit, Epidemiology Division, Ministry of Health Kumasi, Ghana

● Provided administrative supervision within the District Medical Field Unit.

● Epidemic diseases investigation team leader

● Developed core Health Education and Health Promotion programs for all District schools.

● Performed surveillances of communicable and infectious diseases in the district.

● Contributed to onchocerciasis and trypanosomiasis research field data collection

● Surveyed and researched Bilharziasis disease distribution and determinants

● Conducted epidemiologic tasks in the areas of surveillance system evaluations

● Served as a member of the regional disease epidemic control field team

● Investigated Schistosomiasis (Bilharziasis), Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), Malaria, and River Blindness (Onchocerciasis) and other non-vector borne diseases including helminth diseases PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Public Health Association

American Nurses Association, Washington D.C.

REFERENCE: On Request.

Brief Biography

Ernest Opoku-Agyeman is an epidemiologist and nurse/public health focused on understanding using social epidemiology to better understand health outcomes among immigrant populations, specifically from sub- Saharan Africa. He currently holds a PhD in Epidemiology from Walden University School of Health Sciences and a Master’s in Public Health from Hebrew University-Hadassah Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine. Aside from his formal training, Dr. Opoku Agyeman’s experience in public health spans five decades; specifically, he has worked as a Technical Officer at Ghana’s Ministry of Health working on disease surveillance, survey analysis, and entomology research. Shortly after earning his MPH, he returned to Ghana to serve as an Associate Director for the Health and Temperance Department for the Adventist Health Care Services and taught in Valley View University for six years. His recently published research, which uses qualitative analysis, explores coping mechanisms for Sub-Saharan African female immigrants with breast cancer in the United States. Currently, he is a Psychiatric Nurse employed by St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington D.C. looking for academic, post- doctoral fellow, government, and industry opportunities to apply his extensive public health expertise.

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