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Experience
Harvard School of Public Health
Doctoral Student
Harvard School of Public Health
August 2013 – Present (10 months)Boston
Epidemiologist, Environmental Epidemiology Program
Utah Department of Health
October 2011 – July 2013 (1 year 10 months)Greater Salt Lake City Area
Epidemiologist
• ATSDR's Partnership to Promote Localized Efforts to Reduce Environmental Exposure (APPLETREE) Program Assessor
• Data analysis management/analysis using SAS and ArcGIS
Epidemiologist
Utah Department of Health
October 2011 – December 2011 (3 months)Greater Salt Lake City Area
National Toxic Substance Incidents Program (NTSIP) Coordinator
• Coordinated community outreach program
• Data management/analysis using SAS and ArcGIS
Intern
Utah Department of Health
July 2011 – October 2011 (4 months)Greater Salt Lake City Area
Tobacco Prevention and Control Program
• Assist program epidemiologists with data collection, analysis, report preparation, data dissemination, and prepare required documents for legislative reports and documents. Data analysis using SPSS and SAS.
Intern
Utah Department of Health
April 2011 – June 2011 (3 months)Greater Salt Lake City Area
Cancer Control Program
• Collaborated with program members and developed and created a needs assessment survey to determine the unmet needs of cancer survivors
• Disseminated and collected surveys for the annual Utah Cancer Action Network (UCAN) Cancer Survivorship Conference
Lab Technician
Brigham Young University
January 2011 – June 2011 (6 months)Provo, Utah Area
Risk Management and Safety
• Researched, organized, and developed the revised Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry’s Chemical Hygiene Plan via collaborating with interdepartmental staff and faculty
• Edited Standard Operating Procedures and Laboratory Inspection Methods department and Risk Management use
• Conducted laboratory inspections, developed training materials, and prepared emergency response kits
Intern
World Health Organization
May 2010 – July 2010 (3 months)Geneva Area, Switzerland
Unit of Surveillance and Population-based Prevention, Department of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion, Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health Cluster
• Collected and entered epidemiological data from country reports and literature
• Delivered presentation on WHO Global Infobase, a WHO geographic information system, to Headquarter data managers
• Created departmental reports and factsheets for over 40 countries
Research Assistant
Brigham Young University
January 2010 – April 2010 (4 months)Provo, Utah Area
Epidemiological study of motor vehicle crashes and safety
• Coauthored “Epidemiology of Motor Vehicle Crashes in Utah” in the Journal of Traffic Injury Prevention with Drs. Ray Merrill and Steve Thygerson
Harvard School of Public Health
Doctor of Science, Environmental Health
2013 – 2018 (expected)
Brigham Young University
MPH, Global Health Promotion
2009 – 2011
Brigham Young University
BS, Neuroscience
2000 – 2007