Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
• Epidemiology Coordinator of Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) • Principal investigator of a qualitative, multi-institutional study on investigating barriers to access to treatment and care for visceral leishmaniasis among vulnerable populations in East Africa • Coordinator of a data completeness and quality assessment for a study on the effect of five years of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Chad • Coordinator of a survey of vaccine coverage and effectiveness after mass measles vaccination campaigns in DRC • Conducting trainings, writing manuscripts for scientific journals, and presenting results at conferences.
• Managed clinical trial activities for first Ebola vaccine (rVSV-ZEBOV) thought to be highly efficacious & safe • Coordinated & supported vaccine trial, treatment center, laboratory, & community data collection, management, mapping, analysis, & reporting of thousands of Ebola cases, informing fast-paced operations. • Supervised contact tracing, decontamination activities, alert monitoring, case investigations, & emergency response systems, facilitating rapid treatment of cases & interrupting secondary disease transmission. • Strengthened capacity by liaising with national, regional, & local-level Ebola surveillance & response actors.
• Identified new areas of research, coordinated research activities, & published evidence-based findings. • Informed advocacy strategies for improved medical treatments for vulnerable, neglected populations. • Developed, implemented & evaluated outreach initiatives and strategies. • Modified program objectives in response to documented service gaps. • Provided supervisory, instructive, and technical epidemiological support. • Enhanced access to & quality of healthcare services in overburdened, resource-limited settings. • Engaged community leaders & fostered partnerships at local, regional, national & international levels. • Decreased morbidity & mortality of persons living with HIV/AIDS & TB, especially women & children.
• Liaised with high-level public health officials & partner agencies, advocating on behalf of beneficiaries. • Supervised >30 national staff & collaborated with international staff from more >25 countries, demonstrating exceptional interpersonal, cross-cultural, & diplomacy skills. • Designed & supervised implementation of a cross-sectional, multi-stage, cluster-randomized meningitis vaccination coverage survey of 592 households & 2327 individuals. • Developed, implemented, & evaluated data tools for surveillance, investigation, intervention, & research of epidemic-prone diseases across a large, four-State geographic area. • Compiled, quality control checked, & analyzed epidemiological data for tens of thousands of disease cases. • Generated weekly & monthly reports to inform emergency response interventions.
• Managed multiple research projects, directing large teams (>100 staff) & significantly advancing research of causes of health inequalities, interventions & policies to overcome disparities. • Collaborated in writing of successful grant proposals, abstracts, & manuscripts.
Global Health Research Collaboration for assessment of behavioral and social risk factors of HIV among women who exchange sex for basic needs.
• Facilitated community partnerships leading to first four-county collaborative Medical Reserve Corps in the nation for surge-capacity emergency preparedness. • Organized & implemented trainings & drills for coordinated disaster response in support of established, local public health & emergency response systems.