Experience: CV/Resume

Appointments and Employment

Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of HIV, STI, and Hepatitis, Des Moines, IA | Aug 2021 – Present

Analyzes population data and prepares annual surveillance reports on viral hepatitis trends, incidence, prevalence, and risk factors.
Leads bi-weekly cluster detection analysis of potential state clusters, reviewing high-count chronic counties and all acute cases.
Collaborates with STI, HIV, and hepatitis epidemiologists on new cluster detection reporting tools; authored the state cluster detection and response manual.
Developed a tabletop guide and exercise for stakeholder engagement and training.
Works with local public health on disease follow-up investigations and with CDC partners on grant deliverables.

Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority, Health Analytics Department, Sioux Lookout, ON, Canada | Jul 2019 – Aug 2021

Analyzed clinical diabetes data, hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and nursing station logs to develop the region’s first adult health status report.
Created a novel staffing and PPE matrix for community nursing stations that helped secure over $30 million in federal funding; the matrix was later used by the Nishnawbe Aski Nation to support First Nations communities across Canada.
Served as data and epidemiology lead for the planning section of the COVID-19 Incident Management System, preparing daily analytical briefs for leadership.
Participated in multi-community tuberculosis outbreak response, coordinating testing and contact follow-up with nursing station staff.
Collaborated with Chiefs and Tribal Councils to develop health indicators and annual priorities.
Worked with the Public Health Agency of Canada to transfer First Nations immunization data from the federal system to an Indigenous-made health system.

Wellington Dufferin Guelph Public Health, Health Analytics Department, Guelph, ON, Canada | Sep 2018 – Jul 2019

Entered and maintained client data across databases to ensure accuracy under current guidelines.

Northland Technical Laboratories, Toronto, ON, Canada | Aug 2014 – Jan 2018

Northland Products Company, Waterloo, IA | Aug 2012 – May 2014

Streamlined sample preparation with new work instructions, increasing output by 15%.
Consulted on critical issues with a new client, securing a two-year, $500,000 contract.

Research Assistant, Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph (Sep 2017 – Aug 2019)
Investigating factors that impact sense of community and the association with mental health status at a southwestern Ontario university: A cross-sectional study.
Research Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Iowa (Aug 2012 – May 2014)
Bioinformatic and molecular investigation of clotting factors and blood proteins in R. catesbeiana during estivation.
Research Assistant, Denver Botanic Gardens (May 2012 – Aug 2012)
Genetic diversity among Phacelia formosula on the western Colorado slope; novel indoor propagation of Stachys lavandulifolia.
Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Northern Iowa (Aug 2011 – May 2014)
Novel solvolysis technique for encapsulation of sodium azide compound in nitrated lignin derivative.