Resume

• 2001

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  Organization and Management

  Capella University

• 1995

  Master of Arts (M.A.)

  Humanities/Humanistic Studies

  The University of Texas at Arlington

• Epidemiology

  Program Management

  Public Health

  Global Health

  Clinical Research

  Qualitative Research

  Student Affairs

  Grants

  Healthcare

  Organizational Leadership

  Grant Writing

  Organizational Management

  Nonprofits

  Diversity & Inclusion

  Research

  Program Development

  Program Evaluation

  Prevention

  Strategic Planning

  Fundraising

  SASO Project

  Sentiment Analysis or the analysis of messages received from individuals and leadership from organizations

  about their feelings on a specific topic or issue is not new. Researchers have relied on sentiment analysis through focus groups

  surveys

  community 2 advisory boards

  opinion pieces by peers published in industry journals

  and other mass media in order to gauge support for research activities and to gauge consumer/patient satisfaction. Businesses have used sentiment analysis to test brand and product satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Consumers/patients now freely provide this feedback on thousands of Internet websites

  including online news sites

  blogs

  personal websites

  social networking sites

  and other social media. The new definition of sentiment analysis includes the collection of content messages from websites and social media outlets and the use of powerful statistical techniques and linguistics rules to determine sentiment expressed and using these sentiments to identify trends

  provide communities with summaries

  create graphical reports related to the feelings of consumers/patients

  in a real-time manner and providing this information to communities for increased engagement. With the right algorithms and intelligence dashboards

  researchers can gather an infinite number of comments about a particular research interest rather than relying on small returns on survey tools and small focus group data. Social media influencers are any individual who sends a message through social media that can have an impact on the formulation of ideas and/or practices. These comments make for a fertile or barren environment for the introduction of clinical research

  medical treatment

  or public health interventions

  considering the presence of the Federal government

  for-profit and nonprofit health care providers

  community-based public health providers

  activist and consumer advocacy groups

  and individual consumers/patients all in the same online world.

  Parrish

  Blaine

  Parrish

  AIDS Resources of Rural Texas

  The George Washington University

  Weatherford

  Texas

  AIDS Resources of Rural Texas

  The George Washington University

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  Dr. Parrish's work includes academic research

  direct client services

  project planning

  administration and financial evaluation

  building community coalitions

  management of resources

  and program evaluation. His areas of interest are in design

  implementation

  maintenance

  and evaluation of health-related community-based programs

  community-based housing

  prevention

  primary care

  and public health promotion programs. Dr. Parrish currently serves as principle investigator of a state-wide community health centers program to integrate HIV testing in the medical setting. He also serves as co-principle investigator for a four-year project to translate best practices for childhood asthma into community health centers. Dr. Parrish serves as the principle investigator of a parks and recreation program developing a city-wide response in Yuma

  Arizona to childhood obesity and inactivity. He also serves as an investigator on a multi-year project to evaluate successful pregnancy prevention interventions for minority youth. Dr. Parrish was recently awarded a Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) grant to study the use of sentiment analysis as a method for community engagement in public health issues.

  Assistant Professor

  Director