Experience

• University of Iowa

  Doctoral Student

  As a doctoral student at the University of Iowa, I've had the opportunity to learn about epidemiology, how to design studies and collect, analysis, and report data. I've had opportunities to travel to India for course work and to complete my dissertation. I've learned to appreciate the global connectedness of the world and hope to continue to work in the field of global health.

• University of Iowa

  Teaching Assistant

  • Record and produce lecture video using Camtasia/Panopto software
  • Post lecture videos and other materials to course website
  • Maintain a database for student participation points
  • Hold weekly Office Hours for student assistance
  • Conducted informational chat sessions prior to exams for student assistance
  • Guest lectured on Sources of Data and Epidemiologic Investigations

• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

  Research Assistant

  • Access database management
  • Subject enrollment for studies on the Epidemiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Microscopic Colitis
  • Assisted in writing and submitting an approved protocol to the University of Iowa Institutional Review Board
  • Assisted in writing and submitting an approved protocol to the General Clinical Research Center at the University of Iowa
  • Made IRB modifications to existing protocols
  • Assisted in writing and submitting a Challenge grant to National Institutes of Health entitled Translational approach to study the role of Adherent-Invasive E. coli in IBD
  • Attended Digestive Diseases Week 2009 in Chicago, IL and presented a poster entitled Upper gastrointestinal tract inflammation in patients with Microscopic Colitis

• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

  Graduate Research Assistant

  • Data collection from medical records
  • Data entry
  • Management of several National Neonatal databases
  • Creation and use of access database queries and reports

• University of the Gambia

  Adjunct Professor

  •Professor, teaching Epidemiology Methods to a class of 25 Master’s level students
  •Design and implement exams to assess students’ academic progress during the semester
  •Develop interactive methods for teaching the difficult concepts related to case-control and cohort study design
  •Utilize Elluminate for distance teaching

• University of Southern Indiana

  Assistant Professor

  Assistant Professor teaching the following courses:
  Introduction to Biostatistics
  Structure and Theory of Worksite Wellness
  Implementation and Evaluation of Worksite Wellness
  Disease Control
  Community Health Education Methods
  Foundations for Health Promotion