Experience

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  Winston-salem journal

  Jan 1983 - Jan 1990

  Editorial staff
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  Schroder public relations

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2007

  Consultant
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  Rwanda zambia hiv research group

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2012

  Communications director
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  Centers for disease control and prevention

  Nov 2012 - Jan 2014

  Health communications specialist, ncezid, division of global migration and quarantine
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  Centers for disease control and prevention

  Oct 2014 - Jan 2016

  • Coordinated all communications initiatives for CDC’s Pandemic Influenza Medical Care and Countermeasures (MCCM) Task Force, the agency’s lead entity for pandemic influenza preparedness and response• Developed and wrote materials for multiple pandemic influenza TTX and functional exercises, including exercise roles, scripts, clinical key points and patient-care guides• Led all communications, messaging and branding activities associated with Flu on Call®, a flagship CDC-led project to establish a nationwide network of triage lines and call centers for use during a pandemic emergency • Envisioned, directed and led all communications training activities associated with CDC’s 2016 Flu on Call® national simulation exercises, which tested country-wide functionality, infrastructure, and operations during the 2016 influenza season • Led risk-communications trainings and workgroups in crafting theory-based messaging• Awarded “Director’s Recognition Award” by the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) for support of CDC’s 2014 response to imported Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) cases confirmed in the United States Voir moins

  • Communications Coordinator, Influenza Coordination Unit (Medical Care and Countermeasures)

    Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  • Associate Director of Policy, Influenza Coordination Unit

    Oct 2014 - Jan 2015
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  World health organization

  Jan 2016 - now

  Risk communications consultant

  --Risk communication and community engagement consultant at WHO HQ--Risk communication Pillar co-lead at WHO Country Office in the Philippines--Trainer and facilitator for WHO EURO Emergency Risk Communication Five-Step Capacity-Building Package --WHO Risk Communications Expert and Workshop Facilitator at Vector-Borne Disease Operational Readiness Workshop in Sofia, Bulgaria--Designed, developed, and wrote structure, content, and scripts for online learning courses on Pandemic Influenza Risk Communications, for use on WHO’s learning platform, OpenWHO--Reviewed and revised WHO training and learning materials on pandemic risk communications and community engagement intended for use by priority governments and key stakeholders--Created 10+ facilitator roles, wrote associated scripts, and developed participant and facilitator materials for WHO’s first-ever Social Science Simulation Exercise (SocialNET) --Served as lead facilitator at WHO’s Regional Workshop on Validation of the Situation Analysis and Capacity Building on Risk Communications in the ECOWAS Region, in Abuja, Nigeria -- Supported workshop activities, including a multi-day TTX on an outbreak of HPAI-- Revised and updated existing WHO pandemic influenza scenario designs--Served as risk communications expert at the meeting National Plan for the Prevention and Control of Influenza and Severe Respiratory Infections, a joint mission of the WHO Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals and the U.S. CDC Global Immunization and Global Influenza Divisions, in Rabat, Morocco Voir moins

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  World organisation for animal health

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2019

  Risk communications consultant

  • Researched, wrote, and edited the 2016 World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Strategy on Antimicrobial Resistance and the Prudent Use of Antimicrobials, a detailed guidance document describing the OIE’s initiatives to support Member Countries in averting antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in food-producing and companion animals• Prepared a comprehensive communications plan for OIE antimicrobial resistance outreach, including messaging strategies targeting veterinary services, policymakers, and lay audiences • Author of risk communications chapter of African Swine Fever in wild boar – ecology and biosecurity – FAO Animal Production and Health Manual Voir moins

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  Deutsche gesellschaft für internationale zusammenarbeit gmbh

  Jan 2018 - now

  International risk communication expert

  • Support to Pandemic Preparedness in the East African Community (EAC) region and the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) region• Designed and facilitated five capacity-building workshops in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya over a 12-month engagement to support the development of risk communication and community engagement skills in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda• Developed a regional risk and crisis communications plan and framework, focused on a One Health approach, including creating SOPs for processes associated with multi-country emergency risk and crisis communications• Led and facilitated risk and crisis communications training and activities for cross-border (Kenya and Tanzania) field simulation exercise on a zoonotic scenario of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) Voir moins

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  Gfa consulting group gmbh

  Jan 2019 - now

  International risk communication expert

  • Leading capacity-building trainings and workshops in communication and coordination in the ECOWAS region• Researched, designed, and wrote a comprehensive blending-learning (online and face-to-face) course in communication and coordination associated with the Incident Command System (ICS) • Led the development and design of a Risk Communication Platform for the newly-created ECOWAS Regional Center for Surveillance and Disease Control (RCSDC)• Developing and writing a comprehensive One Health online course (Moodle platform) designed to inform and support a regional approach to One Health in the ECOWAS region Voir moins