Audrey Sommer, MPH, CHES®

Experience

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  Private Family

  May 2016 - Aug 2016

  Child Care Specialist

  Nannied for an 11-year-old special needs child Communicated with parents about behavior and progress.

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  First Presbyterian Church of Houston

  May 2017 - Aug 2017

  Middle School Youth Program Intern

  • Invested time in developing intimate, long-term relationships with multiple students• Led and organized two youth trips of 50 students each that traveled out of the state• Prepared and gave talks for weekly events

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  Bonham Elementary School

  Aug 2017 - Apr 2019

  ESL Literacy Volunteer

  Participated in the Champions are Readers ProgramWorked one on one with 1st grade, at risk, studentsCommunicated with the teacher about student’s learning and improvement

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  Rock Prairie Elementary School

  Jan 2018 - Apr 2018

  Pre-Kindergarten Tech Tutor

  • Paired with three students to assist in tech learning• Used iPads to improve students reading and writing skills

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  Oliver Family

  Feb 2018 - Jan 2020

  Nanny

  Monitored children after school and help with homeworkCommunicated with parents about the progress of their children 6 hours a week

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  A & M Consolidated High School

  Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  Pre-Student Teaching Intern

  • Researched and developed twelve 50-minute lesson plans over Health Science topics

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  Memorial Middle School

  Aug 2019 - Dec 2019

  Student Teacher

  • Completed 70 days of clinical teaching experience• Developed two 10-day unit plans over Drugs/Alcohol and Violence/Abuse • Effectively communicated and coordinated with mentor teacher over lesson material

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  Peace Corps

  Jan 2020 - Mar 2020

  HIV/Aids Outreach Coordinator

  In March 2020, the Peace Corps evacuated all 7,000 of its worldwide staff as a result of the global pandemic. I was 2 weeks away from completing my training when I was called back to the United States.

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  Harris County Office of Public Health

  Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  Training Coordinator

  • Assessed Harris County training protocols for Non-Congregate Medical Shelter and Point of Dispensing Site training• Analyzed and presented ideas to Harris County Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response team on the development of a COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Plan • Optimized COVID-19 emergency response activity logs (ICS-214) for 100% reimbursement by FEMA • Ensured that emergency response activity logs were reimbursement by FEMA ICS-214 activity log process

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  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  Oct 2020 - now

  Completing a rotation with CDC South Africa's HIV prevention branch key population (KP) team as part of the Presidential Management Fellowship. Activities include supporting KP prevention activities, KP biobehavioral surveys, and leading the adaptation of the LIVES training. Managed operations for the whole-of-USG GMRT response consisting of senior agency leads from CDC, HHS, USAID, Department of State, and other Departments and Agencies • Developed epidemiology program curriculum and activities for 100 K-12 teachers • Researched and developed surveys for evaluation of pilot CDC epidemiology K-12 curriculum• Supported and provided leadership to 100 Science Ambassador Fellows in dissemination of materials for pilot public health 101 trainings • Prepared activities for quarterly Science Ambassador Fellowship virtual trainings

  • Special Assistant to CDC Principal Deputy Director

    Dec 2024 - now

  • Public Health Analyst

    Jun 2022 - Dec 2024

  • Health Scientist

    Jun 2023 - Dec 2023

  • Special Assistant/Secretariat Operations Manager, USG Global Monkeypox Response Team

    Sept 2022 - Dec 2022

  • STEM Curriculum & Training Intern

    Oct 2020 - Jun 2022
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  Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University

  Mar 2021 - Jun 2022

  Graduate Research Assistant

  • Collected qualitative data through 20 in-depth interviews with those working closely with youth at risk or involved in commercial sexual exploitation in Georgia • Coded and analyzed qualitative data including in-depth interviews and focus group discussions• Performed descriptive quantitative data analysis using STATA• Presented thematic analysis findings to eight key stakeholders and board members

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  Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

  Jun 2021 - Sept 2021

  Graduate Research Assistant

  • Conducted a scoping literature search/review on specific thematic findings and presented key findings to team members • Screened the abstracts and full texts of 271 published literature on the topic of medical bidirectional learning programs for a scoping literature review