Experience

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  American chemical society

  May 2018 - Jan 2019

  President
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  Temple health and bioscience district

  Jan 2019 - May 2019

  Epidemiology researcher

  • Presented research on poster at Temple, TX city meeting with scientists and politicians in attendance to provide valuable contributions to public health interventions• Conducted quantitative research on mumps outbreak in Texas detention centers, as well as federal policy analyses on immigration policies from Texas-Mexico border

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  Texas department of state health services

  May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Epidemiology intern

  • Collected and organized data for daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly case summaries to report to other the state, public health regions, local health departments, and county health departments• Revised and edited infection definitions and questions for contact tracing efforts• Attended trainings led by the CDC, FDA, and DSHS across the U.S

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  Kronkosky charitable foundation

  Aug 2019 - Mar 2020

  Data analyst

  • Conducted research on topics associated with program goal within Foundation's priority grant giving areas• Evaluated grant applications and conducted on-site visits to determine organization eligibility to grant award• Created and updated physical records and digital files to maintain current, accurate and compliant documentation.

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  The university of texas health science center at houston (uthealth houston)

  Aug 2020 - Jul 2021

  Covid-19 case investigator

  • Conducted surveillance related to cases of COVID-19 through interviews with patients (and their interpreters, if needed), family members, and/or medical facilities.• Secured medical records and information related to routine surveillance and COVID-19 positive cases across Texas.• Acted as liaison to medical facilities and other governmental agencies involved in surveillance activities and projects. Concerns were reported to Lead Epidemiologist.

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  Houston health department

  Jul 2023 - now

  Surveillance investigator

  Medical Monitoring Project under the CDC