Keavagh Clift, MPH

Experience

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  Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education

  Oct 2008 - Mar 2010

  English Teacher

  • Created and taught culturally competent lesson plans at 3 Middle Schools in South Korea• Introduced cooking as a way of teaching conversational English• Facilitated after school programming• Assisted with the development and creation of materials related to English language education

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  Polaris Charter Academy

  Sept 2010 - Jul 2011

  AmeriCorps Project YES! Member

  • Completed over 1700 hours of service at Polaris Charter Academy in West Humboldt Park• Collaborated with a team of 26 in recruiting over 750 volunteers and soliciting donations for 58 service events in the West Town community of Chicago • Developed enrichment lessons and led after school programming • Led Leveled Literacy Intervention groups for first through fifth grade students

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  Access Community Health Network

  Nov 2011 - Jul 2012

  Program Assistant, Healthy Places Chicago

  • Assisted with grant-funded Healthy Places to Breastfeed program development and implementation• Developed and delivered project reports and presentations • Co-organized and solicited donations for a successful Mother’s Day “Baby Café” that attracted over 50 mothers and babies• Led educational sessions with over 30 pregnant teens and teen mothers at local high schools• Assisted with establishment of Rogers Park Breastfeeding Advisory Council and developed a presentation based on survey results and community mapping Show less

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  University of Illinois Chicago

  Apr 2012 - Apr 2013

  Graduate Research Coordinator

  • Recruited patients and obtained informed consent for participants in a comprehensive research study on colon cancer• Administered questionnaires and completed paperwork for hundreds of patients• Collected tissue and blood specimens from patients enrolled in study• Collaborated with and developed positive relationships with surgeons and senior management at Stroger Hospital

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  Food Tank

  Aug 2013 - Oct 2013

  Research and Communications Intern

  • Conducted research that drives health, nutrition and environmental policy• Wrote articles and developed content for Food Tank: The Food Think Tank online blog

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  San Joaquin County Public Health Services

  Nov 2013 - Sept 2014

  Public Health Educator

  • Supported health promotion and chronic disease prevention efforts to promote change at the policy, systems and environmental levels in order to reduce the burden of chronic disease in San Joaquin County.• Planned, coordinated, and facilitated bi-monthly Smoking and Tobacco Outreach Prevention Program (STOPP) coalition meetings with community and public health partners• Developed, implemented, and evaluated public health education projects and programs on nutrition, physical activity and tobacco use• Prepared three grant proposals and applications for funding• Conducted presentations to community groups, public health professionals, and key decision makers • Represent San Joaquin County Public Health Services in meetings with other state agencies in program related areas Show less

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  University of California, Davis

  Sept 2014 - now

  ● Manage the WorkStrong Program, including recruiting and tracking patients, managing 25-30 individual $3,000 budgets annually and coordinating with Occupational Health providers for optimal patient care● Lead Healthy UC Davis Communications Workgroup, including website and social media development to increase reach and improve customer engagement. Establish marketing strategies for the initiative ● Provide subject matter expertise while developing, implementing and evaluating interventions to help identify the complex needs of the UC Davis community’s health and well-being● Engage with and influence internal and external stakeholders and campus leadership to ensure innovative, successful and sustainable tobacco-free initiatives for 36,000 students and 22,000 employees● Launched campus-wide campaign around vaping and e-cigarettes; secured funding and established partnership with the Ex Program to offer a digital tobacco cessation resource to UC Davis affiliates● Administer 30 $500 Wellness Ambassador Mini Grants annually, including promotion, requests for proposal, budget management and evaluation● Oversee the Occupational Health Travel Medicine Program; Increased program utilization by 37% in FY 2019 Show less ● Co-created, managed and established workflows for the UC Davis Smoke and Tobacco Free Student Ambassador Program; provided technical assistance to universities on Tobacco Free best practices● Planned, coordinated, and facilitated all aspects of the campus wide Smoking and Tobacco Free policy including communication, education, outreach and assessment. Facilitated the establishment of an enforcement component to the policy through high level strategic communication and negotiation● Conducted a campus-wide Needs Assessment and co-wrote an 87 page White Paper advocating for funding for an employee wellness program that was presented to campus leadership and subsequently secured startup funds● Served as a Wellness Coach for employees in the UC Davis WorkStrong program; Motivated employees to make lasting lifestyle changes focused on improving their health and wellness through weekly wellness coaching sessions Show less

  • Special Services Program Manager

    Aug 2016 - now

  • Health Promotion Specialist

    Sept 2014 - Aug 2016