Brigid Boettler

Experience

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  Cuyahoga County Board of Health

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  Intern, Environmental Health Services

  - Directed county-level West Nile Virus and rabies monitoring and surveillance along with delivering research-based vector borne disease prevention education and services to the local community.

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  UNC Wilmington

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  Graduate Assistant, Microbiology & Molecular Protistology

  - Designed and implemented undergraduate curriculum for microbiology laboratory course.- Conducted molecular evolutionary research, including PCR amplification and DNA sequencing, on marine phytoplankton. - Ensured general laboratory maintenance.

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  Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ)

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

  Fellow, Science & Publications

  - Conducted environmental health research resulting in co-authorship of a technical commission report on the public health impacts of mountaintop removal mining.

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  Society for Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2012

  Intern, Outreach Program

  - Assisted in coordinating and facilitating partnerships between physicians and patient advocacy groups and developed educational patient resources.

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  George Mason University

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  Graduate Assistant, Biostatistics

  - Provided instruction to graduate-level students on application of SPSS in public health research.

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  Management Sciences for Health

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2016

  Key player in influencing and educating international decision-makers on global health priorities and impact .* Lead coordinator in the execution of MSH Study Tour Program, disseminating six US congressional staff delegations of 25 delegates to countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean. Instrumental in developing and executing more than 15 Capitol Hill briefings and panels aimed at educating the US Administration and Congress on global health priorities and impact.* Provided advocacy and communications capacity building and project support for MSH priority countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean.* Managed relationships with international partners and stakeholders across 12 countries to include international NGOs, private companies, US missions, ministries of health, and local civil society organizations.* Delivered support for the 2013 start-up of the Global Health Council (GHC), coordinating GHC's 2013-14 quarterly board meetings and synchronizing 2013 and 2014 board nominations and election processes while developing a cloud-based filing system for GHC archives. * Lead coordinator of the MSH Accelerating Country Presence Conference, a two-week conference netting 180 participants from 13 international offices effectively supporting the mission and movement of MSH.*Developed and managed a $450K annual budget for the Policy, Advocacy & Communications (PAC) program to maintain the integrity of various international global health advocacy deliverables. * Developed and maintained the MSH Study Tour website, supported the PAC Twitter account, and coordinated communications with external partners, stakeholders, and the general public to highlight MSH's mission and impact. Show less

  • Policy, Advocacy & Communications

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2016

  • Intern, Policy & Advocacy

    Jan 2013 - Mar 2013
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  PATH

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access (CVIA)

  Supporting the RTS,S Malaria Vaccine Project.