Ebubechukwu Okeke, MPH, CIC

Experience

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  Tosin Sekoni, PhD

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2015

  Data Entry Assistant

  Organized and entered tree spatial data into spreadsheets

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  Project SEED

  May 2016 - Feb 2017

  Research Assistant

  • Selected as SPSS Specialist by Dr. Su Yeoug Kim• Converted and merged data from home visits/data collections into one large file to be used by Dr. Kim and her colleagues for data analysis• Cleaned data• Wrote protocols to improve data conversion and merging• Trained my replacement• Completed 125 hours

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  Texas Department of State Health Services

  Jan 2017 - Apr 2017

  Intern

  • Recruited through the Public Health Internship Program at the University of Texas at Austin• Conducted a goal-oriented, semester-long research project for university credit • Supervised by public health scientists in the Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch• Training included safety, computer security awareness, and privacy and confidentiality.• Manually entered case reports into database• Analyzed data and created tables/figures• Combined background information on the pathogen with results into a final report• Completed 180 hours of work to earn 3 hours of academic credit for the Spring 2017 semester Show less

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  The University of Texas at Austin

  Sept 2017 - Jun 2018

  • Collected data in the field for study investigating gastrointestinal parasites in children and the effects of informal housing on human health• Recruited participants• Obtained informed consent• Administered survey• Obtained environmental samples (soil, carnivore feces)• Instructed adult caregivers how to complete child stool collection kits for parasitological testing • Selected as grader for the Environmental Health course for two semesters under Dr. Felkner• Graded assignments, edited exams, printed exams, and graded exams• Took questions from the students over course material• Held office hours to go over past exams

  • Field Data Collector

    Feb 2018 - Jun 2018

  • Undergraduate Assistant

    Sept 2017 - May 2018
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  Galveston County Health District

  Aug 2018 - Jul 2019

  PHEP Community Outreach Worker
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  MD Anderson Cancer Center

  Jan 2020 - Aug 2020

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine

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  The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health

  Jun 2020 - Jun 2021

  • Case Investigator

    Aug 2020 - Jun 2021

  • Contact Tracer

    Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
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  HCA Houston Healthcare

  Sept 2021 - now

  Coordinator - Infection Control