Sarah Steirer, MPH

Experience

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  Fordham University

  Sept 2015 - Jan 2017

  Research Fellow

  I spent two consecutive years working in Dr. Wehr’s lab at the Louis Calder Center in Armonk, NY. During my time in his lab I focused mostly on ecological research, specifically how environmental factors affect the presence or absence of an extremely rare brown algae in western Connecticut. With this data I gave a presentation at the Fordham summer research symposium.

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  Ruffalo Noel Levitz

  Sept 2016 - May 2018

  Student Supervisor

  I had the privilege of working for Ruffalo Noel Levitz as a student supervisor, where I have learned valuable professional skills such as verbal communication, negotiation, and fundraising. During the course of my employment I gained nearly 2 years of fundraising experience and as supervisor it was my job to oversee our student callers and any alumni donations we receive through our on-campus call center.

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  Columbia University in the City of New York

  Apr 2017 - Sept 2017

  Child Psychiatric Epidemiology Group Intern

  My study group gathered data on young adults who were 12 years of age or younger on 9/11/2001. The goal of the study was to determine how stressful events affect both mental and physical health. This was a long-term epidemiological study that assessed toxic exposure from 9/11 allowing us to examine resulting comorbidities of physical and mental health outcomes. In addition to measures of lung function, this study includes psycho-social assessments and the collection of biologicals. With this information, we could determine the epigenetic factors between stressful environments and genes. Show less

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  Albert Einstein College of Medicine

  Aug 2017 - Jan 2018

  Research Assistant

  At Albert Einstein, I worked with a PhD student who was conducting aging research in the molecular pharmacology lab . The goal of our project was to determine which cell types and brain regions in Drosophila (fruit fly) are most influential in the process of aging through immune gene knockdown or gene over expression. We used this knowledge to determine which regions of the brain are most significant to aging.

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  Fordham University Office of Alumni Relations

  Mar 2018 - Jul 2018

  Staff Management Intern

  Short-term internship in Fordham University's Office of Alumni Relations. Here I interviewed, hired, trained, and managed over 100 student workers for Fordham's annual Jubilee Reunion Weekend in June.

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  NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

  May 2019 - Sept 2019

  Graduate Research Assistant

  At the DOHMH I conducted statistical analysis using SAS and R within an administrative data linkage of over 600,000 children born in New York City who participated in the Longitudinal Study of early Development (LSED). Additionally, I examined differences in maternal context, including age, race, and education, to test whether these differences are associated with performance on standardized tests of children in LSED study.

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  Columbia University

  Sept 2019 - May 2020

  In this role I worked directly with Dean Linda P. Fried and her office to provide critical support on report writing and literature review, including researching and compiling briefing memos on issues related to aging, chronic disease, global health, and public health.I also aided with development and design of presentations for the Dean’s talks before leaders in the science community.

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, (Y)our Longer Life

    Jan 2020 - May 2020

  • Dean's Research Assistant

    Sept 2019 - Jan 2020
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  Population Council

  Oct 2019 - Jun 2020

  Research Assistant Intern

  Within Population Council's GIRL Center, I work on compiling information on studies to help identify new data sources for inclusion in the Adolescent Data Hub, as open access data portal consolidating longitudinal and cross-sectional studies on adolescents in low and middle income countries.

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  Truveris

  Jun 2020 - Sept 2022

  • Analyst II

    Mar 2022 - Sept 2022

  • Analyst

    Jun 2020 - Mar 2022
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  IQVIA

  Oct 2022 - now

  Associate Consultant II, Life Sciences