Master’s degree in Public Health (MPH), Epidemiology: (GPA 3.8) Expected May 2019
Bachelor’s degree in Dentistry from India (GPA 3.7)
5+ clinical and public health experience working in Health & Family Welfare Department
11 months+ experience working as a Graduate Research assistant, Viral Hepatitis Program, in the Bureau of Communicable Diseases, New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY
Profound knowledge and experience in predictive and causal modeling
2 years’ experience in data analysis & data visualization using statistical software
Experience in conducting enhanced surveillance patient and provider interviews, medical chart review and literature searches
Technical skill set: SAS, R, SPSS, SQL, ESRI ArcGIS, RedCap Cloud software, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Azure & Microsoft office
Working in various projects: Viral Hepatitis C Program, Surveillance, and research, RWE longitudinal study on surveillance dataset and HepCx Program evaluation qualitative research paper.
Expertise in protocol development and IRB approvals
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene || Long Island City || NY || April 2018- present
Roles & Responsibilities | Graduate Research Assistant
Research Assistant for the Hepatitis C Clinical Exchange (HepCX) Network, A clinical peer-to-peer learning intervention coordinated by the NYC Health Department
Develop strategies to assist in HCV Champion recruitment and retention
Managing the dissemination of clinical dashboard, technical assistance and written communications to the community health center
Developing and update baseline and evaluation surveys
HepCX presentations and technical assistance materials
Contributing to writing abstracts and reports
Coordinate internal and external meetings, draft meeting minutes and track follow-up items
Research Projects: i) Working in an RWE observational study analyzing the effect of diagnostic testing on the treatment initiation rates of Hepatitis C in NYC using data from EHR database
ii) HepCx Program evaluation qualitative research paper
Program assistant in Viral Hepatitis Research symposium 2018- Rockefeller University Assisted with planning a city-wide one-day research conference in the spring targeting clinical providers. Worked with the abstracts, and developed a program evaluation questionnaire. Program evaluation, data analysis and presented in Viral Hepatitis team meeting
HCV Hospital Dashboard: The Viral Hepatitis Program’s NYC HCV Hospital Dashboard provides information about diagnosis in NYC hospitals with a higher number of patients with positive HCV antibody tests. Performed data analysis in Microsoft Excel for the HCV surveillance data for the year 2016- 2017 of 39 hospital systems in NYC. Statistical software (SAS) was used to make a comparison and network hospitals were presented with the dashboards
Community Health Centers Dashboards: Data sets for the community health centers were analyzed and the high priority sites were recognized. Developed clinical dashboards for the community health centers for the year 2016-2017 for communication
Enhanced surveillance Project: Collected in-depth information of population of New York City residents with chronic hepatitis C from both physicians and patients, on patient demographics, risks factors, exposure on a randomly selected sample of people newly reported, meeting the case definition of a confirmed hepatitis C case (i.e. RNA positive) and data entry in Maven
Deduplication of matching cases in Maven Conduct manual review for close matches in Maven.
HCV Group Treatment Webinar: Helped in organizing one-hour educational webinar in collaboration with Empire Liver Foundation, for clinical and non-clinical providers on one of the topics presented in the Viral Hepatitis Research Symposium 2018. This webinar was focused in improving the care continuum for hepatitis C patients through a group treatment approach
Participated in the various orientations organized by the BCD staff - Influenza surveillance, waterborne disease surveillance, vector borne/ zoonotic diseases including Rabies surveillance, enhanced surveillance
Health & Family Welfare Department || Government Job (H.P) India || August 2011- April 2017
Over 5 years of clinical work experience working as a medical officer dental in Health & Family Welfare Department (State Government Job) in India
Voluntary work experience in District AIDS Prevention and Control Unit (DAPCU)- preventing HIV/AIDS through education and needle-exchange program and disposal
Volunteered in ‘Adolescent friendly Health Clinic’ (2015-16)- special focus on marginalized and underserved groups- sexual, reproductive health, nutrition, injuries, violence, non-communicable diseases, mental health and substance abuse
Worked for National Rural Health Mission India – School Health programs, Antenatal health programs, Pulse Polio Program, Geriatric Health Programs
Project work || CUNY Graduate School of Public Health || NY || August 2017-December 2018
Analyzed Community health survey 2013 dataset and performed an analysis between utilization of flu shots in NYC, a comparison between the insured and uninsured population in SPSS
Conducted multiple linear regression using SAS to study the effect of Race/ethnicity on the diastolic blood pressure on an NHANES dataset
Conducted logistic regression analysis using SAS to study the effect of Vitamin B12 deficiency in Diabetes mellitus patients
Paper replication projects using Microsoft Azure and R software- Chou et al, Chapman et al study, TB-HAART study and Moen et al study analyzing clustered data
Wrote a critique paper on a research article, a population-based case control study to examine the effect of hair dye used on the increased risk of breast cancer
Analyzed a clinical trial on the efficacy and safety of tau-aggregation inhibitor therapy in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s
Developed a protocol on a Clinical trial of Iron-Sucrose Vs Ferumoxytol for the treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia
Conducted systematic literature review on Risk of acquiring Hepatitis c infection through Drug Preparation Equipment, Socio behavioral factors for childhood obesity
Descriptive paper writing on Diabetes type 2 in the United States
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
University topper
Awarded with IDA- Colgate Scholarship
Paper presentation at Dental Conferences
Certification in Medical Emergencies
Citi program Certificate Ethics in Human Research
ASSOCIATIONS
Student member American Public Health Association
Member NYC Hep C taskforce
SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS
Highly organized with attention to detail
Excellent written, oral and interpersonal skills
Computer Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel (pivot tables and macros), databases, Microsoft Access, PowerPoint; SAS, R, SQL, SPSS, PHPC Salesforce platform, eHEPQUAL
Proficient in regression models, clustered data analysis, hierarchical/mixed models & time series analysis
Language Skills: Proficient in English
Certificate course in CHAGAS Disease, a program within the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
CPHCE on the Impact of Racism on the Health and Well-being of the Nation
EDUCATION
Masters of Public Health (MPH) CUNY School of Public Health & Health Policy, New York, August 2017- present Concentration: Epidemiology (GPA: 3.8)
Coursework: Principles of Epidemiology, Principles of Biostatistics, Applied Biostatistics and Applied Epidemiological Methods I and II Fundamentals of Social and Behavioral Health, Health Policy & Management, Clinical Trials and Experimental Designs and Environmental Health
Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) Major in Dentistry, Himachal Dental College, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, (India) August 2008 GPA: 3.7
WORK AUTHORIZATION
Legally authorized to work for any employer in the US without sponsorship, EAD