HIV/AIDS Prevention and Surveillance for the Tennessee Department of Health

-Public Health Associate (2020-2021)-

As a public health associate for Center for the Disease Control, I worked for the Tennessee Department of Health assisting in the prevention and surveillance of HIV/AIDS in the state. As an associate I completed a series of projects relating to data mining, quality assurance, HIV testing, PrEP and PEP navigation, technical assistance, harm reduction, and capacity building. I assisted the HIV Prevention and Surveillance teams by cleaning data and revising HIV medical records to deliver accurate information to CDC and the Tennessee Health Department. I revised internal surveys and data recording systems by improving the efficiency of the REDCap process for local providers and collecting data help alleviate discrepancies in reporting. In addition to these duties, I assisted the Prevention team by administering and revising PrEP Navigation and Prep in the Health Department trainings. I also managed and designed GetPrEPTN’s website and social media campaigns. For this I created original, client-driven marketing and social media campaigns as well as designs that increased following and user engagement for the Instagram account by 400% in just two months.

Trainings and Certifications:

  • I KNOW: certification in testing and counseling for HIV in TN

  • Making Contact: a Training for COVID-19 Contact Tracers

  • Harm Reduction in Administering HIV Information and Services

  • PrEP Navigation

  • SAS 1 Essentials

  • TDH REDCap Training

Social Media, Print, Web Graphics

GetPrEPTN

GetPrEPTN is online resource for Tennesseans to learn about and access and PrEP and PEP services. For TDH, I manage and create original promotion graphics for GetPrEPTN’s social media and website.

Undetectable=Untransmittable Animation

SKILLS: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator | graphic design (print and digital) | data management | project management | quality assurance of HIV surveillance data | PRISM and RedCAP survey design and improvement | HIV testing | PrEP navigation | social media management | state-level HIV research | SAS | perinatal HIV surveillance | data visualization