SummaryDetail oriented and team focused epidemiologist with 8 years of experience working as an epidemiologist and statistician for public health agencies. SkillsStatistical Analysis and Coding SAS, R, SQL, EpiInfoData Visualization Tableau, Arc GISMicrosoft Suite Excel, Access, Word ExperienceEpidemiologist Data Analyst,07 2021-CurrentCalifornia Department Of Public Health City,STATE,Current epidemiologist on the Epidemiology and Surveillance Team within the COVID-19 California Department of Public Health (CDPH) response responsible for maintaining and providing case-based surveillance and epidemiologic data for COVID-19 cases in the state of California.Generated daily and weekly reports identifying COVID-19 trends including case rates, death rates, test positivity and health equity measures.Monitored data quality of death, duplicate, and reinfection data and worked with individual counties and other partners.Led efforts to create a process for deduplicating COVID-19 reinfection data by working closely with the data team and responding to feedback from individual counties.Assigned to the MPOX emergency response for 8 weeks and produced daily reports and visualizations using SAS and R. Led efforts to improve on LGBTQIA representation in data.Created a staff roster using SAS from several different teams on the emergency COVID-19 response. Combined multiple datasets and created a new dataset with unique variable key.Assisted with coding of COVID-19 racial equity analyses in SAS.Research Statistician IV,12 2017-07 2021Hawaii Department Of Health City,STATE,Developmental Disabilities Division s research statistician responsible for submitting annual reports to national agencies, consulting on data needs, assisting in division s new IT project, and providing data quality control.Analyzed variety of data sources including fiscal data, Medicaid claims, and demographic data.Coordinated efforts to transition entire division to new database system. Trained staff on data analysis concepts and methods, and use of Microsoft Excel and new system.Recommended data quality improvement policies and standards.Assisted with legislative reports and generated frequent data reports to Division Director.Lead of PPE Distribution efforts to providers across the state of Hawaii during COVID-19 pandemic when the division was assigned responsibility for allocating donated PPE. Allocated millions of units of PPE across hundreds of providers by analyzing needs versus requests. Coordinated hundreds of allocations with donors, distribution centers, and organizations.Research Statistician III,07 2017-12 2017Hawaii State Hospital City,STATE,Research statistician for the Department s Maternal and Child Health BranchCollected and analyzed data from reproductive health care providers around the state and produced weekly reports using Microsoft Access Excel.Assisted supervisor in providing data for annual grants.Submitted a poster that was accepted for a national maternal and child health conference.Epidemiology Fellow,07 2015-07 2017CSTE Hawaii Department Of Health City,STATE,Two year epidemiology fellowship through the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, funded through CDC and assigned to Hawaii Department of Health.Provided epidemiological support for maternal and child health capacity in Hawaii.Developed multiple research projects for adolescent health, injury prevention, teen births, and infant mortality.Proficient analysis of multiple data sources Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, Vital Statistics, Medicaid claims data using SAS.Produced reports for grant applications and legislative briefings.Developed surveys for different audiences and evaluated surveillance systems.Participated in Hawaii Dengue outbreak investigation in 2015.Presented oral sessions and posters at national and statewide conferences, trainings, and workshops.Mentored graduate student interns working on oral health.Evaluated programs and projects and received opportunity to attend national program evaluation training. Education and TrainingMasters of Public Health Epidemiology,Expected in05 2015-University of Georgia-Athens, GA,GPA Status-UGA Dual Degree Program obtaining masters and bachelors degrees within 4 yearsCoursework clinical epidemiology, modeling infectious disease (PhD course), biostatistics, environmental health, health policy, clinical trials, and health promotion and behavior3.9 GPABachelor of Arts International Affairs,Expected in05 2015-Univeristy of Georgia-Athens, GA,GPA Status-Honors International Scholar 2014Zell B. Miller Scholarship Recipient 2011-20153.9 GPA  SEP  Job Purpose Perform designated tasks in the area of technical sub-ledger accounting related to all lines of business. Perform and review tasks related to period end financial closing. Key Responsibilities Investigate and resolve discrepancies by actively collaborating and communicating across departments. Create policies and procedures for developing areas such as the Surety accounting.Review accounting entries posted to the general ledger to ensure proper accounting treatment.Work closely with other teams to ensure proper premium accounting and make manual corrections as needed.Prepare complex monthly bank reconciliations. Responsible for reconciling intercompany AP, AR, and P L for all other BUs.Perform complex manual processes necessary to maintain proper accounting records and develop ways to automate them.Present to management premium results monthly including thorough explanations on insurance revenues, service revenues, and bad debt. Able to speak to analytical results.Perform regular analytics prior to, during, and post monthly close.Investigate and resolve discrepancies and fluctuations resulting from analytics performed by collaborating with other teams to determine accurate results.Responsible for preparing documentation and providing explanations as requested by internal and external auditors and regulators. Key Experience 7 years accounting experience4 years as a seasoned senior accountantPublic accounting a plusKnowledge of insurance accounting a plus Key Requirements Bachelors Degree in Accounting Finance Accounting and technical know-how, basis for understanding of accounting, and advanced technical systems. Good knowledge of MS Office suiteWillingness to work overtime as needed to meet monthly deadlinesStrong analytical, critical thinking problem solving skillsStrong aptitude for accuracy and attention to detailExcellent written and verbal communication skills.Strong organizational skills and ability to manage deadlines. Ability to collaborate and influence internal partners to set up corrective action plansHigh level of initiative ability to be autonomousAble to multi task