Kezia W
Health Educator/Policy Advisor/Epidemiologist/Health Administrator/ Global Health Organizer
- Role
- Universal Ta Lead at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Location
- Montclair, NJ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kezia W
Experienced Surveillance Technical Assistance Lead, adept at designing, implementing, and managing surveillance systems to monitor and control the spread of diseases. Direct experience in providing high-level advisory services to agencies and organizations in developing, extending, and/or improving public health program goals and strategies via grants management, budget execution, and contracts including initiation, administration, award, monitoring, evaluation, coordination, and closeouts. Adept at curating targeted communication outreach materials for public health programs. Skills in analyzing existing processes of public health-related services to identify and provide recommendations to improve deficiencies and formulate alternative courses of action for complex cross-cutting issues. Lastly, I have excellent knowledge of qualitative and quantitative methods to review, evaluate, and improve public health programs.
Experience
Universal Ta Lead
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jan 2024 — Present · US
As a subcontractor to the CDC, manage the technical assistance surveillance database for the state harm reduction programs. Gather and analyze data through quantitative and qualitative methods with subject matter experts. Develop standard operating procedures and project plans to improve program operations and quality improvement activities. Perform quality control and identify and explain unexpected data, trends, or inconsistent findings. Provide technical assistance and support to state health departments involved in harm reduction research. Orchestrated the design and development of reports, presentations, and visual aids to educate, inform, and sway the decisions of both customers and business leaders. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve healthy outcomes. Collaborate with local health agencies, healthcare providers, and other stakeholders to coordinate surveillance activities and share information.Accomplishments: Developed the National Harm Reduction Technical Assistance Center Standard Operating Procedure and Guide. Developed online toolkit for grantees to deploy harm reduction to the community. Developed and maintained data sources needed to create customized reports. Analyzed operational and customer survey data to drive actionable insight for the business improvements. Partnered with stakeholders to articulate value of analysis and recommendations.
Education
Southern New Hampshire University
Master's of Science
2016 — 2018
Felician University
Bachelor of Science - BS
2014 — 2016
Kennesaw State University
Human Resources
2008 — 2008
University of Arizona Global Campus
Masters Degree in Public Health
Brown Mackie College-Atlanta
Pharmacy Technician
2007 — 2009
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