Registered Dietitian with an extensive background in non-profit, community-based, social service organizations, healthcare facilities, and academia.
- Core Competencies and Accomplishments
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Clinical Nutrition, Social Services and Foodservice
- Assessment of nutritional status, counseling, and education of people living with HIV/AIDS
- Group education and 'Healthy Food on a Budget' cooking demonstrations
- In-home nutrition assessment and counseling for long-term and acute care homecare patients
- Menu creation and catering direction for institutional food service and special events
- Opened and administrated community food pantry for low-income Brooklyn residents
- Secured $60,096 grant to create new liquid dietary supplement program
- Certified in Orasure HIV Pre- and Post-Test Counseling
Nutrition and Public Health Research
- Grant reporting for multiple NIH- and RWJF-funded projects
- Database creation and statistical analysis for weight management research initiative
- Secondary data analysis using SPSS statistical analysis software
- Research protocol development including creating systems for subject identification, file management, and study subject compensation
- Measurement of anthropometric data including Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
- Co-conducted and transcribed focus groups for community health assessment
- Conducted over 200 in-depth qualitative study subject interviews
- Facilitation of workshops for undergraduate pre-med epidemiology course
- Teacher assistant to doctoral program professor
- Creation of cultural competency curriculum for Public Health graduate program
- Coordination of Latino Health Fellowship Initiative with event planning and website creation
- Managed dietetic interns and pre-med student volunteers
- Advanced user of eClinicalWorks electronic medical record software
- Initiated eLearning system for 40,000-employee healthcare network including extensive evaluation of Learning Management System products and pilot course authoring
- Expert user of Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Adobe Photoshop, Articulate Rapid eLearning software
- Web Programming (CSS/HTML)
- Career Affiliations Part-time, Concurrent
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Adjunct Instructor June 2011 to present
Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY
NutritionistJan 2010 to Jan 2011
Housing Works, Inc., Brooklyn, NY
Adjunct Medical LecturerOct 2009 to Dec 2009
City College, CUNY, New York, NY
Homecare DietitianOct 2009 to Jan 2010
Visting Nurse Service, New York, NY
Clinical DietitianJune 2008 to Jan 2010
Iris House, Inc., New York, NY
Program AssistantJuly 2008 to present
CUNY Research Foundation, New York, NY
- Career Affiliations Full-time
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eLearning Program ManagerSept 2007 to June 2009
HHC Health & Home Care, New York, NY
Clinical DietitianAug 2005 to Sept 2007
Housing Works, Inc., New York, NY
Clinical Dietitian Nov 2004 to Jun 2005
Project Samaritan AIDS Services, Bronx, NY
Clinical DietitianJun 2003 to Jul 2004
St. Joseph's Hospital Tampa CARE Clinic, Tampa, FL
Dietetic Intern Aug 2002 to Jun 2003
James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL
Research CoordinatorFeb 2001 to Aug 2002
Malcolm Randall Veterans Hospital, Gainesville, FL
- Education
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Hunter College, CUNY
Degree:Master of Public Health
Specialty: Community Health Education
Award: Michael Carrera Award for Excellence in Sexuality Education
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University of Florida
Degree: Bachelor of Science, Food Science and Human Nutrition