New York State Department of Health
Bureau of Immunization
Corning Tower, Room 649
Albany,
NY
USA
12237
Biographical Sketch:
July 2010-present: Director of Research, Bureau of Immunization, New York State Department of Health
2009-2010: Statewide H1N1 Regional Coordinator, Bureau of Immunization, New York State Department of Health
2008 - 2009: Evaluation Coordinator, Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health; 2006-7 Deputy Director, Office of Outcomes Evaluation, Bureau of HIV/AIDS Pevention and Control, 2004-5 City Research Scientist, Bureau of Chronic Disease Pervention and Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
2000-2003: Behavioral Scientist, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, 2007-8 Senior Research Scientist (employed by Battelle), Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, CDC
2003-2004: Health Policy Researcher, Hunter College, Center for Puerto Rican Studies, New York City
2003-2005: Instructor, Center for Urban and Community Health, Hunter College
1995-1997: Researcher and Evaluator, 1999-2000: Ethnographer and Evaluator
Hispanic Health Council, Hartford, Connecticut
1997-1998 Research Fellow, Columbia University HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York City
2007: present, Fellow, Societyfor Applied Anthropology
2007- 2010: Chair, AIDS and Anthropology Research Group, Special Interest Group of the American Anthropological Association
Awarded grants from Wenner-Gren Fondation, National Institutes of Health, Research Foundation of CUNY, and National Science Foundation
Author or coauthor of several peer reviewed manuscripts and book chapters.
Numerous presentations at scientific meetings.