Georgia Department of Community Health
Division of Public Health, Maternal Child Health Program
2 Peachtree Street, Suite 11-476
Atlanta,
GA
USA
30303
Biographical Sketch:
2009-present – Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Coordinator- Georgia Department of Community Health, Atlanta, GA
2008-Pediatric Nurse- Michigan State University Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies Pediatric Clinic, Kalamazoo, MI
2008-2007- Nurse Consultant, Wellbeings Occupational Healthcare Clinic Norcross, GA
2007-2006-Registered Nurse Spectrum Health, Blodgett Hospital, Med-Surge/Digestive Disease Unit, Grand Rapids, MI
•Facilitated the increase of case-management completion (complete hepatitis B vaccine series and serology) by 20 % for birth cohort 2008 through State Grant-In-Aid funding, improved protocols and accountability measures
•Supervise program associate and oversee the work of 18 health districts’ perinatal hepatitis B cases, averaging 400 per year
•Implemented new ways to identify mothers that were HBsAg-positive, through vital records, state immunization registry and State Refugee Health Program
•Collaborated with Perinatal Team to evaluate birthing hospitals’ policies and practices of perinatal disease prevention through surveys and chart audits.
•Oversee the development of internet-based case management system for improved tracking through electronic laboratory reports, and data from vital records and the immunization registry
•Evaluated Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Program and implemented new strategies to improve program