Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, MPH

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Division of Policy and External Affairs
125 Worth Street
Room 349
New York, NY
USA 10013

Biographical Sketch:
2010-present – Senior Policy Analyst, Division of Policy and External Affairs, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY 2008-2010 – Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY 2007-2008 – Researcher, Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute, Baltimore, MD 2003-2006 – Research Technician, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, NY 2001-2003 – Research Technician, Weill Medical College at Cornell University, New York, NY Responsible for developing and managing DOHMH’s Flu Fighters volunteer initiative to encourage influenza vaccination among New York City residents (2009-2010) Responsible for planning and coordination of DOHMH’s school-based H1N1 influenza vaccination campaign (2009) Responsible for molecular biology studies contributing to the development of an HIV vaccine (2001-2006) Co-author of three publications relating to HIV vaccine development