Director of Special Projects
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Bureau of STD Control and Prevention
42-09 28th Street
Long Island City,
NY
USA
11101
mrogers@health.nyc.gov
Biographical Sketch:
Oct 2005 - Present. New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, Bureau of STD Control, Research Scientist/Director of Special Projects:
- Obtained funding for and oversee NYC high school STD education, screening and treatment program
- Write grants for continued federal, state and local funding
- Co-PI on SAMHSA grant to oversee our SBIRT program which integrates substance abuse screening, brief intervention and substance abuse treatment referral into STD clinic services
- Coordinate infertility prevention activities
- Developed policy materials and new legislation for expedited partner therapy (EPT), currently development provider materials for EPT
2002-2005, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA, Public Health Prevention Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Fellow
- Assigned to NYC DOHMH, Bureau of STD Control, Research and Epidemiology Unit for 2 years
- responsible for development of survey instruments, IRB documents, conducting research studies, conducting data analysis, manuscript writing, developing protocols and policy materials, grant writing
Author or coauthor of more than 2 dozen publications and abstracts relating to sexually transmitted diseases. Numerous presentations at scientific meetings.