Project Manager
Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Department of Epidemiology
1024 Mary Ellen Jones, CB 7295
Chapel Hill,
NC
USA
27599
adesmara@email.unc.edu
Biographical Sketch:
2011-Present -- Program Manager, Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC
2010-2011 Project Lead, Cervical Cancer Free North Carolina, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC
Responsible for development of protocols, recruitment activities, and partnerships with clinical, agency, and community partners for study assessing acceptability and validity of home STI testing
Designed and implemented qualitative study assessing barriers to cervical cancer screening among low income, medically underserved women
Developed successful proposals for study continuation and for a meeting on adolescent vaccination
Presented at domestic and international conferences