Seena Nair – CV

Seena N. Nair

39939 Stevenson Cmn, Apt. 2004, Fremont, CA 94538

Email:

Phone: (510) 364-6218

EDUCATION:

San Jose State University, San Jose, CA August 2006 to May 2010

Master of Public Health, Community Health Education

Focus: community based public health education; prevention programs

Bombay University, Bombay (now Mumbai), India

Bachelor of Commerce, Financial Accounting and Auditing May 1994

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Department of Quality Control/Improvement April 2012 to Present

Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System, County of Santa Clara

Health Care Program Analyst II
  • Extracting and analyzing clinical and demographic data from various data sources within the Santa Clara hospital system for submission of various State and Federal reports for Delivery System Reform Incentive Pool (DSRIP) – a quality improvement initiative of Affordable Care Act
  • Utilize analyzed data for evaluation of interventions and to measure improvement of prevention programs
  • Creation and maintenance of MS-Access databases to compile and format the collected data for the various categories of DSRIP data
  • Assist with development of PowerPoint presentations for executive leadership meetings and other presentations
  • Facilitate DSRIP presentations to different departments within the Santa Clara Health and Hospital System
  • Assist with training of new team members

Department of General Internal Medicine October 2010 to March 2012

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Research Analyst
  • Assisted with extracting, compiling, formatting, and updating of data from various data sources for the surveillance website
  • Collaborated with website vendor and various other federal and state health agencies to upload and disseminate existing and new data into surveillance website
  • Developed quarterly progress reports to CDC
  • As part of a research project, compiled a comprehensive set of chronic kidney disease educational materials, including brochures, pamphlets, and questionnaires, in English and various other languages from various national and foundation websites
  • Wrote summary reports and updated team and Principal Investigator (PI) at meetings
  • Assisted with manuscript preparation, Institutional Review Board (IRB) applications, and grant applications; conduct literature research
  • Assisted Contracts and Grants department at UCSF with submission of pre-award documentation like budget and resources for grant applications
  • Worked with external subcontractors and data source agencies to monitor their contractual agreements and extension of Data Use Agreements
  • Assisted with training of new team members

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics July 2010 to October 2010

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Research Associate (Part-time) - Mentor/Supervisor: Dr. Dejana Braithwaite

  • Performed quantitative analysis using SPSS; assisted in manuscript preparation
  • Conducted literature research, maintained large Endnote database
  • Assisted with grant applications and IRB applications

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics June 2009 to August 2009

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Minority Training Program in Cancer Control Research (MTPCCR) Intern - Mentor/Supervisor: Dr. Dejana Braithwaite

Performed data analysis for study of comorbidity among women with breast cancer
  • Assisted with development of a grant proposal and progress report
  • Conducted extensive literature research
  • Conceptualized and developed literature database using EndNote

Impact Assessment Inc. /Public Health Foundation Enterprise January 2005 to May 2010

California Department of Public Health, Tuberculosis (TB) Control Branch

Project Specialist II
  • Assisted with the conceptualization and development of Communicable Disease Investigator manual / curriculum pilot project
  • Conducted literature research for TB related journal articles
  • Conducted site visits for patient interviews and field investigations
  • Developed outbreak databases using Microsoft Access and wrote user documentation for the same
  • Documented outbreak and airline exposure investigations and facilitated report-back multimedia presentations at Branch meetings
  • Used Crystal Reports to create and maintain web-based program performance reports
  • Used Visio to create flowcharts as part of these program performance reports

American Lung Association of California September 2003 to December 2004

County of Santa Clara, Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program

Assistant Project Coordinator
  • Maintained contact investigation databases in collaboration with state and local epidemiologist
  • Consulted with Regional TB Case Managers to resolve discrepancies in contact investigation data
  • Assisted TB Health Educator with organizing and conducting outreach activities e.g. health education at Vietnamese TET Fair in Santa Clara
  • Assisted in preparing and organizing 2 TB Staff Development Workshops for over 100 professionals from multiple public health agencies

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

San Jose State University, San Jose, CAFall and Spring 2008-09 and Fall 2010

Part-time Instructor and Teaching Assistant (Health Science Department - Biostatistics)

  • Develop, coordinate and teach an introductory statistics course to undergraduates in a classroom setting
  • Other instructional duties include planning curricula, academic advising of students, supervision of independent study projects, and evaluating grades
  • Coordinated the labs and setting up 3 lab sessions per week to accommodate the 100+ students, assisting students with enrolling into the labs, and maintaining the class roster
  • Assisted students with the weekly lab work; occasional delivery of course lecture; led review sessions

CASE REPORTS: San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

  • Research Proposal Paper, MPH Program – “South Asian Indian Immigrant in United States and Midwifery Usage for Prenatal Care, Childbirth, and Postnatal Care”
  • Case Study Paper, MPH Program - “Asthma in Bayview-Hunters Point”
  • Program Planning Paper, MPH Program - “Program Plan for Tuberculosis Outreach and Prevention Project (TOPP)”

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

Department of Health Science March 2008 to May 2008

San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Research Assistant (Biostatistics Department)

  • Assisted withliterature research and exploratory analysis for an epidemiology project
  • Graduate Assistant (to the Director of the MPH Program, Dr. Edward Mamary)

Developed training manual for online course tool (WebCT)

Dr. Lawrence Green

Adjunct Professor (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF) September 2010 to present

Website maintenance
  • Assist with website updations and content management using FrontPage

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE IN HEALTH-RELATED SECTOR:

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) October 2009 to April 2010

San Jose State University Student Liaison Campus Advisor for Minority Training Program in Cancer Control Research (MTPCCR)

Program Director: Dr. Rena Pasick

  • Recruited students at the rate of 4 students per month from San Jose State University and other college campuses into the program
  • Assisted students with the application process

County of Santa Clara September 2004 to December 2004

Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program

  • Volunteered with the Santa Clara County’s TB Speakers’ Bureau to promote public awareness of TB
  • Health education boothat Vietnamese TET Fair

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software /
  • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio, Photo Editor)
  • Adobe Acrobat Professional 8
  • SPSS versions 11.0, 16, and 18

Internet technologies / Creating of web pages using
  • HTML 4.0
  • Front Page

Databases /
  • Microsoft Access 97, 2003, and 2010
Literature seeking skills using
  • Reference Manager
  • PubMed
  • EndNote
  • RefWorks

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • Graduated MPH with a GPA of 3.98 – May 2010
  • “Outstanding MPH Student Data Analyst” by San Jose State University - May 2010
  • Selected for a 3-month “Minority Training Program in Cancer Control Research” (MTPCCR) Fellowship through a competitive process – June 2009 – August 2009

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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