Assistant Epidemiology Strike Team Leader (April 2015)
- Managed contact investigation for a measles outbreak involving over 1100 contacts in St. Lucie County, FL
Epidemiology Strike Team 2014 Statewide Hurricane Exercise
- Collected, managed, and validated epidemiological data during a deployment exercise using Epi Info 7
- Interviewed and educated residents about common health issues seen after hurricanes and other natural disasters
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Epidemiology Joint Crime-Epidemiology Table Top Exercise
- Role-played the steps involved in a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) threat response
- Discussed notification protocols for an overt and covert WMD event and cooperating with the FBI for a joint criminal investigation
Alternate Care Site (ACS) Table Top Exercise
- Assisted in developing an ACS medical response plan for a disaster/catastrophic mass casualty event including triaging patients, setting up point of dispensing (PODS) for vaccines and prophylaxis, and maintaining surveillance systems during an emergency
Operation Liberation Exercise
- Triaged patients and coordinated, as a part of the logistics and communication team, a response during an incident involving mass injuries and casualties
USF Intermediate Field Investigation Response and Surveillance Training (I-FIRST & I-FIRSTII)
- Trained to deploy with Field Epidemiology Strike Teams during surge capacity in outbreaks
- Designated leader and tasked with coordinating a large-scale response
- Defined case definitions based on initial case presentations
- Designed and modified field epidemiology surveys and questionnaires
- Practiced procedures for clinical sampling, packaging, isolation and quarantine
- Developed strategy for setting up a surveillance system
FEMA Incident Command System (ICS) 100, 200, 700 TrainingLearned ICS
- Learned ICS structure and my potential roles in outbreak situations