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DIRECTOR, WESTERN MA PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING CENTER (WMPHTC)
Professional Summary
I have 25 years of experience in the nursing field. My career background includes clinical experience; program administration; and community, patient, and staff education and training. Areas of special interests include public health nursing focusing on approaches to chronic disease, reducing health disparities, and promotion of health equity and social justice. Providing health care to underserved, culturally diverse populations with complex medical and social circumstances has been a central focus of my career.  
As the Director of the Western MA Public Health Training, I develop curriculum and train public health professionals and am committed to bridging public health and clinical care through workforce development and training. 
My passion for teaching and research influenced the decision to matriculate in the University of Massachusetts School of Public Health and Health Sciences Ph.D. program this fall. 
My career goal is to obtain a faculty position in nursing with academic concentration in the area of public health emphasizing health promotion and prevention for culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
Education
Master of Science: School and Community Health NursingUniversity of MassachusettsAmherst, Massachusetts
Bachelor of Science in NursingUniversity of Massachusetts
License and Certification
Massachusetts RN license 
Certified Diabetes Educator
Certificate in Online Instruction
Professional Experience
Director, Western MA Public Health Training Center (WMPHTC)01/2012 to 06/2015University of Massachusetts School of Public Health and Health SciencesAmherst, MA
  • Manage the daily operations of WMPHTC e.g. reports, budgets, grants, staff.
  • Develop and implement online and face-to-face public health workforce training for providers, nurses, medical assistants, community health workers.
  • Supervise graduate student intern consultants, and personnel.
  • Manage community-based collaborative projects.  
  • Principle Investigator for online community health worker core competency curriculum. 
Chronic Disease Program Manager - Principle Investigator01/2003 to 01/2011Holyoke Health CenterHolyoke, MA
  • General oversight of chronic disease self-management programs
  • Grants, reports, program budget, staff, patient program development.
  • Patient and staff education and training for providers, nurses,medical assistants,CHWs, and administrators.
Nursing Supervisor01/2000 to 01/2003Frontier Regional School DistrictDeerfield, MA
  • Professional staff and student health education programs.
  • Supervision of regional school districts nursing staff.
  • Develop public health policies and ensure standards of care.
  • Manage implementation of computerized health records for the district.
  • Implement and manage municipal medicaid reimbursement program.
School Nurse01/1997 to 01/2000Buckland-Shelburne Elementary SchoolShelburne Falls , MA
  • Health assessment, first aid, medication administration, and screenings.
  • Care plan development for children with special health care needs.
  • Student and professional staff health education.
Ob-Gyn Staff Nurse01/1994 to 01/1996Kaiser PermanenteFlorence, MA
  • Assessment, triage, lab review, referrals of Ob/Gyn patients.
  • Conduct infertility clinics with midwives.
  • Health education for pregnant and postpartum women.
RN Physical Ability Consultant01/1993 to 01/2011Stavros CenterAmherst, MA
  • Evaluate activities of daily living for Spanish-speaking physically challenged clients.
  • Determine eligibility for medicaid-funded home assistance programs.
Maternal Child Health Visiting Nurse01/1992 to 01/1994Hampshire County Visiting Nurse AssociationNorthampton, MA
  • Antepartum, postpartum, and newborn care and assessment of high risk culturally diverse patients.
  • Health education to patients and families.
Surgical Visiting Nurse01/1991 to 01/1992Holyoke Visiting Nurse Association Maternal Child Health Pediatric MedicalHolyoke, MA
  • Maternal child health assessments and health education.
  • Adult and pediatric medical surgical home assessment, treatments, and health education.
Perinatal Nurse01/1990 to 01/1992Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield, MA
  • Assessment and care of mothers and babies during labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum period.
  • Health education related to labor, delivery, recovery, newborn care including breastfeeding.
Teaching and Presentation Experience

Teaching Experience

  • Western MA Public Health Training Center, trainer and curriculum developer 64- hour Community Health Worker Core Competency Training, 2012-2015.
  • Training Consultant, Patient Centered Medical Home, 2013-2015
  • Stanford Chronic Disease and Diabetes Chronic Disease Self-Management Trainer for national and state level programs, 2004-2014.
  • Massachusetts League of Community Health Center Faculty, 2007.
  • Central MA Area Health Education, Outreach Worker Training Institute, Faculty, 2007.

Presentations at State and National Conferences

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Proyecto Vida Saludable: Innovative Program for Latino Patients with Type II Diabetes, 2007.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Maximizing Patient Choice, 2007.
  • American Association of Diabetes Educators, Diabetes Self-Management Ongoing Follow-Up and Support, 2006.
  • Diabetes Prevention and Control Program, Proyecto Vida Saludable: Healthy Lifestyles Together, 2005.
Professional Affiliations

2011-2015 Advisory Board of the Board of Certification of Community Health Workers.

2006- 2011 American Association of Diabetes Educators.

2003-2008 Diabetes Coalition of Massachusetts.

Publications
Liebman, J. and Heffernan, D. Quality improvement in diabetes care using community health workers. Clinical Diabetes, 26(2):75-76, 2008.
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Liebman, J., Heffernan, D. and Sarvela, P. Establishing diabetes self-management in a community health center serving low income Latinos. The Diabetes Educator, 33(Supplement 6):132S-138S, 2007.
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Albright, A. Arujo, R.,Brownson,C., Ernst K., Heffernan, D., et al, Community Health Workers In Diabetes Management and Prevention, v35, supplement 3, Nov/Dec 2009: 48s-50s,2009.
Certificates, Major Committees, Awards
Certificates
  • Certificate in Online Instruction from Central Michigan University
Major Committees
  • DPH lead CHW core curriculum development committee, 2015.
  • Massachusetts Board of Community Health Workers' Advisory Group 2012-2015.
  • Massachusetts League of Community Health Center, Patient Centered Medical Home Learning Session 2009-2011.
  • Healthy Massachusetts Disease Management and Wellness Governors Task Force, July 2008-June 2009.

Awards

  • 1990 Peace and Social Justice Award, University of Massachusetts School of Nursing.
  • 2011 Community Health Worker Supervisor of the Year, Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
  • 2013 Award to Recognize A Public Health Training Center Promising Practice "Assessing the Role of Community Health Workers as Public Health Workers and Creating Trainings to Meet Their Needs." 
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Companies Worked For:

  • University of Massachusetts School of Public Health and Health Sciences
  • Holyoke Health Center
  • Frontier Regional School District
  • Buckland-Shelburne Elementary School
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Stavros Center
  • Hampshire County Visiting Nurse Association
  • Holyoke Visiting Nurse Association Maternal Child Health Pediatric Medical
  • Baystate Medical Center

School Attended

  • University of Massachusetts

Job Titles Held:

  • Director, Western MA Public Health Training Center (WMPHTC)
  • Chronic Disease Program Manager - Principle Investigator
  • Nursing Supervisor
  • School Nurse
  • Ob-Gyn Staff Nurse
  • RN Physical Ability Consultant
  • Maternal Child Health Visiting Nurse
  • Surgical Visiting Nurse
  • Perinatal Nurse

Degrees

  • Master of Science : School and Community Health Nursing
    Bachelor of Science in Nursing

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