Resume

• 2003

  Asociacion Tepayac de New York

  Volunteer

  Collaborate in assessment of available resources and compile recommendations for Mayor Elect.

  Mayoral Transition Team

  Drug Abuse Prevention Committee

  Epidemiology

  Community Health

  Health Promotion

  Social Services

  Qualitative Research

  Reproductive Health

  Program Management

  Health Equity

  Prevention

  Research Design

  Research

  Grants

  Grant Writing

  Data Analysis

  Program Evaluation

  Health Education

  Public Health

  Global Health

  Program Development

  Clinical Research

  Patient

  provider

  and system level factors in low adherence to surveillance colonoscopy guidelines: Implications for future interventions

  Lina Jandorf

  Steven H. Itzkowitz

  Guy H. Montgomery

  Brijen Shah

  Kristen K. Lee

  Marie O. Hennelly

  Caitlyn Braschi

  Patient

  provider

  and system level factors in low adherence to surveillance colonoscopy guidelines: Implications for future interventions

  Lina Jandorf

  Natasha E. Riley

  Vanessa L. Malcarne

  Cristina Villagra

  Maria Carina Rodriguez

  Ogo Njoku

  Georgia Robins Sadler

  The pilot study reported in this article culturally and linguistically adapted an educational intervention to promote cancer clinical trials (CCTs) participation among Latinas/os and African Americans.

  Adaptation of a Cancer Clinical Trials Education Program for African American and Latina/o Community Members

  Pan-Latin Radical Hospitality: Faith-Based HIV/AIDS Education in the South Bronx

  C. Javier González

  Francesca Gany

  Chapter Abstract: The provision of interpreters for speakers of languages of lesser diffusion (LLDs) -- languages spoken by relatively small populations in a given area -- poses a unique challenge to healthcare systems around the world. This chapter focuses on how to track the emergence of such languages

  and on how to locate and develop an interpreter workforce for languages of lesser diffusion using community engaged approaches.\n\nVolume Summary: Global migration continues to increase

  and with it comes increasing linguistic diversity. This presents obvious challenges for both healthcare provider and patient

  and the chapters in this volume represent a range of international perspectives on language barriers in health care. A variety of factors influence the best ways of approaching and overcoming these language barriers

  including cultural

  geographical

  political and practical considerations

  and as a result a range of approaches and solutions are suggested and discussed. The authors in this volume discuss a wide range of countries and languages

  and cover issues that will be familiar to all healthcare practitioners

  including the role of informal interpreters

  interpreting in a clinical setting

  bilingual healthcare practitioners and working with languages with comparatively small numbers of speakers.

  Engaging the Community to Develop Solutions for Languages of Lesser Diffusion. In: Providing Health Care in the Context of Language Barriers: International Perspectives. Eds. Elizabeth A. Jacobs and Lisa C. Diamond

  Lina Jandorf

  Steven Itzkowitz

  Hayley S. Thompson

  William Redd

  Gary Winkel

  Jamilia R. Sly

  Predicting colonoscopy completion among African American and Latino/a participants in a patient navigation program

  Debra J.

  Pelto

  PhD

• 2002

  Multiple not-for-profit clients

  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  New York City Area

  As an independent contractor partnering with the not-for-profit health sector

  I won several repeat contracts

  and performed the following services:\n\n- developed and managed health education programs and resources\n- performed research

  program evaluation

  and needs assessments

  including primary data collection and analysis

  instrument design

  and secondary data analysis\n- designed culturally competent curricula

  facilitated groups for clients in Spanish and English

  and delivered train-the-trainer sessions\n- wrote grant applications and reports to funders\n- supervised Evaluation Assistants

  Health and Peer Educators

  Youth Program Managers and Youth Workers

  and ESL Volunteers\n\nMy clients included the Columbia University National Center for Disaster Preparedness

  the Latino Commission on AIDS

  Mision San Juan Bautista

  and The Bronx Health Link.

  Independent Contractor

  Program Evaluation and Health Research

  Multiple not-for-profit clients

• 1993

  New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University

  Adult Infectious Diseases Clinic

  Lehman College

  City University of New York

  AmeriHealth Caritas

  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  Access Health Research

  LLC

  Empire State College

  Fordham University

  HIV/AIDS education

  outreach

  and research\n\n- As Program Director

  collaborated on

  managed and reported on grants for patient and clinical education and treatment adherence; hired

  trained and supervised 12 health and peer educators for 3 concurrent projects

  managed patient education and treatment adherence programs

  including coordinating interdisciplinary treatment adherence team

  1994-2000\n- As Health Educator

  coordinated clinical HIV education and educated providers

  1993-1994

  Program Director

  Greater New York City Area

  New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University

  Adult Infectious Diseases Clinic

• 1989

  NYC Department of Health

  New York

  NY

  Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service - Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences\n\nIn addition to training in psycho-oncology

  my work centered on access to care in uninsured and underinsured populations

  and included the following:\n\n- conducting primary and secondary data analysis\n- preparation and submission of proposals

  reports

  and manuscripts \n- conducting literature and systematic reviews\n- instrument development\n- delivery of nutrition intervention\n\n

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

  Staten Island

  NY

  Course taught: Topics in HIV/AIDS

  Instructor

  Social Science Program

  Empire State College

  Bronx

  NY

  Intermittent semesters: Fall 2012

  Spring 2013

  Spring 2017

  Spring and Fall 2018 and 2019\n\nCourses taught: Latinos in the US

  Latino New York

  Women in Latin America\n

  Adjunct Assistant Professor

  Department of Latin American

  Latino and Puerto Rican Studies

  Lehman College

  City University of New York

  Hoboken

  NJ

  Access Health Research

  LLC

  serves and partners with the health sector to\n- assess community needs and evaluate the impact of programs and services;\n- develop services to increase access to health care

  improve quality of care and community health

  and achieve health equity among diverse populations; and\n- provide education and training related to health and health services.

  President

  Access Health Research

  LLC

  Crown Heights

  East New York

  Harlem

  - As Supv.Public Health Advisor: Performed sexually transmitted infection (STI) patient education and contact tracing and HIV test counseling in Crown Heights

  East New York

  and Harlem; initiated education groups for inpatients in GYN and detox departments at Interfaith Hospital

  1990-1991 \n- As Junior Public Health Advisor: Performed STI patient education

  contact tracing and HIV test counseling in Crown Heights and East New York

  1989-1990

  Public Health Advisor

  Bureau of STD Control

  NYC Department of Health

  Fordham College at Rose Hill

  Bronx

  NY

  Fall 2016

  Spring 2017\n\nCourses taught: Aging and Society

  Health Psychology

  Social Problems in Race and Ethnicity

  Instructor

  Department of Sociology and Anthropology; Psychology Department

  Fordham University

  New York City

  As a NIH NCI-funded Post Doctoral Fellow in Cancer Prevention and Control

  I performed health research that involved the following activities:\n\n- primary and secondary data analysis\n- preparation of proposals and manuscripts \n- literature reviews\n- study design\n- project management\n- awarded the Health Disparities Scholarship from NIHMD

  NIH\n\nThese projects centered on patient navigation to increase colonoscopy rates; analysis of surveillance colonoscopy rates and research to increase adherence; and community education regarding cancer clinical trials.

  Post Doctoral Fellow

  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  New York

  NY

  Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service - Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences\n\nIn this transitional position

  my work centered on access to care in uninsured and underinsured populations

  and included:\n- carrying out primary and secondary quantitative and qualitative data analysis\n- preparation and submission of manuscripts \n- conducting literature reviews\n- training of staff on qualitative interviewing and coding methods\n- delivery of nutrition intervention

  Research Study Specialist

  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  In this role that provides evidence-based clinical policies for the care of members enrolled in Medicaid

  my activities center on:\n- evaluating the medical literature on clinical diagnosis and treatment issues; and\n- producing and updating summaries of evidence-based medical practices consistent with organizational

  Medicare and state-specific Medicaid requirements.

  AmeriHealth Caritas

  Spanish

  English

  French

  Postdoctoral Fellowship 2012-2014

  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  NIH NCI Multidisciplinary Training in Cancer Prevention and Control

  Health Disparities Scholar

  Loan Repayment Program Awardee 2013-2015

  NIH/NIMHD

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2014 -2016

  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

  NIH NCI Psychosocial

  Palliative & Community Research in Cancer - Immigrant Health & Cancer Disparities Service

  Columbia University in the City of New York

  MPH

  PhD

  Sociomedical Sciences

  Kalamazoo College

  Bachelor's Degree

  Spanish Language and Literature

• 1987

  GMHC

  Community Emergency Response Team Volunteer

  Office of Emergency Management

  State of New Jersey