Graduate Student, Applied Health Science
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Epidemiology
Postgraduate Student
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Michael Reece
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About
MSc, Epidemiology. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine/University of London International Programmes. (anticipated 2013)
Focus: Infectious disease epidemiology
MPH, Behavioral, Social, and Community Health. Indiana University. (anticipated 2013)
Advisor: Michael Reece
Funding: U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship for Arabic language study (2010-2011; 2011-2012)
PMC, Certificate in Public Management. School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University.
Focus: International Health and Development
Research Associate. Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention (RCAP). (Jan 2012 – present)
Supervisor: Beth Meyerson
Project: Expanding Access to HIV Testing Through Rural Pharmacies: A Pilot Planning Collaborative.
• Working as part of team to develop protocols to measure: 1) pharmacist and pharmacy staff acceptance and ability to implement a rapid HIV testing protocol in their pharmacies; and 2) the perception and acceptance of HIV testing through pharmacies by rural high-risk populations (primarily men who have sex with other men – or gay/bisexual men)
• Designing and implementing online survey of rural Indiana MSM to assess their potential need for and interest in pharmacy-based HIV testing
Research Associate. Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention (RCAP) and the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD). (Dec 2011 – present)
Supervisor: Beth Meyerson
Project: An analysis of the impact of the new prevention FOA (CDC PS12-1201 - Comprehensive HIV Prevention Programs for Health Department Program Applications) on rural and low impact jurisdictions. A collaboration project between RCAP and NASTAD.
• Researching and writing literature review on how the concept of public health infrastructure is being framed and measured in current literature
• Conducting content analysis of all U.S. state and territorial HIV/AIDS funding applications to identify how states and territories are expressing their needs within the constraints of the new prevention Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)
• Interpreting the results of the content analysis to identify funding uses and any unintended consequences of the new FOA
Research Associate. Indiana University & Institute of Development Management (IDM), Botswana. (Jan 2011 – present)
Supervisors: Rex Stockton and Tebasto Paul
Project: International Counseling, Advocacy, Research, and Education (I-CARE)
• Developing patient survey instrument by which to evaluate patient perceptions and experiences of HIV/AIDS counseling by IU/IDM-trained counselors in Botswana
• Working with IDM/IU team and the Botswana Ministry of Health to revise patient survey
Research Associate. Institute of Development Management (IDM), Botswana. (Summer 2011)
Supervisors: Tebasto Paul and Thuto Tomeletso
• Working with IDM team and IU epidemiologist to design studies addressing alcohol use and abuse; alcohol, HIV/AIDS, and mental health; and alcohol rehabilitation and stigma
• Researching and writing literature review on alcohol use and abuse for a workplace training program funding application to be submitted to the Botswana Ministry of Health
• Designed and developed public health diploma curriculum that will begin with 2012-2013 academic year.
• Assisted in the facilitation of the Process Improvement module of the Botswana Sustainable Management Development Program (SMDP) for Public Health Managers training program (CDC & PEPFAR 1 supported and funded). Fifteen midwives from different hospitals throughout Botswana, on invitation from the Ministry of Health, began process improvement projects in order to reduce maternal mortality in their hospitals.
Research Assistant. Center for Sexual Health Promotion, Indiana University. (Jan – Jun 2011)
Supervisors: Susan Middlestadt, Alireza Geshnizjani, and Kristen Jozkowski
Project: Underlying Determinants Influencing Female College Students’ Decision to go to the Doctor to get the HPV Vaccine: A Reasoned Action Approach
• Collected and entered data (using SPSS) from 500 HPV vaccine surveys
Project: Identifying the Factors of Getting a Mammogram. (Jan – Jun 2011)
• Collected and entered data (using SPSS) from 500 paper and 250 online mammogram surveys
Research Assistant. Population Institute for Research and Training, Indiana University. (Mar – Dec 2006)
Project: Childhood Environment, Adult Experiences and Longevity: Rural and Urban Experience in Industrializing Belgium
• Researched, extracted, and entered demographic data from handwritten 19th century French-language birth, marriage, and death records into MS Access database
Previous education:
MA, History. Indiana University. (2009)
Research topic: The Incidence and Experience of Epidemic Filariasis in Allied Troops during the Pacific War, 1942-1945.
Funding: Indiana University, Department of History Fellowship & Assistantship Awards (2005-2009)
MSc, History of Science, Medicine, and Technology. (2006)
Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford
Thesis: "Elephantiasis and Empire: Definition and Education, 1865-1898"
Advisor: Mark Harrison
Funding: Wellcome Trust MSc Studentship (2004-2005)
BFA, Visual Communication. Northern Illinois University.
