Snapshot
Experience
10+ years
Languages
English, French, Spanish
Countries of Work
Angola, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, People's Republic of, Colombia, France, Gabon, Georgia, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Republic of, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nigeria, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Venezuela, Vietnam
Professional Experience
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Lifeguard Health Networks and MyC Med Tech (separate organizations)
Sep 2021 - PresentLifeguard: As medical advisor, provide practical clinical insights and support to homecare health team mobile software platform.
https://lifeguardnetworks.com
MyC: As senior advisor, advise software platform for administrative control of mobile populations needing timely health status data.
https://myc.doctor -
Health Systems Thinkers, LLC
Apr 2021 - PresentI created this international consultancy to guide corporate and donor investments in community health through data-driven methodology with stakeholder input and decision-making tools; investing in and bb measuring what matters most for community health and well-being.
https://healthsystemsthinkers.com -
Chevron Energy Technology Company
Mar 2018 - Apr 2021Senior Consulting Health Scientist
Created global integrated health strategy to demonstrate positive effects of responsible energy development.
• Partnered with Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), securing approval to redesign health system of Cabinda province, Angola.
• Chaired Occupational Health Standards Committee for hazardous substances.
• Advised Global Emergency Response Committee on COVID-19.
• Relocated to Angola to lead COVID response for industry consortium of Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP, Total Energies, ENI, Sun Oil and SONANGOL during global pandemic, established and staffed 40 and 80-bed hospitals with 6 fully equipped intensive care units each.
Education
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A.T. Still University (Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine)
Graduated 1983D.O., Osteopathic Medicine -
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Graduated 1978M.S., Technical Writing -
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
Graduated 1976B.A., World Literature and Pre-Medical
Areas of Expertise
- Priority-setting
- Coaching
- Curriculum development
- Process facilitation
- Training
- Remote Coaching
- Civil society engagement
- Community health boards
- Social participation and health communication
- Strengthening linkages between community health and PHC
- Contracting health providers
- Innovative financing
- Pay for performance
- Resource allocation
- Strategic health purchasing
- Change management
- Decentralization
- Health management, policy and planning
- Institutional strengthening
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Private sector engagement
- Stakeholder engagement
- Strategic planning
- Strategy development
- Health management information systems
- Behavior and health literacy
- Disease prevention
- Health promotion
- Health protection
- Immunization
- Preparedness for public health emergencies
- Surveillance
- Community health workers--engagement, capacity-building and retention
- Human resources planning, management, training and development
- Staff motivation and retention
- Innovation ecosystem strengthening
- Innovator engagement and support
- Cost benefit analysis
- Data collection methodology
- Indicator development
- Performance management plans
- Results and logical frameworks
- Maternal, newborn and child health
- Non-communicable diseases
- Tuberculosis
- Health provider capacity mapping
- Problems and priorities assessment
- Root cause analysis
- Stakeholder analysis
- Community health services
- Design and organization of service delivery models that include PHC and community health services
- Health management
- Medical audit
- PHC
- Service delivery networks
- Facilitating stakeholder dialgoue
- Strategic communications for engaging with community stakeholders for health
- Cold chain
Leadership training for managers