Abigail Mayes
Tuttle
Summary
Motivated student working toward Bachelor's of Arts in Community Health aspiring to become a Physician Assistant. Possess experience in Public Health and American Sign Language (ASL) hoping to use the skill of ASL to volunteer within the Deaf Community. Self-directed and energetic with superior performance in both autonomous or collaborative environments working independently and working with others on group projects. Striving to apply to Physician Assistant School and becoming a PA. Later on aiming to apply and earn MPH in Community Health or Public Health Leadership & Policy.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Norman Regional Health System
PA School Shadowing Hours
02.2023 - Current
- Shadow Primary Care Physician through work day.
- Listen and observe Physician interaction with patients.
- Actively listening to Physician through explaining certain diseases and course of treatment for patients.
- Observing and participating in taking patient vitals.
- Introduced to UpToDate Drug Interaction website to examine if drugs will interact with one another.
- Assisted with patient examinations and procedures.
- Searched at library and scholarly databases to locate necessary information medical topics like diabetes.
- Assisted Doctor on editing manuscript about Allergic Contact Dermatitis with goal of publishing it within scientific journal.
- Followed Norman Regional Health System M.D. for more than140 hours.
Sorority Volunteer
Sigma Phi Lambda
01.2022 - Current
- OU Dance Marathon: worked with sorority to raise money for sick kids in Oklahoma.
- Big Event 2022: worked with Alcott middle school in April 2023, assisted with trash pick up around schools campus.
- Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma 2023: worked with OKC food pantry to fill boxes of food, and information packets about food insecurity for families in need in Oklahoma.
- World Vision Basketball Event 2023: worked with sorority sisters to hold a basketball tournament/ contest for students at OU to come and play to raise money for World Vision.
- Recruitment Appointed Officer (Fall 2023 & Spring 2024): applied and was elected recruitment AO for both Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 semesters. Worked collaboratively with Vice President on themes, t-shit theme, banner decoration, food, drinks, music, games, and more for recruitment each semester.
Tribal Health Experiential Student Internship
Southern Plains Tribal Health Board
05.2023 - 07.2023
- Attended online zoom meetings from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm Monday-Thursday.
- Listened and actively engaged with guest Professors lecturing on Social Determinants of Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Scientific Posters 101.
- Completed mandatory trainings every week.
- Collaborated with research partner on research topic of choice.
- Attended weekly mentor check ins on zoom every Friday.
- Collaborated with mentor to discuss improvements and next steps for scientific poster.
- Conducted thorough research utilizing PubMed, Google Scholar and Universities database for research topic.
- Utilized OK2 Share and Oklahoma State Department of Health COVID-19 database to collect necessary data.
- Utilized Excel Spreadsheets to enter data and generate line graphs for poster presentation.
- Created digital storyboard, by using Canva, to capture importance of research topic.
- Traveled to Atlanta, Georgia to present scientific poster at CDC campus.
OU Women's Health Advocacy Committee
08.2022 - 12.2022
- Liaison Officer: oversaw assigned menstrual stations on campus.
- Duties included checking and refilling period stations at least once weekly.
- Utilized Excel spreadsheets to enter updated status of stations.
- Organizations mission: to fight period poverty on OU's campus. To de stigmatize conversation surrounding women's health by increasing campus and community awareness about women's health disparities through advocacy and education committees.
Young Life Leader
11.2021 - 05.2022
- Leaders are committed to being involved with kid's lives from supporting them at their sporting events and everyday live events.
- Emphasize on creating relationships with kids aging from middle-school to high-school kids.
- Leaders help kids consider possible direction of their lives, and offer them hope and support for their future.
- Weekly trainings were required for leaders.
- Trainings were centered about Jesus Christ's ministry and how that relates to their lives and to kids.
- Learned how to talk to kids about Jesus and how He plays into their lives.
Media Manger
Hood College
10.2021 - 05.2022
- Increase campus awareness for public health major at current college.
- In charge of weekly posts on social media on current public health issues or important announcements.
- Work and collaborate with other media manager assistant.
- Increased communication skills.
- Increases responsibility to post every week and communicate with Professor before posting.
Collegiate Athlete
08.2020 - 05.2022
- Participated in club soccer for eleven years and was named Captain
- Captain duties included: helping with practice clean up, led team talks, pre-game prayers, team chants and voice that lead the team on and off the field.
- Committed to play college soccer for Hood College Women's Soccer program from August 2020-May 2022.
- Participated in one season of rowing on The University of Oklahoma's Women's Rowing team in Fall of 2022.
YMCA Camp Counselor
YMCA Of Glen Allen
06.2021 - 07.2021
- Worked with children of varying age, interest, skill, and developmental levels.
- Led groups of children safely through variety of camp activities.
- Collaborated with other camp counselors to design fun and enriching learning activities for campers.
- Communicated with parents about campers' activities and reported concerns and suggestions to supervisor.
- Followed established emergency procedures to enable best possible resolution of incidents.
- Assisted with camp clean up at end of each day.
- Insured accurate records on participants' activity attendance, disciplinary actions and medication usage to improve camper documentation.
- Communicated clearly and thoroughly by radio with supervisors and other camp counselors.
SRI Frederick Health Department Intern
06.2021 - 07.2021
- Assisted Dr. Jen Cooper and Rissiah Watkins for Frederick County Health Department Survey.
- Responsible for collecting data on specific disparities and diseases from Frederick County's Health Department database.
- Utilized Excel spreadsheets to collect and enter data.
- Conducted health promotion poster related to data that was collected with results from Survey.
- Presented health promotion poster to Hood College's public health and public health nursing classes.
- Collaborated with Frederick Health Care Coalition to create 2021 Frederick County Health Survey.
- Presented importance of this summer's internship and work with Dr. Jen Cooper to Hood College board of Trustees.
Trinity Episcopal School Junior Work Week
Trinity Episcopal School
03.2019 - 03.2019
- Shadowed Orthopedic Physicians Assistant and Surgeon for one week.
- Observed and sat in on hip and knee replacement surgeries.
- Observed Physician Assistant on rounds to check in with patients after surgeries.
- Learned about medications post surgery.
- Learned how to suture by observing and practicing on food.
- Followed doctor both within hospital and in doctors offices.
- Learned and observed human anatomy of hip and knee.
- Observed doctor draw blood from patient and spinning their blood then replacing it back into hip to help improve pain.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Public Health
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK05.2024
Skills
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Collaboration and Teamwork
- Behavioral Skills Development
- Proficient in Excel, Word, and Powerpoint
- Proficient in SPSS Statistic Software
- Proficient in CDC Wonder and OK2Share
- Proficient and fluent in American Sign Language
Presentations
- Mayes Abigail, Solano Sarah. COVID-19 Mortality and Hospitalization disparities in American Indian and Alaska Native communities during vaccination uptake. Poster presented at: Lewis Ferguson 2023 CDC Showcase, July 24-26; Atlanta, Georgia.
- Dr. Cooper Jen, Mayes Abigail. Public Health in Action: The Frederick County Community Health Assessment Process. Poster presented at: Hood College, February 2022; Frederick, Maryland.
Certification
- Social Behavioral Research: expires August 2024
- Social Behavioral Responsible Conduct of Research
- CPR/ First Aid: expires June 2025
- OCME Mentee training (2023)
- Certification in Advanced Program Evaluation (2023)
- Certification in Data into Action for Tribes: Publicly- Available Data Sources (2023)
- Certification in Data into Action for Tribes: Introduction to Epidemiology (2023)
- Certification in Weaving the Threads of Culture: Working Effectively with American Indians and Alaska Natives (2023)
Affiliations
- Sigma Phi Lambda Sorority
Accomplishments
- 2021 Women's Soccer MAC Academic Honor Roll.
- Rookie of the year for high school soccer team for 2018 season.
- All LIS Team for high school soccer team for 2018-2019 season.
- Defensive player of the year for high school team for 2019 season.
- Achieved Younglife Leadership Training by completing month of training with accuracy and efficiency.
- Collaborated with team of Public Health media management in the development of Hood College Public Health Instagram page.
- Received Honor Roll and Deans List for Fall 2022, Spring 2023, and Fall 2023 semesters at The University of Oklahoma.
- Initiated into The University of Oklahoma's Sigma Phi Lambda sorority in Spring of 2023.
- Achieved 4.0 GPA for Fall 2022, Spring 2023, and Fall 2023 semesters.
Timeline
Tribal Health Experiential Student Internship
Southern Plains Tribal Health Board
05.2023 - 07.2023
Norman Regional Health System
PA School Shadowing Hours
02.2023 - Current
OU Women's Health Advocacy Committee
08.2022 - 12.2022
Sorority Volunteer
Sigma Phi Lambda
01.2022 - Current
Young Life Leader
11.2021 - 05.2022
Media Manger
Hood College
10.2021 - 05.2022
YMCA Camp Counselor
YMCA Of Glen Allen
06.2021 - 07.2021
SRI Frederick Health Department Intern
06.2021 - 07.2021
Collegiate Athlete
08.2020 - 05.2022
Trinity Episcopal School Junior Work Week
Trinity Episcopal School
03.2019 - 03.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Public Health
University of Oklahoma
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