Alex Cook
Indianapolis,IN
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Director
Indiana Department of Health
Indianapolis, IN
02.2024 - Current
- Manage all WISEWOMAN program activities, which includes ensuring timely and successful submission of interim and annual grant reports, as well as data submissions.
- Create and maintain WISEWOMAN budgets for the CDC and internal management of WISEWOMAN funding.
- Create contracts and grant agreements for partners utilizing the WISEWOMAN funding.
- Work with the section epidemiologists to identify and utilize existing data related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, morbidity, and mortality to develop, monitor and evaluate the WISEWOMAN program.\
- Coordinate with Indiana communities and community organizations to conduct environmental scans to identify and improve community resources.
- Collaborate within the Division of Chronic Disease, Primary Care & Rural Health and other Indiana Department of Health program areas to identify potential programs, organizations, and healthcare systems to implement WISEWEOMAN.
- Collaborate with partners to build and strengthen community-clinical linkages to ensure that women enrolled in the WISEWOMAN program have increased access to evidence-based lifestyle programs and services that promote self-management of health behaviors and/or chronic disease.
- Provide education and training to WISEWOMAN providers, as well as internal and contracted staff on national clinical care guidelines related to CVD, motivational interviewing techniques, and behavior change theory.
Project Coordinator
Indiana University Health
Indianapolis, IN
12.2021 - Current
- Assists with and supports team planning, execution, monitoring progress, and delivering end results.
- Collaborates across teams to ensure alignment.
- Assesses situations, gathers appropriate information and input, and makes recommendations to leaders.
- Ensure quality customer service and professional representation of the team and the department.
Disease Intervention Specialist
Marion County Public Health Department
Indianapolis, IN
07.2019 - 12.2021
- Educated clients about treatment options and answered related questions.
- Provided partner services to all patients positive for an infection which allowed patients to anonymously identify their partners so that they could be informed of exposure and tested/treated as well to stop the spread of infection.
- Knowledge of laboratory techniques used to evaluate specimens for communicable diseases, of appropriate techniques to collect, preserve, and transport specimens, and of how to interpret test results.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with state and local health departments, physicians, local officials, community groups and the public.
- Inform patients of positive results and begin appropriate treatment protocols.
- Counsel patients one-on-one about methods of transmission/prevention of communicable diseases.
- Encourage the adoption of risk reduction behaviors to prevent/reduce the incidence of transmission.
- Field visits to locate partners/personal contacts of infected individuals through investigative process to arrange physical examination, diagnosis, and medical treatment, as necessary.
- Traveled locally and regionally to conferences, workshops, and presentations.
Assistant Cheer Coach
Avon High School
Avon, IN
08.2019 - 04.2020
- Plan, organize, and conduct practice sessions for both games and competitions.
- Explain and enforce safety rules and regulations.
- Lead, plan, and direct fundraising events, clinics, try-outs, and competition entry.
Stylist
Evereve
Lexington, KY
10.2018 - 07.2019
- Schedule styling appointments for customers.
- Create complete outfits according to the customer's needs/wants.
- Assess body types and lifestyle to style a full look.
Teaching Assistant
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
03.2018 - 08.2018
- Assist in the creation of class materials such as quizzes, assignments, and exams.
- Facilitate study sessions for students to ensure their understanding of the material for upcoming exams.
- Present class material to students to assist with their understanding of the subject area.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Public Health
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY05.2015
Master of Science - Public Health
IUPUI
Indianapolis, INSkills
- Team coordination
- Planning & organizing
- Stakeholder relationship management
- Data management
- Customer service
- Proficient in healthcare databases: Epic, Insight, NEDSS, Cerner
- Systems implementation
- Performance improvements
Timeline
Program Director
Indiana Department of Health
02.2024 - Current
Project Coordinator
Indiana University Health
12.2021 - Current
Assistant Cheer Coach
Avon High School
08.2019 - 04.2020
Disease Intervention Specialist
Marion County Public Health Department
07.2019 - 12.2021
Stylist
Evereve
10.2018 - 07.2019
Teaching Assistant
University of Kentucky
03.2018 - 08.2018
Bachelor of Science - Public Health
University of Kentucky
Master of Science - Public Health
IUPUI