ALLISON LAFFERTY
Colchester,VT
Summary
Highly-motivated public health professional with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Experienced in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational goals.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Field Service Coordinator
State of Vermont Department of Health
Burlington, VT
07.2021 - Current
- Management of Case investigation for sexually transmitted infections
- Supervise and train a team of disease intervention specialists
- Conduct disease surveillance and analyze infectious disease data
- Lead on Vermont's mpox response
- Collaborate with community partners and medical providers to manage sexually transmitted infections,
- Write HANS (Health Alerts) to medical providers throughout the State of Vermont
Acting Health Surveillance Epidemiologist/Covid 19 Coordinator
State of Vermont Department of Health
Burlington, VT
07.2021 - 03.2022
- Contract negotiations with outside vendor
- Oversight and monitoring of daily work of over 400 employees
- Analyzed worker capacity data to improve productivity
- Implementation of Covid 19 protocols for all sectors including long term care, schools, the public, healthcare and businesses
- Continuous training of new staff and of new protocols and CDC guidance
- Designed a rotational scheduling plan to allow for staff rest
- SME of case investigation and contact tracing
- Served as a community liaison providing presentations at school nurse meetings, child care meetings, VCHIP and other organizations as needed
Case Investigation and Training
CDC Foundation
Atlanta, GA
08.2020 - 06.2021
- Covid 19 contact tracing and case investigation
- Co-designed and implemented a training plan to onboard large numbers of case investigators and contact tracers
- Designed a training plan for the HOPR (health care outbreak and prevention team)
- Facilitated calls to provide guidance to health care settings experiencing disease outbreak
General Manager of Operations
Natural Provisions
Williston, VT
11.2007 - 03.2020
- Customized and implemented a new POS computer system
- Staff management and oversight including hiring, training and corrective action
- Financial oversight including budget, ordering of product, vendor selection
- Marketing and strategy planning and implementation
- Developed and implemented operational policies and procedures to improve efficiency.
- Oversaw daily operations of multiple departments, ensuring compliance with established protocols.
- Managed training programs for new employees, including orientation and onboarding activities.
- Conducted regular meetings with department heads to review progress against goals and objectives.
- Recruited, hired, and trained new staff members according to organizational standards.
- Negotiated contracts with vendors for goods or services needed by the organization.
Clinical Research Coordinator
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
05.2004 - 04.2005
- National, multi center project on pediatric inflammatory bowel disease, design and implementation of study,
- site recruitment
- Assisted in the preparation of Institutional Review Board submissions for clinical trials.
- grant writing
- Coordinated investigator meetings, conference calls, and site initiation visits as needed.
- Developed and maintained accurate and timely study databases.
Education
M.D. -
University of Vermont College of Medicine
05-2004
Bachelor of Science, Biology - Pre-Medicine
Clarkson University
05-1998
Skills
- Community resource expertise
- Team Leadership
- Meeting facilitation
- Personnel Management
- Policy and Procedure Writing
- Performance Evaluations
- Problem-solving abilities
- Interpersonal Skills
- Analytical and Critical Thinking
- Employee Motivation
- Teamwork and Collaboration
Trainings And Courses
- NNDITC Skill Based Training for Case Investigation and Contact Tracing
- Johns Hopkins Covid-19 Contact Tracing Course
- ASTHO Making Contact: A Training for Covid-19 Contact Tracers CDC
- Train Public Health 101 Series WHO Emerging Respiratory Viruses, including COVID-19 (methods for detection, prevention, response and control)
- HIV Testing in nonclinical settings course
- Umatter Suicide Prevention Awareness Training
Publications
mpox
- 05/2004, Grenier, A., Orkin, J., Duncan, P., Dixon, R., Frankowski, Youth/Guardian Survey: A Self Assessment Tool for Practitioners. (accepted for publication at the Pediatric Academic Society Meeting-2004)
- 05/1998, Allison Lafferty, Jennifer Campbell1, Julie Dragon, Laura Ann Nicolai, Lynn Blevins Using a Molecular Lens to Refine Field Epidemiology: A Dual Description of Related Community Outbreaks of COVID-19 Abstract publication: AMD Days 2023
Affiliations
- Golf
- Gardening
- volunteering for Colchester School District
Timeline
Clinical Field Service Coordinator
State of Vermont Department of Health
07.2021 - Current
Acting Health Surveillance Epidemiologist/Covid 19 Coordinator
State of Vermont Department of Health
07.2021 - 03.2022
Case Investigation and Training
CDC Foundation
08.2020 - 06.2021
General Manager of Operations
Natural Provisions
11.2007 - 03.2020
Clinical Research Coordinator
University of Vermont
05.2004 - 04.2005
M.D. -
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Bachelor of Science, Biology - Pre-Medicine
Clarkson University
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