GRETCHEN A. ROTHROCK
WALNUT CREEK,CA
Summary
.Motivational leader and organizational problem-solver with advanced supervisory team building and customer service skills. Experience stepping into roles and quickly making positive changes to drive program success. Focused on using training, monitoring and morale-building techniques to maximize employee engagement and performance.
Overview
38
38
years of professional experience
Work History
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
California Emerging Infections Program, Heluna Health
Oakland, CA
11.2017 - 12.2024
- Oversee all projects managed by Health Program Manager and additional projects added since 2017 including: Opioid MAT project (2019) and COVID-Net, RSV-Net, now collectively known as RESP-Net; as well as Monkeypox Vaccine Efficacy Study (2023)
- Work with Organizational Development Specialist and HPM to oversee recruitment, hiring and training of all new personnel; supervise the coordination of multiple new and ongoing projects
- Work with headquarters grant management, accounting staff, and HPM to assure best practices management of the budget monitoring system; communicate regularly concerning project updates to co-Directors and Principal Investigators of the program
- Continue to function as liaison between the funding agency (CDC), administrative organization, California Department of Public Health, and multiple local health jurisdictions
- Oversee communication by Project Coordinators and surveillance staff with county health departments, the state health department, and all participating local hospitals
HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGER
California Emerging Infections Program, Heluna Health
Oakland, CA
01.2006 - 11.2017
- Manage all aspects of projects as the program expanded including core projects involving invasive bacterial diseases and foodborne disease (1995), expanding to include respiratory viral disease (Influenza, 2006), CJD (2007), and a complex effort of surveillance for health care associated infections (HAIC) in 2010
- Manage several offsite contracted projects involving the many forms of infectious hepatitis
- Oversee compliance for both HIPAA and human subjects’ protection in all relevant projects; oversee recruitment, hiring and training of all new personnel; supervise the coordination of multiple new and ongoing sub-projects
- Supervise budget monitoring system and ensure budgets are maintained within their awarded amounts; communicate regularly concerning project updates to both co- Directors of the program
- Continue to function as liaison between the funding agency, fiscal sponsor, county health departments, the state health department, and all participating local hospitals
PROGRAM COORDINATOR
California Emerging Infections Program, Heluna Health
Oakland, CA
05.1998 - 12.2005
- Coordinate all projects within this multifaceted program
- Core projects include active surveillance for invasive bacterial and foodborne diseases as well as surveillance for critical illnesses and deaths due to an infectious disease
- Function as liaison between the funding agency, administrative organization, county health departments and state health department, and all participating local hospitals
PROGRAM COORDINATOR
California Emerging Infections Program, Western Consortium for Public Health
Berkeley, CA
09.1995 - 04.1998
- Coordinate all projects within this multifaceted program
- Core projects include active surveillance for invasive bacterial and foodborne diseases as well as surveillance for critical illnesses and deaths due to an infectious disease
- Function as liaison between the funding agency, administrative organization, county health departments and state health department, and all participating local hospitals
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (LECTURER)
California State University, Hayward
Hayward, CA
03.1994 - 06.1994
- Taught undergraduate and graduate students Introduction to Epidemiology course
- Developed a syllabus of lectures, classwork, and assignments, and distributed it to students on the first day of class.
- Prepared lectures, taught basic principles of epidemiology, met with students as needed, graded all submitted work, completed testing, and submitted grades to the department at the end of the quarter.
- Mentored and motivated students to increase class participation.
PROJECT COORDINATOR
Bay Area Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases Active Surveillance Project, Western Consortium for Public Health
Berkeley, CA
01.1992 - 01.1994
- Coordinate an active surveillance project in the Bureaus of Communicable Disease Control of three county health departments (San Francisco, Contra Costa and Alameda)
- Duties included budget management, overseeing surveillance activities, management of case-control studies, and training and supervision of surveillance officers, clerical staff and graduate student assistants
SURVEILLANCE OFFICER
Bay Area Bacterial Meningitis and Bacteremia Active Surveillance Project, Western Consortium for Public Health
Berkeley, CA
10.1988 - 09.1992
- Duties included surveillance of hospital laboratory reports, selecting, enrolling and interviewing cases and controls for related studies, and training and supervision of both clerical and graduate student assistants
TEACHING ASSISTANT
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
01.1987 - 01.1988
- Taught students laboratory component of course, conducted review sessions to clarify lecture component of course
Education
M.P.H - Bio-Medical Laboratory Division, Infectious Diseases
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA01.1988
B.S - Biology, emphasis in Microbiology
California State University, Hayward
Hayward, CA01.1986
B.A - Literature and Spanish
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA01.1971
Skills
- Fiscal oversight
- Key relationship management
- Strategic leadership
- Coaching and mentoring
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Hiring and training
- Decision-making
- Reporting and documentation
- MS office
- Relationship building
- Performance evaluations
- Corporate communications
- Diversity and inclusion initiatives
Publications
- Risk for severe group A streptococcal disease among patients' household contacts, Robinson KA, Rothrock G, Phan Q, Sayler B, Stefonek K, Van Beneden C, et al., Emerg Infect Dis, 04/01/03, http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol9no4/02-0369.htm
- Is drinking water a risk factor for endemic cryptosporidiosis: A case-control study in the immunocompetent general population of the San Francisco bay area, A Khalakdina, DJ Vugia, J Nadle, G Rothrock and JM. Colford Jr., BMC Public Health, 01/01/03
- Epidemiology of Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in the United States, 1995-98: Opportunities for prevention in the conjugate vaccine era, Robinson KA, Baughman, W, Rothrock G, Barrett ANL, Pass M, Lexau C, Damaske B, Stefonek K, Barnes B, Patterson J, Zell ER, Schuchat A, Whitney CG, JAMA, 01/01/01
Awards
- State Superior Accomplishment Award, California Department of Health Services, 12/15/99, For outstanding and superior achievement and leadership in the continued coordination and management of the California Emerging Infections Program
- James H. Nakano Citation, 06/05/02, For outstanding scientific paper published in 2001.
- Recognition for 30 years' Contribution to Surveillance, California Department of Public Health, 12/01/24, By Tomas Aragon.
Accomplishments
- State Superior Accomplishment Award. California Department of Health Services “For outstanding and superior achievement and leadership in the continued coordination and management of the California Emerging Infections Program” December 15, 1999
- James H. Nakano Citation for outstanding scientific paper published in 2001. Robinson KA, Baughman W, Rothrock G, Barrett NL, Pass M, Lexau C, Damske B, Stefonek K, Barnes B, Patterson J, Zell ER, Schucht A, Whitney CG, Epidemiology of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in the United States, 1995-1998, Opportunities for prevention in the conjugate vaccine era, JAMA 2001, 285, 1729), June 5, 2002
- California Department of Public Health: Recognition for 30 years' Contribution to Surveillance, Vaccine Preventable Disease, Foodborne Disease, Viral Respiratory Disease (COVID; influenza and RSV) by Tomas Aragon. December 2024
Timeline
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
California Emerging Infections Program, Heluna Health
11.2017 - 12.2024
HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGER
California Emerging Infections Program, Heluna Health
01.2006 - 11.2017
PROGRAM COORDINATOR
California Emerging Infections Program, Heluna Health
05.1998 - 12.2005
PROGRAM COORDINATOR
California Emerging Infections Program, Western Consortium for Public Health
09.1995 - 04.1998
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (LECTURER)
California State University, Hayward
03.1994 - 06.1994
PROJECT COORDINATOR
Bay Area Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases Active Surveillance Project, Western Consortium for Public Health
01.1992 - 01.1994
SURVEILLANCE OFFICER
Bay Area Bacterial Meningitis and Bacteremia Active Surveillance Project, Western Consortium for Public Health
10.1988 - 09.1992
TEACHING ASSISTANT
University of California, Berkeley
01.1987 - 01.1988
M.P.H - Bio-Medical Laboratory Division, Infectious Diseases
University of California, Berkeley
B.S - Biology, emphasis in Microbiology
California State University, Hayward
B.A - Literature and Spanish
University of California, San Diego
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