IRENE JOSE
Houston,TX
Summary
Engaging public health professional with 3+ years experience in community-based, qualitative research and program management. Seeking opportunities that will allow me to expand, hone, and apply my skills in the public health programmatic, community-based initiatives, or qualitative research sectors.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Refugee Mental Health Program Officer
USCRI
08.2024 - 03.2025
- Oversaw the creation of a nascent refugee mental health coalition site - conducted literature reviews and qualitative interviews to code best practices, created a logic model to organize and prioritize coalition outcomes, and organized initial meetings with coalition members
- Supported the creation and dissemination of a training aimed at addressing workplace factors contributing to compassion fatigue and burnout for case managers
- Enhanced 2 qualitative interview questionnaires to probe for cultural sensitivity in refugee mental health programmatic and clinical care
Health Equity & Social Justice Specialist
Cambridge Department of Public Health
12.2022 - 02.2024
- Spearheaded 4 internal equity-based initiatives - conducted preliminary research to inform the creation of an internal equity policy, equity board, and equitable hiring practices guidelines for CPHD and collaborated with external stakeholders to administer an organization-wide equity training
- Collaborated with Cambridge Family Policy Council to enhance a user-friendly map outlining local mental health resources for families
- Conducted and coded qualitative interviews to gauge opportunities for improvements regarding chronic absenteeism at Fletcher-Maynard Academy
- Created a thematic analysis with associated recommendations based off the qualitative interview results
- Managed 1 summer intern to co-produce a parent-facing, public health educational series regarding youth mental health
Research Assistant
Boston Medical Center
09.2021 - 12.2022
- Organized and co-conducted a 20 Community Advisory Board (CAB) meetings
- Managed community stakeholder recruitment and delivery of appropriate trainings to staff and community members
- Documented detailed meeting notes and conducted qualitative analysis to gauge patterns in CAB member engagement
- Designed an evaluation questionnaire to assess feedback from CAB members and improve CAB meeting proceedings
Research Assistant
Boston University
02.2021 - 08.2022
- Developed a rule-book to standardize campus alcohol policy scoring criteria
- Developed a code-book to score the campus alcohol policies of dry campuses
- Ensured inter-rater reliability in campus alcohol policy scores by discussing and coordinating scoring logic with co-rater
- Collected and scored campus alcohol policies of 48 4-year and 2-year universities
- Conducted research on: current alcohol and tobacco marketing tactics via social networking platforms and policy implementation strategies that address these marketing concerns
Project Management Intern
MassHealth
09.2021 - 02.2022
- Compiled information of all available (25) Parent, Child, and Family (PCF) services onto one comprehensive document to facilitate prospective research
- Built a work-plan to optimize and organize the project tracking and project assignment processes
- Researched and coded best practices to create a user-facing webpage outlining MassHealth services
- Developed a code-book to organize all 25 services into simplified categories for inclusion into a user-facing webpage
- Created an Intern Transition document to streamline information regarding completed items, action items, and next steps for prospective interns tasked with the delivery of the webpage project
Get Inspired Houston (GIH) Intern Supervisor
Sewa International
06.2021 - 08.2021
- Managed a team of 10 college interns for Sewa International, Houston chapter's annual summer internship.
- Facilitated meetings to plan, track progress of, and conduct action items assigned to interns
- Collaborated with the Sewa Houston team to devise College Preparedness Academy - a didactic session empowering newly immigrant families and students with resources to simplify the college application process
Clinical Research Coordinator
Baylor College of Medicine
02.2019 - 07.2020
- Established relationships with community centers and residential areas to administer 3 Brain Health programs for older adults, increase interest in studies at BCM, and increase representation of minority communities in studies
- Conducted literature searches on: cognitive decline, effects of acculturation on neuropsychological tests, and disparities in the provision of neuropsychological services to ethnic minorities
- Aided in IRB grant preparation and submission
- Managed the logistics, presentation, and dissemination of an online training session for professionals
- Screened patient records, databases, and physician referrals to identify prospective candidates for research studies
- Collected data and followed research protocols, operations manuals, and case report form requirements
- Maintained compliance with protocols covering patient care and clinical trial operations
Youth Education Coordinator, AmeriCorps VISTA
Sewa International
04.2017 - 04.2018
- Developed resources for Sewa's after school tutorial center (ASPIRE tutorials): updated 3 computer labs, provided nutritious meals to all 3 ASPIRE centers through Houston Food Bank, maintained consistent staff and volunteers
- Coordinated outreach for - and implemented - 2 vaccination drives and a health camp in the newly immigrant and refugee communities of Southwest Houston
- Wrote 2 successful grant applications to fund the tutorial centers and ESL program totaling $13,000
- Oversaw the creation and management of a new ASPIRE afterschool tutorial center - managed staffing, budget creation, volunteer recruitment, and curriculum development
- Established connections with Houston's business community through International Management District and Southwest Management District to create future funding partnerships
- Liaised between faculty, staff and administrators to coordinate educational program delivery
Education
Master of Public Health - Functional Certificate: Community Assessment, Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation (CAPDIE), Contextual Certificate: Mental Health and Substance Use
Boston University
Boston05.2022
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
University of Houston
Houston12.2016
Skills
- Project Management
- Intervention Design
- Event Planning
- Community Outreach
- Survey Design
- Needs Assessment
- Literature Reviews
- Logic Models
- Grant Writing
- Community-Based Participatory Research
- Qualitative Research
- Policy Memos
- Staff Recruitment
Timeline
Refugee Mental Health Program Officer
USCRI
08.2024 - 03.2025
Health Equity & Social Justice Specialist
Cambridge Department of Public Health
12.2022 - 02.2024
Research Assistant
Boston Medical Center
09.2021 - 12.2022
Project Management Intern
MassHealth
09.2021 - 02.2022
Get Inspired Houston (GIH) Intern Supervisor
Sewa International
06.2021 - 08.2021
Research Assistant
Boston University
02.2021 - 08.2022
Clinical Research Coordinator
Baylor College of Medicine
02.2019 - 07.2020
Youth Education Coordinator, AmeriCorps VISTA
Sewa International
04.2017 - 04.2018
Master of Public Health - Functional Certificate: Community Assessment, Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation (CAPDIE), Contextual Certificate: Mental Health and Substance Use
Boston University
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
University of Houston
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