Khadyne Augustine

Key Accomplishment:

• Analyzed and objectively summarized proposed plans to determine its effectiveness and the impact of its proposals on the state and other entities and individuals as it related to the COVID-19 public health crisis underway.
• Monitored and coordinated the progress of the State's position on the COVID-19 public health emergency through committees of reference.
• Provided oral and written advice and technical assistance on emerging public health trends and risks such as COVID-19, Monkeypox, etc.
• Conducted research projects and performed mission specific studies.
• Prepared oral and written reports on research on public health trends such as task force reports, interim projects, and oversight reports which include recommendations for governance committee action.
• Provided problem-solving assistance, research, and information for senior leadership, external stakeholders, and the public.
• Prepared letters, summaries, fact sheets or talking-points for guidance at meetings, reports, and informational memoranda on task force issues at the request of the task force director and deputy director, other senior executive team members, or staff director.
• Established and maintained liaison with officials in state and municipal agencies who have responsibilities in the purview of the task force mission, or affecting the Task Force's areas of responsibility.
• Established a way of tracking patient demographics that participated in testing, vaccination and infusion treatment at BCCFH.
• Developed relationships with community organizations to provide additional resources and services to target population.
• Isolated research topics of interest and devised well-coordinated studies employing quantitative and qualitative techniques.

• Researched laws, court decisions and other documents relevant to cases before court to aide in judge's decision-making.
• Reviewed complaints, petitions, motions and pleadings to aid in determining admissibility.
• Managed administrative duties such as filing documents, scheduling meetings and tracking case statuses.
• Prepared bench memoranda and bench briefs for judges on various legal issues.
• Assisted attorneys with case organization and administrative tasks.
• Attended court sessions to record and listen to critical information.
• Researched and tracked legislation.
• Addressed strategic issues of public policy in various written products to the judge.

Key Accomplishment:

• Developed strategies and arguments in preparation for presentation of cases.
• Assisted supervising attorney in preparing a successful suppression hearing defense in a criminal bench trial where two Baltimore Police officers violated the client's Fourth Amendment right to protection against unreasonable searches and seizures when they searched the client's person while lacking the required articulable suspicion to search the client prior to doing so and discovering a firearm leading to his arrest.
• Interpreted laws, rulings and regulations for individuals.
• Drafted legal briefs and opinions for all clients.
• Analyzed probable outcomes of cases using knowledge of legal precedents.
• Wrote memoranda and reviewed legal briefs.

• Researched and analyzed property law, estate issues, and contract issues for professors using a variety of research methods and resources.
• Performed statistical, qualitative, and quantitative analysis.
• Attended seminars and symposiums to improve overall knowledge and understanding.
• Gathered, arranged, and corrected research data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for presentations.
• Reviewed documents and data to identify trends and patterns.

• Conducted legal research and drafted legal memoranda applicable to school discipline issues and violations of the federal special education laws, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
• Assisted clients (parents and students) with legal issues resulting from schools' failure to comply with federal requirements under IDEA laws.
• Drafted fact sheets for the Center.
• Performed legal and general research, drafting memoranda, and correspondence that were distributed to thirteen Maryland public school districts that were found to be in violation of Special Education requirements as it related to school discipline.
• Attended depositions and legislative hearings and prepared summaries on cases.
• Researched statutes, decisions, legal articles, and codes applicable to special education laws.

Key Accomplishments:

• Researched existing policies and procedures to gain firm understanding of current conditions.
• Investigated policies currently under discussion to assess impact on public health industry.
• Identified, evaluated and developed solutions to remove roadblocks to change.
• Identified trends in public health policies and economics to assist Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) organizations with key decision making.
• Monitored local and national trends, legislative developments, relevant research and evaluation projects and findings, and other relevant developments regarding the effectiveness of HIV treatment programs.
• Conducted policy analyses of policy issues and topics, researched background information, the origin of laws, and the intended impact in order to make effective policy recommendations.
• Established and managed the HIV counseling testing and referral (CTR) program and the linkage-to-care and partner notification program model targeting individuals that engage in high risk behaviors.
• Coordinated internal and external meetings with experts in fields relating to the provision of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) care to adolescents in order to facilitate discussion of future implications for PrEP.
• Developed through research based reports for internal and external meetings related to the provision of PrEP care to adolescents.
• Evaluated legislation and policies by focusing on population health disparities primarily to ensure equity and equality in access to quality health care, health care delivery and health outcomes to marginalized communities.
• Led community outreach efforts to high-risk and marginalized communities to better understand the needs of adolescent men having sex with men (MSM) in underserved communities, by maintaining relationships with community partners and producing appropriate educational products to improve health outcomes of those living with HIV, as well as educated adolescent MSM on PrEP.
• Planned, designed, and performed evaluations, applied research, performance management, and policy analyses on public health programs and target populations specific to the HIV treatment cascade.
• Served as liaison to Chase Brexton Patient Advocacy Committee where I facilitated patient advocacy committee group monthly meetings seeking various measures to achieve satisfactory patient care models and provided status updates to the Senior Leadership Team at monthly meetings.