Ahmad Nusair
9873 Tapestry Park Circle, Apt 311. Jacksonville, FL 32246
(812) 351-9328 | [email protected]
Education
Master of Public Health (MPH) May 2020
Indiana University, School of Public Health Bloomington, IN
Specialization: Epidemiology GPA: 3.81/4.0
Bachelor of Medicine (MD) January 2015
University of Kalamoon, School of Medicine Damascus, Syria
GPA: 3.04/4.0
Languages: Fluent in English and Arabic
Proficient in German
Professional Experience
Biological Scientist III – Florida Department of Health July 2020 – Present
PrEP – HIV/AIDS and communicable diseases Saint John’s, FL
PrEP/Npep subject matter expertise
Conduct PrEP navigation activities
Conduct methods of compiling, organizing, and analyzing data
Coaching technique and reinforcement of positive outcomes
Case Investigation Team Lead – Florida Department of Health July 2020 – Present
COVID-19 Response Saint John’s, FL
Train subordinate staff on the appropriate way to document disease investigations and contact tracing outcomes
Supervise a unit of people that collectively perform all functions of the COVID-19 Community Team response
Coordinate the unit’s schedules and be available for daily supervision and troubleshooting
Immediately identify and report any issues that arise with the unit performing their core responsibilities
Track weekly progress using data reports and report progress to Local Health Department Director
Adhere to FDOH Privacy and Security policies to ensure that patient and company data is properly safeguarded
Educational Experience
Internship – Indiana State Department of Health January 2020 – May 2020
Lead and Healthy Homes Division Indianapolis, IN
Analyze the lead surveillance system, identifying trends in emerging lead risks at a neighborhood level
Identify where lead risks and historical lead exposure overlap, to target resources to the communities most at-risk
Work with large datasets and ArcGIS
Internship – Indiana State Department of Health Laboratories January 2020 – May 2020
Opioid and Chemistry Lab Indianapolis, IN
Prepare and analyze clinical urine and blood specimens for opioid and other drugs of abuse
Associate Instructor – Indiana University January 2020 – May 2020
Indiana University School of Medicine Bloomington, IN
Teach and conduct anatomy lab sessions for undergraduate students
Teach practical aspects of human anatomy and histology on virtual microscopes, donors, and models.
Tutor – Indiana University January 2019 -December 2019
Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies Bloomington, IN
Met students at the school to review their homework assignments in the applicable subject area
Reviewed class material with students by discussing the text, working solutions to problems, or reviewing worksheets or other assignments
Prepared lesson plans or learning modules for tutoring sessions according to students’ needs and goals.
Teaching Assistant – Indiana University September 2018 -December 2019
School of Public Health Bloomington, IN
Reinforced lessons presented by teachers by reviewing material with students one-on-one or in small groups
Assisted teachers with recordkeeping, such as tracking attendance and calculating grades
Met scheduled classes and led discussions, answered questions, and clarified materials
Medical Experience
General Practitioner March 2015 – August 2018
Ministry of Health Amman, Jordan
Administered treatment, medication, therapy, vaccinations, and other medical care to treat patient diseases, injuries, and illnesses
Prescribed medication or specialized care to meet specific patient needs
Monitored the progress and current condition of patients to determine whether current treatments were working or if modifications were needed
Collected patient information (including examination results, medical history, and other reports).
Analyzed images or tested data to make diagnoses and develop treatment plans
Academic Projects
Community Needs Assessment for Lawrence County, Indiana and Rheumatoid Arthritis in Adults & Intervention Proposal – Telemedicine.
Assessment and Planning in Public Health January 2019
Applied key principles in practice via development and presentation of a community needs assessment on a specific topic and an intervention proposal based on the assessment.
Development of competencies as proposed by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)
Smoking Trend and its Association with Lung Cancer
Chronic Disease Epidemiology August 2019
Studied global trends of smoking in different countries and differences in incidence rates in developed and developing countries
Gender, Diabetes, Current Smoking, Alcohol Consumption on Prognostic Factors for Coronary Heart Diseases
Intermediate Epidemiologic Methods August 2019
Customized Jackson Heart Study (teaching purposes), data cleaning, descriptive epidemiology, stratified analysis, logistic regression, interpretation of results
The Relationship between Fitness Centers and Rheumatoid Arthritis Outcomes among Marion County, Indiana Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study
Social Epidemiology September 2019
Identified key social variables that are related to Rheumatoid Arthritis outcomes and how they are commonly measured, identify key study designs used to answer social epidemiologic research.
Professional Certifications
Addressing Health Equity: A Public Health Essential – University of Albany July 2020
Introduction to Incident Command System, ICS-100 – FEMA July 2020
COVID-19 Case Investigator – California Dept. of Health June 2020
Making Contact: A Training for COVID-19 Contact Tracers – California Dept. of Health May 2020
CITI Training for Social/Behavioral and Biomedical Research February 2019
NIH (National Institutes of Health) Plan Language February 2019
Basic Life Support (BLS) & Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) – AHA April 2018
Goethe-Zertifikat (A2: Fit in Deutsch) July 2017
Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) June 2017
Computer Skills
SAS 9.4
R Studio
SPSS
ArcGIS
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Teams
Adobe InDesign