Dr
.
Aisha
Patel
Public
Health
Specialist
·
Epidemiologist
Research
-
driven
public
health
professional
with
9+
years
of
experience
in
epidemiological
surveillance
,
health
program
design
,
and
community
-
based
interventions
across
South
Asia
and
Sub
-
Saharan
Africa
.
aisha
.
patel
@
publichealth
.
org
+1 (415) 827-3941
San
Francisco
,
CA
·
Remote
linkedin
.
com
/
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/
aishapatelph
orcid
.
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CO R E
CO MP ETEN CIES
Epidemiology
&
Research
Study
design
,
biostatistics
(
R
,
STATA
),
outbreak
investigation
,
survey
methodology
,
systematic
review
,
GIS
mapping
(
QGIS
)
Program
Management
Monitoring
&
evaluation
,
logic
models
,
MEL
frameworks
,
budget
planning
,
donor
reporting
(
USAID
,
CDC
,
Gates
Foundation
)
Community
Health
Health
systems
strengthening
,
community
-
based
participatory
research
,
health
behavior
change
,
maternal
and
child
health
Policy
&
Advocacy
Health
policy
analysis
,
stakeholder
engagement
,
technical
writing
,
grant
writing
,
regulatory
compliance
LAN GUAGES
English
Native
Hindi
Fluent
Gujarati
Native
French
Intermediate
(
B
1)
Swahili
Conversational
(
A
2)
CER TIFICATIO N S
Certified
in
Public
Health
(
CPH
)
2021
Project
Management
for
Development
(
PMD
Pro
)
2020
IRB
Ethics
&
Human
Subjects
Protection
(
CITI
)
2019
P R O FES S IO N AL
S UMMAR Y
Epidemiologist
and
public
health
program
leader
with
over
nine
years
of
experience
translating
complex
health
data
into
actionable
policy
and
program
improvements
.
Proven
track
record
of
reducing
maternal
mortality
in
rural
health
zones
by
22
percent
through
evidence
-
based
intervention
design
.
Adept
at
building
cross
-
sector
partnerships
between
ministries
of
health
,
NGOs
,
and
academic
institutions
to
strengthen
disease
surveillance
systems
and
health
service
delivery
.
P R O FES S IO N AL
EXP ER IEN CE
Senior
Epidemiologist
CDC
—
Global
Health
Security
Division
2021 –
Present
Public
Health
Program
Manager
Partners
In
Health
—
Rwanda
2018 – 2021
Lead
a
team
of
8
epidemiologists
in
designing
and
implementing
national
disease
surveillance
systems
across
12
priority
countries
in
sub
-
Saharan
Africa
,
achieving
a
34%
improvement
in
outbreak
detection
timeliness
•
Developed
and
validated
predictive
models
for
cholera
and
measles
outbreaks
using
historical
climate
and
vaccination
data
;
models
adopted
by
4
ministries
of
health
for
early
warning
systems
•
Designed
and
executed
mixed
-
methods
evaluation
of
the
Center
'
s
field
epidemiology
training
program
(
FETP
),
resulting
in
a
$
2.8
M
scale
-
up
grant
from
the
Bill
&
Melinda
Gates
Foundation
•
Co
-
authored
6
peer
-
reviewed
publications
on
infectious
disease
dynamics
and
health
systems
strengthening
;
presented
findings
at
ASTMH
and
ISID
conferences
•
Managed
a
$
3.4
M
maternal
and
child
health
program
across
3
rural
districts
(
Burera
,
Gicumbi
,
Rulindo
),
serving
a
catchment
population
of
640,000
people
•
Reduced
in
-
facility
maternal
mortality
from
147
to
114
per
100,000
live
births
(22.4%
reduction
)
over
30
months
through
introduction
of
a
standardized
emergency
referral
protocol
and
skills
training
for
180
community
health
workers
•
Designed
and
implemented
a
community
health
worker
(
CHW
)
digital
data
collection
system
using
CommCare
,
improving
data
completeness
from
63%
to
91%
within
14
months
•
1 / 3
WHO
Emergency
Response
Framework
2018
TECHN ICAL
S KILLS
Statistical
Software
R
(
advanced
),
STATA
(
proficient
),
SPSS
,
SAS
Data
&
Visualization
Tableau
,
Power
BI
,
QGIS
,
ArcGIS
,
Excel
(
pivot
tables
,
macros
)
Qualitative
Tools
NVivo
,
Dedoose
,
MAXQDA
,
focus
group
facilitation
,
key
informant
interviewing
Epidemiology
Fellow
WHO
—
South
-
East
Asia
Regional
Office
(
SEARO
)
2016 – 2018
Research
Associate
Public
Health
Foundation
of
India
(
PHFI
)
2014 – 2016
EDUCATIO N
Master
of
Public
Health
(
MPH
) —
Epidemiology
Harvard
T
.
H
.
Chan
School
of
Public
Health
2014
Thesis
: “
Spatial
clustering
of
dengue
incidence
in
urban
India
:
a
Bayesian
hierarchical
modeling
approach
” ·
GPA
: 3.92/4.0
Bachelor
of
Science
—
Biology
&
Global
Health
University
of
California
,
Berkeley
2011
Minor
:
Public
Policy
·
GPA
: 3.85/4.0 ·
Phi
Beta
Kappa
S ELECTED
P UB LICATIO N S
Patel
A
.,
Nyirahabimana
E
.,
Uwimana
A
.
“
Effectiveness
of
community
health
worker
-
led
home
visit
programs
on
childhood
vaccination
completion
in
rural
Rwanda
:
a
quasi
-
experimental
study
.”
Vaccine
.
2024;42(3):612-619.
doi
:10.1016/
j
.
vaccine
.2023.12.028
Patel
A
.,
Kilonzo
K
.,
Mfinanga
S
.
“
Predictive
modeling
of
cholera
outbreaks
in
the
African
Great
Lakes
region
using
environmental
covariates
.”
PLOS
Neglected
Tropical
Diseases
. 2023;17(8):
e
0011562.
Sharma
R
.,
Patel
A
.,
Das
A
.
“
Barriers
to
accessing
maternal
health
services
among
internally
displaced
populations
in
Northeast
India
:
a
qualitative
study
.”
Conflict
and
Health
. 2022;16(1):45.
Patel
A
.,
Kalra
A
.,
John
T
.
J
.
“
Seasonal
and
geographic
patterns
of
dengue
transmission
in
India
:
analysis
of
8
years
of
national
surveillance
data
,
2008–2015.”
International
Journal
of
Infectious
Diseases
. 2018;73:84-91.
GR AN TS
&
AWAR DS
Supervised
a
cross
-
functional
team
of
24
staff
including
nurses
,
data
managers
,
and
logistics
coordinators
across
3
district
hospitals
•
Supported
outbreak
investigation
and
response
for
14
disease
events
including
dengue
,
leptospirosis
,
and
Nipah
virus
across
India
,
Nepal
,
and
Bangladesh
•
Developed
standardized
outbreak
investigation
protocols
and
case
investigation
forms
adopted
by
3
national
health
ministries
•
Conducted
secondary
data
analysis
of
8
years
of
national
surveillance
data
to
identify
seasonal
and
geographic
risk
factors
for
dengue
in
India
;
findings
informed
national
vector
control
guideline
revisions
•
Coordinated
a
multi
-
site
cohort
study
on
non
-
communicable
disease
risk
factors
among
urban
slum
populations
in
Delhi
and
Chennai
(
n
=4,200
participants
)
•
Managed
data
collection
,
cleaning
,
and
preliminary
analysis
using
STATA
;
achieved
94%
follow
-
up
rate
at
18-
month
interval
•
Trained
and
supervised
14
field
interviewers
in
ethical
data
collection
protocols
,
informed
consent
procedures
,
and
anthropometric
measurement
standards
•
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P R O FES S IO N AL
AFFILIATIO N S
CDC
Dr
.
David
J
.
Sencer
Medal
for
Excellence
in
Global
Health
(2023)
—
Recognized
for
contributions
to
disease
surveillance
strengthening
in
sub
-
Saharan
Africa
•
NIH
Fogarty
Global
Health
Fellowship
(2019–2020)
—
$
85,000
award
for
research
on
maternal
health
systems
in
Rwanda
•
Harvard
Presidential
Scholar
(2012–2014)
—
Full
tuition
merit
scholarship
for
MPH
program
•
WHO
Excellence
in
Outbreak
Response
(2017)
—
Team
citation
for
Nipah
virus
outbreak
containment
in
Kerala
,
India
•
American
Public
Health
Association
(
APHA
) —
Epidemiology
Section
Member
(2015–
present
)
•
International
Society
for
Disease
Surveillance
(
ISDS
) —
Member
(2018–
present
)
•
Society
for
Epidemiologic
Research
(
SER
) —
Member
(2020–
present
)
•
Global
Health
Corps
Alumni
Network
—
Mentor
(2021–
present
)
•
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