Education

City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy                                2021 Masters of Science in Public Health Communication for a Social Change            

 

CUNY Brooklyn College                                                                                                                                              2018

Bachelor of Health and Nutrition Science - Public Health

 

National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC), Inc.                                                           2019

Certified Health Education Specialist ID# 32838

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Honors and Awards

Dr. Rhoda Ellis Award                                                                                                                                                 2018 

Outstanding work in Public Health

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Work Experience

Senior Manager , Health Information Tool for Empowerment (HITE)                                        June 202 – Present 

Greater New York Hospital Association, 555 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019

• Oversee daily operations and database management of over 6,000 health and social service resources 

• Community engagement and outreach to hospitals, community-based organizations, and key stakeholders 

• In-person and web-based provider trainings to increase health and social services screening and access 

• Supervision of Program Associates (2), seasonal interns, and volunteers 

 

Program Manager, HITE                                                                                                                Jan 2020 – June 2021

• Oversee daily operations and database management of over 6,000 health and social service resources 

• Monthly scheduling communications and reporting on outreach efforts via newsletter, website and social media

• In-person and web-based demonstrations to increase health and social services provider training

• Supervision of Program Associate, seasonal interns, and volunteers 

 

Helpline Specialist                                                                                                                         Feb 2019 – Jan 2020  

American Liver Foundation, 39 Broadway #2700, New York, NY 10006

• Respond to all helpline calls, emails, chats, and mail requests about liver disease and viral hepatitis

• Collect, analyze, and interpret helpline data avg 10,500/ calls per year

• Assist in planning, researching, and implementing new support service initiatives

 

Chair, Hep Free NYC Communications Committee                                                                  Aug 2017 – Jan 2020

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 42-09 28th St, Long Island City, NY 11101

• Organize monthly conference calls and meetings to develop and discuss communication strategies

• Develop a social media protocol, and posts with information/resources on the Hep Free NYC website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn avg 2-3/scheduled posts per day

• Hosting events and social media campaigns to provide information, resources, network, and identify Hep B and C related needs in the community

 

Outreach Worker, NYC Hepatitis C Task Force Team: H.O.P.E                                                      Sep 2016 – Jan 2018

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 42-09 28th St, Long Island City, NY 11101

• Conducted public health educational program via lectures and presentations on CUNY campuses about viral hepatitis prevent, treatment, cure, or management options 

• Hosted events and social media campaigns to provide information, resources, networks, and identify Hep C and HCV/HIV co-infection related needs across the five boroughs of NYC

• Assisted in policy advancement, initiating projects, and increasing accessibility to information

 

Research Assistant, World Trade Center Health Registry (WTCHR)                                           Jan 2018 – Nov 2018

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 125 Worth St, New York, NY 10013

• Conducted extensive literature reviews for future manuscripts and wave 1- 5 surveys 

• Reviewed survey instruments/questionnaire, codebooks, and enhanced the existing WTCHR major survey crosswalk making all crosswalks consistent in format

• Created a crosswalk for each WTCHR study/survey by topic, category, contents, question numbers, and variables

 

Data Analyst                                                                                                                                     Sep 2016 – Jan 2018

CUNY Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210

• Quantitative and Qualitative academic research Obesity, Type II Diabetes, Diet, and Acculturation in Jamaican and Ghanaian dyad and triad generations of immigrant families

• Recruited research participants, scheduled interviews, and arranged focus groups

• Assisted in the transcription, coding, and analysis via Transcribe and Dedoose software v7.5

• Performed quantitative data analysis on collected information using SPSS v23

 

Publications/Presentations

Margrethe Horlyck-Romanovsky, MPH, DrPH, Katarzyna Wyka, PhD, Sandra E. Echeverria, PhD, Distin T, BS, Hosein S, Terry T-K Huang, PhD, MPH, CPH:Foreign-Born Blacks Experience Lower Risk of Obesity but Higher Risk of Type 2 Diabetes than US-Born Blacks in NYC. New York University, New York, NY .NYULMC Health Disparities Symposium. October 12th , 2017

 

Horlyck-Romanovsky M,  Hosein S , Pauyo P, Distin T,  Jones N,  Neil F, Ahmed R. Diet and Acculturation in Black African Immigrants: The Differential Protective Effect of Cultural Enclaves for Ghanaian Youth, Parents and Grandparents. Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. September 7th-8th , 2017

 

Jones N, Hosein S, Distin T, Pauyo P, Horlyck-Romanovsky M. Diet and Acculturation In Black Ghanaian And Jamaican Immigrants: Recruitment For A Mixed Methods Research Study. CUNY Brooklyn College Science Day, Brooklyn, NY. May 5, 2017 and Public Health Association of New York City (PHANYC) Annual Meeting and Symposium, New York, NY .June 1st , 2017

 

Organizations and Memberships

Advisory Board Member, Type 2 Diabetes                                                                                             2021 – Present

Member, International Health Literacy Association                                                                             2021 – Present 

Member, Social Marketing Association of North America                                                                   2021 – Present

Member, American Public Health Association                                                                                      2019 – Present

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Professional Training

• Days for Girls International Ambassador of Women’s Health   

• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI): 

  • Social and Behavioral research - human subjects

  • Biomedical research - human subject

• Electrocardiograph and Phlebotomy- New York Medical Career Training Center

• SAS Programming 1: Essentials - SAS Institute New York, New York                                                      

 

Computer Skills/Software

• Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel

• IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS v23)

• SAS Enterprise Guide

• Survey Monkey

• Transcribe

• Dedoose v7.5

• rTools III

• Hootsuite

• Teleform Verifier

• Canva