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Job Title: Psychologist

Department: Department of the Army

Agency: HQDA Field Operating Agencies and Staff Support Agencies

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Core Competencies

Training Program Development, Program Evaluation Studies Design, Statistical Analysis, Written/Oral Communication, Report Development/Presentation, Research Portfolio Management, Stakeholder Interface, Technical/Scientific Literature Review, Research Programs/Products Review, Inter-Organization Communication for Information Acquisition, Contract Oversight Capabilities

 

 

Professional Experience

 

September 2015 - Present

TechWerks, LLC

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR)

Silver Spring, MD

Hours per Week: N/A

Salary: N/A

Supervisor: N/A Phone: N/A May Contact: N/A

 

Research Psychologist, Research Transition Office (RTO)

 

Effectively assess/develop/refine mental resilience training programs for use by U.S. Army; design/implement program evaluation, analyze statistics and, as Principal Investigator, present results in written/oral reports on research to effectively integrate internal/external findings into Army-appropriate applications.

 

 

April 2015 - Present

Healthcare Innovation and Technology Lab (HITLAB)

New York, NY

Hours per Week: N/A

Salary: N/A

Supervisor: N/A Phone: N/A May Contact: N/A

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Fellow

 

Successfully assist in developing Grant applications and provide expert input regarding study protocols on digital health projects. Authored white paper on mobile communication device ( mHealth) applications designed to support bridging inequities in global mental health activities.

 

 

March 2014 - Present

National Center for Child Health and Development (NCCHD)

Department of Health Policy

Tokyo, Japan

Hours per Week: N/A

Salary: N/A

Supervisor: N/A Phone: N/A May Contact: N/A

 

Adjunct Research Fellow

 

In this concurrent assignment, perform systematic reviews with meta-analyses and compile evidence summaries/ Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) tables needed for developing WHO guidelines on the use of antenatal corticosteroid therapy for improving maternal/child outcomes of women at risk of pre-term birth. Conduct systematic reviews, commissioned by Japanese Ministry of Health, of impact of nutrition supplements as well as heavy metal exposure on childhood development disorders. Also perform meta-analyses on the effects of human resources for health on maternal/child survival in low-/middle-income countries.

 

 

December 2011 - Present

The Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation (RJIF)

Tokyo, Japan

Hours per Week: N/A

Salary: N/A

Supervisor: N/A Phone: N/A May Contact: N/A

 

Visiting Fellow

 

Selected to support this independent think tank as a Founding Member; continually provide crucial recommendations focused on the transformative reconstruction of Japan, including country s socio-economic system. Provide exceptional drafting/ghost writing/editing of array of articles/essays on RJIF Independent Investigative Commission on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident for publication by Dr. Yoichi Funabashi in multiple international newspapers/journals, including Financial Times, International Herald Tribune and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

 

 

July 2014 July 2015

The University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

Hours per Week: N/A

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Assistant Professor, Department of Family Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine

 

Adroitly served as lead academic advisor for two Masters Degree students, providing comprehensive assistance in all study areas including field research, data analysis and preparing dissertations. Additionally, presented lectures on global health, research methodologies and English presentations/writing skills, performed independent as well as collaborative research and regularly published materials that included work on HIV/AIDS, non-communicable diseases, tobacco smoking, behavioral changes, depression and social capital.

 

 

January 2012 February 2012

Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)

Seattle, WA

Hours per Week: N/A

Salary: N/A

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Intern, Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) Unit

 

Expertly reviewed literature, with focus on identifying crucial capacity-building programs/curricula concerning data for decision-making, management and performance improvement of health systems in low-resource settings. Utilized MS Excel to design indexed database of recommended core curricula for use by Unit to increase capacity for field-based projects. In seminar setting, presented findings and introduced database applications.

 

 

September 2011 December 2011

World Health Organization (WHO)

Geneva, Switzerland

Hours per Week: N/A

Salary: N/A

Supervisor: N/A Phone: N/A May Contact: N/A

 

Consultant, Department of Human Resources for Health (HRH)

 

Provided strong direction to multiple remote international research teams engaged in compiling evidence for WHO Initiative on Transforming and Scaling Up Health Professional Education within Health Workforce Education and Production (HEP) Unit. Performed in-depth review of literature that addressed recruitment/admission/retention of students from under-served/under-represented/rural populations to health professional schools; also reviewed literature concerning evaluation of curricula designed to perform needed changes to meet evolving needs. Compiled evidence tables and GRADE profiles for incorporation into the WHO guideline development process.

 

 

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May 2010 August 2010

United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF)

Dibrugarh, India

Hours per Week: N/A

Salary: N/A

Supervisor: N/A Phone: N/A May Contact: N/A

 

Intern, Knowledge Community on Children in India

 

Tasked to design/implement field research in rural northeastern India; assessed impact/reach of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Program to the isolated communities of Dibrugarh district, Assam. Developed multiple mitigation/remediation recommendations and presented findings to UNICEF personnel as well as local governing entities; also was co-author of 55-page case study published by UNICEF India Country Office.

 

 

August 2007 March 2009

The Asahi Shimbun

Tokyo, Japan

Hours per Week: N/A

Salary: N/A

Supervisor: N/A Phone: N/A May Contact: N/A

 

Research Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief

 

In this assignment skillfully developed daily summaries/analyses of crucial, relevant current affairs as well as media coverage. Held responsibilities for drafting array of essays/articles for publication by Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Yoichi Funabashi, in major international newspapers/journals, i.e. International Herald Tribune, Newsweek, Foreign Affairs. Also authored speeches for delivery by Dr. Funabashi at multiple international conferences/seminars.

 

 

August 2006 August 2007

Yatsushiro Board of Education (JET Programme)

Kumamoto, Japan

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Salary: N/A

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Assistant Language Teacher

 

Designed/executed comprehensive English language curriculum for use in all grades at Sencho Elementary School; also provided continual classroom support and English language consultation for Japanese staff personnel at Sencho Junior High School.

 

 

July 2005 May 2006

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Washington, DC

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Legal Assistant

 

Skillfully provided research/administrative/technical support for ten-attorney legal firm; organized exhibits and multimedia presentations of exhibit documents during multi-million-dollar, month-long lawsuit trial against State of Alabama.

 

 

December 2003 January 2004

La Clinical del Pueblo

Washington, DC

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Intern, Grants and Contracts Administration

 

Successfully completed needed research for annual update of donor institution fact sheet/Grant request timetable; employed cold-calling methodologies to Grant-providing institutions for fact-finding project.

 

 

December 2002 January 2003

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Boston, MA

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Intern, Compliance Enforcement Division

 

Performed research and designed fact sheets that detailed supplementary projects for organizations deemed to be in violation of environmental regulations; presented fact sheets to department specialists.

 

 

Education

 

The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Community and Global Health, 2014

GPA: N/A

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The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Master of Science, Community and Global Health, 2011

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GPA: N/A

Semester/Credit Hours: N/A

 

Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

Bachelor of Arts, Biology; German Minor, 2005

GPA: N/A

Semester/Credit Hours: N/A

 

 

 

Special Training

 

Florence International Training Course 2012, The new policy for health in Europe: Improving health for all and reducing health inequities , Region of Tuscany (Italy) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) Office for Investment for Health and Development in Venice, November 2012

 

Special training in Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology, World Health Organization (WHO), December 2011

 

Global Health Leadership Program, launched under the auspices of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's promotional program, "Fostering Young Researchers for Innovation Creation", May-September 2011

 

Special Training in Marginal Budgeting for Bottlenecks (MBB) and Health Investment Case Development, Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, July 2009

 

 

 

Professional Memberships/Honors

 

Member, Japan Academy of Nursing Science, 2014

University of Tokyo Special Fellowship for International Students, 2011-2014

Master's thesis awarded highest score of the year among graduating peers in the Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, March 2011

University of Tokyo Academic Research Grant for field work in Nepal, 2010

Freeman Asia Scholarship for summer study in Japan, 2004

Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society membership, 2003

 

 

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Published Works/Presentations

 

Journal Articles

 

Miyazaki C, Koyama M, Ota E, Swa T, Amiya RM, Mlunde L, Tachibana Y, Yamamoto-Hanada K, Mori R. Allergies in children with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Rev J Autism Dev Disord 2015, 2(4):374-401.

 

Amiya RM, Poudel KC, Poudel-Tandukar K, Pandey BD, Jimba M. Perceived family support, depression, and suicidal ideation among people living with HIV/AIDS in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. PLoS ONE 2014. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090959.

 

Rodriguez-Fernandez R, Siopa M, Simpson SJ, Amiya RM, Breda JB, Cappuccio FP. Current salt reduction policies across gradients of inequality-adjusted human development in the WHO European region: minding the gaps. Public Health Nutr 2013; doi: 10.1017/S0000 xxxxxx xxxx , xxxx , xxxxx 0000000195X.

 

Saw YM, Win KL, Shiao LW, Thandar MM, Amiya RM, Shibanuma A, Tun S, Jimba M. Taking stock of Myanmar s progress toward the health-related Millennium Development Goals: current roadblocks, paths ahead. Int J Equity Health 2013; 12: 78.

 

Amiya RM, Cope JE, Poudel KC, Jimba M. At the intersection of public health and criminal justice systems. Lancet 2013; 381: 534.

 

Cercone JA, Rodriguez-Fernandez R, Amiya RM. Hospital reorganization and restructuring: the case of Kazakhstan. World Hosp Health Serv 2013; 49: 27-31.

Yamamoto TS, Sunguya BF, Shiao LW, Amiya RM, Saw YM, Jimba M. Migration of health workers in the Pacific Islands: a bottleneck to health development. Asia Pac J Public Health 2012; doi: 0000 xxxxxx xxxx , xxxx , xxxxx 00000/0000 xxxxxx xxxx , xxxx , xxxxx 000009.

 

Amiya RM, Poudel KC, Poudel-Tandukar K, Kobayashi J, Pandey BD, Jimba M. Physicians are a key to encouraging cessation of smoking among people living with HIV/AIDS: a cross-sectional study in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. BMC Public Health 2011; 11: 677.

 

Sunguya BF, Amiya RM. Malaria control beyond 2010 - Community policing will do. BMJ 2010; 340; doi:10.1136/bmj.c2714.

 

Book Chapters

 

Yasuoka J, Saito J, Saw YM, Sunguya BF, Amiya RM, Jimba M. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Relevance for Low-Income Countries in Asia. In Routledge Handbook on Global Public Health in Asia. Griffiths S, Khroundina V, and Ko C, Eds. London, New York: Routledge, 2014.

 

Amiya RM, Cope JE, Poudel KC, Jimba M. HIV/AIDS at the Intersection of Public Health and Criminal Justice: Toward an Evidence-informed, Health and Human Rights-based Approach. In Routledge Handbook on International Crime and Justice Studies. Arrigo BA and Bersot HY, Eds. London, New York: Routledge, 2013.

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Conference Presentations and Posters

 

Amiya RM, Poudel-Tandukar K, Pandey BD, Jimba M, Poudel KC. Community-based care is associated with lower levels of internalized HIV/AIDS-related stigma among people living with HIV/AIDS in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Paper No. 3094.00. Poster presentation at Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, 30 September 3 October 2014, Cape Town, South Africa.

 

Rodriguez-Fernandez R, Amiya RM, Bangs MJ, Kushadiwijaya H. Non-communicable disease risk factors among health care providers in Timika, Papua Province, Indonesia: a neglected health system bottleneck. Paper No. 1250.00. Poster presentation at Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, 30 September 3 October 2014, Cape Town, South Africa.

 

Amiya RM, Poudel-Tandukar, Pandey BD, Jimba M, Poudel KC. Barriers and facilitators to self-reported adherence to antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV/AIDS in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Poster No. MOPE052. Poster presentation at the 20^th International AIDS Conference, 20-25 July 2014, Melbourne, Australia.

 

Amiya RM, Poudel-Tandukar, Pandey BD, Jimba M, Poudel KC. Changes in perceived family support predict subsequent suicidal ideation among people living with HIV/AIDS in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: the double-edged sword of family relationships. Poster No. THPE030. Poster presentation at the 20^th International AIDS Conference, 20-25 July 2014, Melbourne, Australia.

 

Amiya RM, Poudel-Tandukar K, Pandey BD, Jimba M, Poudel KC. Longitudinal effects of social and family support on depression among people living with HIV/AIDS in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Poster presentation at 11^th International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, 18-22 November 2013, Bangkok, Thailand.

 

Amiya RM, Poudel KC, Poudel-Tandukar K, Kobayashi J, Pandey BD, Khatri S, Jimba M. Antiretroviral therapy as a risk factor for depression, suicidal ideation, and suicidal attempts among people living with HIV/AIDS in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Abstract No. P4.149. Poster presentation at the STI & AIDS World Congress, 14-17 July 2013, Vienna, Austria. Sex Transm Infect July 2013 Vol. 89 (Suppl 1): A333-4.

 

Amiya RM, An integrated wellness program to address the heavy burden of psychiatric comorbidities and tobacco smoking among people with drug use disorders. Oral presentation at Unite For Sight Global Health & Innovation Conference 2013, 13-14 April 2013, New Haven, CT, USA.

 

Amiya RM, Poudel KC, Poudel-Tandukar K, Kobayashi J, Pandey BD, Khatri S, Jimba M. Depression and risky behaviors among people living with HIV/AIDS in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Abstract No. 802.00. Poster presentation at the Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference 2012, 17-19 October 2012, Melbourne, Australia.

 

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Amiya RM, Poudel KC, Poudel-Tandukar K, Kobayashi J, Pandey BD, Khatri S, Jimba M. A heavy burden of smoking among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: sociodemographic, clinical, and psychosocial correlates. Abstract No. D2-P03. Poster presentation at the 15^th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 20-24 March 2012, Singapore.

 

Amiya RM, Rodriguez-Fernandez R. Transformative curriculum reform in response to evolving educational and population health needs: a systematic review of the literature. Poster presentation at Transformative Education for Global Health Preparing Health Professionals for an Interdependent World, a joint conference between University College London, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the London International Development Centre and the Institute of Education (with support from the Lancet), 15 February 2012, London, UK.

 

Rodriguez-Fernandez R, Amiya RM. Partnering health professional schools as a move towards transformative education: a systematic review of the effects on quantity, quality and relevance of health professionals. Poster presentation at Transformative Education for Global Health Preparing Health Professionals for an Interdependent World, a joint conference between University College London, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the London International Development Centre and the Institute of Education (with support from the Lancet), 15 February 2012, London, UK.

 

Amiya RM, Poudel KC, Poudel-Tandukar K, Kobayashi J, Pandey BD, Khatri S, Jimba M. Perceived impact of smoking on quality of life and readiness to quit smoking among HIV-positive smokers in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Abstract No. OP-01407. Poster presentation at 10^th International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, 26-30 August 2011, Busan, Republic of Korea.

 

Reports

 

Amiya RM, Gupta S, Habib N, Whitesides E. WASH and women: a situation analysis of living and working conditions in the Tea Gardens of Dibrugarh District, Assam. UNICEF. March 2011.