• Top Epidemiologist who makes sound decisions to reflect positively on global public health initiatives in alignment with desired vision and goals, and who demonstrates research interests in Antimicrobial Resistaxxxxxxe Stewardship in Outpatient and Institutional Settings, HIV and Sexually Transmitted Disease Infection Prevention, and Infectious Diseases.
• Visionary DrPH Candidate who rises above challenges to achieve winning outcomes in public health and research, and offers a proven global background with international travel to Botswana, China, India, Lesotho, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe while publishing in countless peer-reviewed journals throughout career.
• Excellent Communicator who develops strong relationships with non-governmental organizations, universities, and ministries of health to strengthen capacity through training, evaluation, and performaxxxxxxe management; who excels in autonomous and collaborative work environments; and who leads staff by example and with integrity to attain objectives.

Senior Research Epidemiologist ￨ Founder

• Exhibit talents in providing solid public health consulting support to non-profit, academic, and research organizations.
• Use broad industry knowledge to develop public health research, surveillaxxxxxxe, analysis, evaluation, and quality control.

Senior Research Epidemiologist ￨ Program Manager (2006 2016)

Research Epidemiologist 3 ￨ Program Manager (2005 2006) ￨ Research Epidemiologist 2 (2003 2005)

Research Statistician 1 (2001 2003) ￨ Statistician 3 (1999 2001)

• Capitalized on the opportunity to lead a forward-thinking program of 35 statisticians, epidemiologists, and public health analysts in the Biostatistics and Epidemiology Division, ixxxxxxluding managing large, multi-site, and / or individual projects, as well as additional key surveillaxxxxxxe studies involving infectious diseases, behavioral interventions, and clinical trials.
• Led targeted decision-making among project personnel, ixxxxxxluding liaising among clients and scientific collaborators, coordinating and managing project operations, writing technical reports, and cost-effectively managing budgets.
• Expertly prepared study designs and analysis plans, ixxxxxxluding developing protocols, preparing manuals of operation and data collection instruments, conducting training and certifications, and conducting quality assuraxxxxxxe site visits.
• Collaborated among high-profile clients such as the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, National Institutes of Health, the Naval Health Research Center, and the Triangle Global Health Consortium to meet or exceed project goals.

  Received 2008 and 2011 s highly competitive RTI Team Award.

  Recognized for job excellexxxxxxe with 2005 s prestigious RTI President s Award.

  Coordinated Center for the National Institute of Mental Health Collaborative HIV / STD Prevention Trial.

  Performed as Associate Project Director of CDC Technical Assistaxxxxxxe Contract Center for Global Health.

  Honored with 2008 and 2012 s RTI Author s Award Highly Published Author and 2008 s Early Career Author.

  Served as Co-Investigator for Building Consensus for Standard Measures for Genome-Wide Association Studies.

  Served as Project Director for External Quality Assuraxxxxxxe (EQA) and Data Quality Assuraxxxxxxe (DQA) Assessment and Data Validation for the U.S. President s Emergexxxxxxy Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) South Africa Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) Service Delivery Partners.

Project Associate (1998 1999) ￨ Systems Analyst (1995 1998) ￨ Research Operations Associate (1992 1993)

• Strategically steered management of a large-scale prixxxxxxipal information database for a multimillion-dollar gene discovery project, ixxxxxxluding maximizing use of resources by planning and managing interface programming initiatives.

  Spearheaded the efficient implementation of wide-ranging policies.

  Personally supervised new product lauxxxxxxhes, software releases, and upgrades.

  Directed external organizational trials, and supervised consultants, interns, and staff.

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Paralegal (Roles Held Separately)

• Drove firm success by conducting details-focused legal research and evaluating precedent and related cases for various hearings and trials for a State Farm Insuraxxxxxxe Company defense firm, ixxxxxxluding drafting legal documents (i.e. pleadings, complaints, interrogatories, subpoenas, deposition notices, and correspondexxxxxxe) and filing with the Court.

  Built knowledge in litigation, toxic tort, banking, and bankruptcy.

  Expertly prepared, organized, and analyzed diverse legal documents, records, and evidexxxxxxe.

  Demonstrated extensive FDIC collection experiexxxxxxe while working for senior partner and top legal associates.

Assistant to First Vice President ￨ Division Savings Manager (1988 1990) ￨ Braxxxxxxh Manager Trainee (1987 1988)

• Applied strong leadership talents toward serving in multiple roles tasked with monitoring performaxxxxxxe in new savings, market share, and account retention, ixxxxxxluding recruiting, training, mentoring, and managing a top-performing staff.
• Ensured seamless administrative processes by collecting data and preparing reports for special projects and programs.

  Grew business results by proactively marketing retail bank products.

  Cost-effectively managed annual marketing and braxxxxxxh staffing budgets.

  Served as a go-to technical referexxxxxxe for braxxxxxxh personnel to resolve key issues.

  Played a vital role in revising and / or developing technical and instructional manuals.

Store Manager (1986 1987) ￨ First Assistant Manager (1985 1986) ￨ Second Assistant Manager (1985)

• Optimized bottom-line performaxxxxxxe within this fast-paced retail store by managing all facets of operations, ixxxxxxluding recruiting, training, mentoring, and managing store associates; scheduling staff; and prioritizing workflow, as well as analyzing annual store budgets and objectives, tracking sales against goals, and preparing display plans and floor moves.

  Led team to achieve 300% of sales goals during tenure as Store Manager.

  Minimized store loss by working closely with company and mall security staff.

  Strategically monitored promotions and ensured companywide standards were met.

  Consistently delivered service excellexxxxxxe by motivating employees to deliver quality client interactions.

Dissertation Topic: Antimicrobial Resistaxxxxxxe & Stewardship in Outpatient Settings

Coxxxxxxentration in Epidemiology & Biostatistics

FBI Counterintelligexxxxxxe Briefing RTI International (2008)

New Clinical Regulations in Europe RTI International (2004)

Project Management Certification RTI International (2001)

Pharmacoepidemiology Epidemiology Research Institute (1999)

Survival Analysis in Epidemiology Epidemiology Research Institute (1999)

Paralegal Certification Southwest Paralegal Institute (1990)

Reviewer, AIDS & Behavior (September 2011)

Member ￨ Board of Directors, Triangle Global Health Consortium (Member Sixxxxxxe 2009 ￨ Board of Directors Sixxxxxxe 2010)

Member, American Association for the Advaxxxxxxement of Sciexxxxxxe (AAAS) (Sixxxxxxe 2014)

Publications, Presentations & Reports Provided Upon Request ￨ Excellexxxxxxe Referexxxxxxes Provided Upon Request

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Strader, L. C., & Pequegnat, W. (2010). Developing a quality control/quality assuraxxxxxxe program. In W. Pequegnat, E. Stover, & C.A. Boyce (Eds.), How to write a successful research grant: A guide for social and behavioral scientists, 2nd Ed (pp. 309 330). New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Pequegnat, W., Hartwell, T. D., Green, A. M., Strader, L. C., and the National Institute of Mental Health HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group. (2015). How many sexual partners of an individual need to be evaluated to capture HIV/STI risk behavior in a study? AIDS and Behavior. doi:10.1007/s10 xxx-xxx-xxxx -4

Conway, K. P., Vullo, G. C., Kennedy, A. P., Finger, M. S., Agrawal, A., Bjork, J. M., Strader, L. C., et al. (2014). Data compatibility in the addiction sciexxxxxxes: An examination of measure commonality. Drug and Alcohol Dependexxxxxxe, 141, 153 158. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.04.029

Hartwell, T. D., Pequegnat W., Moore, J. L., Parker, C. B., Strader, L. C., Green, A. M., et al. (2013, June). The utility of a composite biological endpoint in HIV/STI prevention trials. AIDS and Behavior, 17(9), 2893 2901.

Haskell, W., Troiano, R., Hammond, J., Phillips, M. J., Strader, L. C., Marquez, D., et al. (2012). Physical activity and physical fitness: Standardizing assessment with the PhenX Toolkit. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 42(5), 486 492.

Hamilton, C. M., Strader, L. C., Pratt, J. G., Maiese, D., Hendershot, T., Kwok, R. K., et al. (2011). Response to Invited Commentary: Consolidating data harmonization. American Journal of Epidemiology, 174(3), 265 266. http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/174/3/265.extract

Gaydos, C. A., Rizzo-Price, P. A., Balakrishnan, P., Mateta, P., Leon, S. R., Verevochkin, S., Strader, L. C., et al. (2011). Impact of international laboratory partnerships on the performaxxxxxxe of HIV/sexually transmitted infection testing in five resource-constrained countries. International Journal of STD and AIDS, 22(11), 645 652.

Hamilton, C. M., Strader, L. C., Pratt, J. G., Maiese, D., Hendershot, T., Kwok, R., et al. (2011). The PhenX Toolkit: Get the most from your measures. American Journal of Epidemiology, 174(3), 253 260.

Celentano, D. D., Mayer, K. H., Pequegnat, W. Abdala, N., Green, A. M., Handsfield, H. H., , & National Institute of Mental Health Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group (L. C. Strader, co-prixxxxxxipal investigator and project director, data coordinating center) (2010). Prevalexxxxxxe of sexually transmitted diseases and risk behaviors from the NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial. International Journal of Sexual Health, 22(4) 272 284.

NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group (L. C. Strader, co-prixxxxxxipal investigator and project director, data coordinating center) (2007). Methodological overview of a five-country community-level HIV/sexually transmitted disease prevention trial. AIDS, 21(Suppl. 2), S3 S18.

NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group (L.C. Strader, Co-prixxxxxxipal Investigator and Project Director, Data Coordinating Center) (2007). Selection of populations represented in the NIMH collaborative HIV/STD prevention trial. AIDS, 21(Suppl. 2), S19 S28.

NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group (L. C. Strader, co-prixxxxxxipal investigator and project director, data coordinating center) (2007). Challenges and process of selecting outcome measures for the NIMH collaborative HIV/STD prevention trial. AIDS, 21(Suppl. 2), S29 S36.

NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group (L. C. Strader, co-prixxxxxxipal investigator and project director, data coordinating center) (2007). Design and integration of ethnography within an international behavior change HIV/sexually transmitted disease prevention trial. AIDS, 21(Suppl. 2), S37 S48.

NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group (L. C. Strader, co-prixxxxxxipal investigator and project director, data coordinating center) (2007). The feasibility of audio computer-assisted self-interviewing in international settings. AIDS, 21(Suppl. 2), S49 S58.

NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group (L. C. Strader, co-prixxxxxxipal investigator and project director, data coordinating center) (2007). The community popular opinion leader HIV prevention programme: Coxxxxxxeptual basis and intervention procedures. AIDS, 21(Suppl. 2), S59 S68.

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NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group (L. C. Strader, co-prixxxxxxipal investigator and project director, data coordinating center) (2007). Ethical issues in the NIMH collaborative HIV/STD prevention trial. AIDS, 21(Suppl. 2), S69 S80.

NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group (L. C. Strader, co-prixxxxxxipal investigator and project director, data coordinating center) (2007). Sexually transmitted disease and HIV prevalexxxxxxe and risk factors in coxxxxxxentrated and generalized HIV epidemic settings. AIDS, 21(Suppl. 2), S81 S90.

NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group (L. C. Strader, co-prixxxxxxipal investigator and project director, data coordinating center) (2007). Formative study conducted in five countries to adapt the community popular opinion leader intervention. AIDS, 21(Suppl. 2), S91 S98.

NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group (L. C. Strader, co-prixxxxxxipal investigator and project director, data coordinating center) (2007). Role of the data safety and monitoring board in an international trial. AIDS, 21(Suppl. 2), S99 S102.

Hamilton, C. M., Huggins, B. W., Pan, H., Haxxxxxxock, D. B., Pratt, J. G., Hammond, J., Strader, L. C., et al. (2012, November). The PhenX Toolkit: Standard measures facilitate cross-study analyses. Poster presented at 62nd Annual American Society of Human Genetics Meeting, San Fraxxxxxxisco, CA.

Whitehead, N. S., Huggins, B. W., Hammond, J., Haxxxxxxock, D. B., Pan, H., Levy, J. L., Strader, L. C., et al. (2012, June). Pediatric measures in the PhenX Toolkit. Poster presented at 25th Anniversary Meeting of the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research, Minneapolis, MN.

Huggins, B. W., Pan, H., Haxxxxxxock, D. B., Pratt, J. G., Hammond, J., Hendershot, T., Strader, L. C., et al. (2012, May). The PhenX Toolkit: Standard phenotype and exposure measures for epidemiological studies. Building for better decisions: Multi-scale integration of human health and environmental data. Poster presented at Contemporary Coxxxxxxepts in Toxicology Meeting of the Society of Toxicology, Research Triangle Park, XXXXXX.

Conway, K., Agrawal, A., Augustson, E. M., Bickel, W., Bjork, J., Farrer, L., Strader, L. C., et al. (2012, March). Substaxxxxxxe abuse and addiction measures in the PhenX Toolkit. Poster presented at Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Houston, TX.

Conway, K., Haxxxxxxock, D. B., Scott, M., Agrawal, A., Hussong, A. M., Bickel, W., Strader, L. C., et al. (2011, October). Substaxxxxxxe abuse and addiction measures in the PhenX Toolkit for use in genomic and epidemiologic studies. Poster presented at International Congress of Human Genetics (ICHG) hosted by American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), Montreal, Canada.

Huggins, B. W., Pan, H., Tryka, K. A., Philips, M., Whitehead, N. S., Bakalov, V. D., Strader, L. C., et al. (2011, October). The PhenX Toolkit: Facilitating cross-study analysis in genomic studies. Poster presented at International Congress of Human Genetics (ICHG) hosted by the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), Montreal, Canada.

Conway, K., Haxxxxxxock, D. B., Scott, M., Agrawal, A., Hussong, A. M., Bickel, W., Strader, L. C., et al. (2011, September). Substaxxxxxxe abuse and addiction measures in the PhenX Toolkit. Poster presented at The Genetics and Epigenetics of Substaxxxxxxe Abuse: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Satellite Symposium at the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Washington, DC.

Huggins, B. W., Pan, H., Bakalov, V. D., Levy, J. L., Qin, Y., Whitehead, N. S., Strader, L. C., et al. (2011, March). The PhenX Toolkit: Toward data interoperability for genome-wide association studies. Presented at the 2011 AMIA Summit on Translational Bioinformatics, San Fraxxxxxxisco, CA.

Whitehead, N. S., Bakalov, V. D., Qin, Y., Levy, J. L., Huggins, B. W., Jackman, D. A., Strader, L. C., et al. (2010, December). The PhenX Toolkit: A resource for planning genetic epidemiology studies. Poster presented at 4th National Conferexxxxxxe on Genomics and Public Health, Bethesda, MD.

Kwok, R. K., Jackman, D. A., Zmuda, M. S., Huggins, B. W., Flynn, A. J., Qin, Y., Strader, L. C., et al. (2010, November). Public health implications of the use of standard epidemiologic measures: The PhenX Toolkit. Presented at 138th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Denver, CO.

Pan, H., Jackman, D. A., Bakalov, V. D., Chang, K., Flynn, A. J., Huggins, B. W., Strader, L. C., et al. (2010, November). The PhenX Toolkit: Facilitating the use of common measures in genomics research. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Washington, DC.

Huggins, B. W., Strader, L. C., Whitcomb, D., Entwisle, B., Pescosolido, B., Goldman, L., et al. (2010, November). PhenX measures: Enhaxxxxxxing research studies of gene-environment interactions. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Washington, DC.

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Beck, J., Michalowicz, B., Fillingim, R., Gordon, S., Levy, S., Perry, K., Strader, L. C., et al. (2010, July). Consensus measures for genomic and epidemiologic studies of oral health. Presented at International Association for Dental Research, Barcelona, Spain.

Whitehead, N. S., Bakalov, V. D., Qin, Y., Levy, J. L., Huggins, B. W., Jackman, D. A., Strader, L. C., et al. (2010, June). The PhenX Toolkit: A resource for planning genetic epidemiology studies. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Seattle WA.

Jackman, D. A., Zmuda, M. S., Huggins, B. W., Flynn, A. J., Qin, Y., Bakalov, V. D., Strader, L. C., et al. (2009, November). The future of personalized medicine. Poster presented at the RTI Fellows Symposium, Chapel Hill, XXXXXX.

Hendershot, T., Ambrosone, C., Caporaso, N., Lyden, J., Maiese, D., Junkins, H., Strader, L. C., et al. (2009, November). Consensus measures for genome-wide association studies of caxxxxxxer gene susceptibility. Presented at the RTI Fellows Symposium, Chapel Hill, XXXXXX.

Jackman, D., Zmuda, M., Huggins, W., Flynn, A., Qin, Y., Bakalov, V., Strader, L. C., et al. (2009, November). The PhenX Toolkit Common measures for genetics research. Presented at the RTI Fellows Symposium, Chapel Hill, XXXXXX.

Hamilton, C. M., Strader, L. C., Pratt, J., Hammond, J.A., Hendershot, T., Huggins, B. W., et al. (2009, October). The PhenX Toolkit Get the most from your measures. Presented at American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Meetings, Honolulu, HI.

Hamilton, C. M., Strader, L. C., Pratt, J., Hammond, J.A., Hendershot, T., Huggins, B.W., et al. (2009, October). The PhenX Toolkit Get the most from your measures. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society (IGES), Kahuku, HI.

NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group, ixxxxxxluding Cressman, G. M., DeCain, M. J., Ganapathi, L., Green, A. M., Hansen, N. I., Hartwell, T. D., Strader, L. C., et al. (2008, August). Results of the RCT to test the Community Popular Opinion Leader (C-POL) intervention in five countries. Poster presented at XVII International AIDS Conferexxxxxxe, Mexico City, Mexico.

Hartwell, T. D., Pequegnat, W., Parker, C. B., Quinn, T., Klausner, J., Katzenstein, D., Strader, L. C., et al. (2008). Advantages of constructing a composite biological outcome to evaluate a behavioral HIV intervention. Poster presented at the XVII International AIDS Conferexxxxxxe, Mexico City, Mexico.

Chakraborty, H., & Strader, L. C. (2007). Clinical trial design and analyses. Presented at an invited workshop hosted by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.

Hartwell, T. D., Strader, L. C., Gouder, S., Rao, A. V., & Talwar, P. P. (2006). The role of the data (statistical) coordinating center in the conduct of multisite studies. Presented by L.C. Strader, S. Goudar, and P.P. Talwar at the 24th Annual Conferexxxxxxe of the Indian Society for Medical Statistics, Coimbatore, India.

Strader, L. C. (2004). Unraveling the HIV puzzle. Presented at the Sally Ride Sciexxxxxxe Festival, Raleigh, XXXXXX.

Strader, L. C. (2004). Biospecimen collection experiexxxxxxe in a five country community level intervention study: The NIMH collaborative HIV/STD prevention trial. Presented at Roadmap for Success in International Research: Strategies for Protecting Human Research Subjects Globally Conferexxxxxxe, Chapel Hill, XXXXXX.

Strader, L. C. (2004). HIV From biology to prevention. Presented to a sciexxxxxxe class at Southeast Raleigh High School, Raleigh, XXXXXX.

Pequegnat, W., Bell, C., & Strader, L. C. (2004). Translating prevention sciexxxxxxe for communities. Presented at the XV International AIDS Conferexxxxxxe, Bangkok, Thailand.

Strader, L. C., Gribble, J. N., Cooley, P. C., Ganapathi, L., Kirmeyer, S., Hartwell, T. D., et al. (2001). Development of a multilingual survey instrument in audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI). Presented by L.C. Strader at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Atlanta, GA.

Maiese, D., Hendershot, T., Strader, L. C., Wagener, D. K., Hammond, J., Huggins, B. W., et al. (2013). PhenX: Establishing a consensus process to select common measures for collaborative research. RTI Press, MR-0027-1310, 1 26. doi:10.3768/rtipress.2013.mr.0027.1310