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CAREER OBJECTIVE

Mission focused, achievement-driven, and results-oriented Senior United States Public Health Service Officer, and Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Advisor, Supervisor, Clinician, and Project Manager, with over 14 years of public health programs experience. Demonstrated capabilities in disease control and prevention, program advisement and Grants management, with exceptional capabilities in overseeing/monitoring processes. Outstanding cultural competencies and multilingual proficiencies in English, French, Spanish, Arabic and other African languages and dialects. Have developed particular expertise in serving resource-deprived populations and advancing/building public health partnerships and services in both domestic and global settings.

PERSONAL PROFILE

• Provided health diplomacy mission deployment services in support of the Presidential Malaria Initiative/The Presidential Plan for HIV/AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and Malaria International Mission in Nigeria
• Developed key International/Global Public Health Services experiences in dealing with Ebola, Malaria and other infectious diseases while working in Nigeria and Liberia
• Outstanding background in involvement with academic research in infectious/communicable diseases including HIV/AIDS and mosquito-borne, among others
• Active, contributing participant in multiple health-related missions in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Thailand and Cambodia, among others
• Demonstrate particular excellence in developing and maintaining strong interpersonal relationships, building partnerships and collaborating with wide array of individuals with differing agendas toward reaching consensus
• Strong experiential base in providing supervisory-level leadership in Public Health/Clinic settings as well as program management and evaluation, making available technical assistance and maintaining competency in global health trends and developments
• As Senior Public Health Analyst and Manager, served as Project Officer with HRSA with management responsibilities over $10.5M in Grants provided to ten states; continually monitored activities and supplied any needed technical guidance
• Gained crucial HIV/AIDS training and experience while serving internship with the Ryan White HIV/AIDS treatment services program with the San Bernardino Public Health Department in California at the Oasis Community Health Center

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Professional Experience

Senior Public Health Analyst, Management and Project Officer July 2014 Present

Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources Services Administration, Bureau of Health Work Force and National Health Service Corps, Rockville, MD

Responsibilities:

• Effectively provide technical assistance to five states involved in federal grants program.
• Grants are designed to support meeting public health as well as primary care healthcare needs.
• Collaborate with state-level primary care agencies to ensure appropriate allocation of necessary resources in the Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and other underserved areas of the U.S.
• Successfully provide management and special project services to the Bureau of Health Work Force Division of the National Health Services Corps, as assigned by Division Director.
• Utilize various data and other compiled intelligence to assess primary care/dental/mental health services improvements and evaluate current program.
• When necessary, develop recommendations concerning bureau guidelines modifications or policy/program changes.

Senior Public Health Analyst and Project Officer June 2013 June 2014

Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources Administration. Bureau of Clinician Recruitment and Service, Division of Policy and Shortage Designation, Rockville, MD

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with six state grantees as well as other state grantees to ensure highest levels of management and stewardship of health resources in resource-deprived areas
• Successfully placed critical primary care providers in areas of exceptional need within six specific states.
• Assessed hundreds of Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) by utilizing federally-mandated policies/criteria/formulas in determining optimal placement of healthcare assets.

Supervisory Senior Health Services Officer and Public Health Advisor December 2007 June 2013

Oasis Community Health Center, Thermal, CA

Responsibilities:

• Skillfully led and performed public health advisement in public health/clinical settings.
• Assured achievement of daily primary medical care/health services to underserved multi-ethnic communities in the Southern California area.

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• Streamlined and prioritized service provision to maximize limited community resources while still meeting needs of individuals.
• Provided strong mentorship and patient care training for 31 clinical/nursing staff resulting in increases in efficiencies/productivity of various community health centers in region.
• Performance proficiency was acknowledged by being selected to support the Presidential Emergency Plan for HIV/AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) International Activities, which was designed to integrate strategies for prevention, treatment and control of HIV/AID and malaria in the region of Nigeria, West Africa.
• Served as part of overseas Malaria Initiative Program and mission and assisted in the training of 350+ healthcare professionals in Nigeria.
• Steered training and advisement of public health community health centers in California as well as West Africa concerning integration of infectious/chronic disease services to increase access to information and relevant support services.
• Directed public health community outreach programs and ensured appropriate alignment of resources with individuals in need of healthcare which in turn saved local/state/federal tax monies.
• Utilized subject matter expertise to assess community-based health and disease-prevention promotional program that focused on chronic diseases, i.e. diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol
• Recorded approximately 15% reduction in newly-diagnosed diabetes cases in underserved local population.
• Successful interaction in community outreach program, with the improved healthcare and access to services, resulted in crucial improvements in quality of overall heath.
• Successfully directed, implemented and assessed health education and disease prevention services that improved quality of life for affected population.

Senior Assistant Health Services Officer October 2004 December 2007

De Anza Family/Urgent Care Center, Calexico, CA

Responsibilities:

• Served as Physician Assistant and Public Health Service Officer for this underserved, multi-cultural U.S./Mexico border town.
• Gained improvement in health outcomes for thousands of families.
• Worked in primary care setting and diagnosed, treated and conducted training for patients/families concerning wide array of complex diseases/illnesses.
• Designed and facilitated health education and disease prevention programs, as well as nutritional training, for women/children.
• Identified and prepared necessary reports on infectious diseases within the area.

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Assistant Health Services Officer June 2002 October 2004

U.S. Immigration Health Services, El Centro, CA

Responsibilities:

• Provided crucial health services in primary care setting within a federal facility to multi-national populations.
• Diagnosed, treated and educated patients suffering from complex diseases/illness.
• Provided domestic/international medical escorts to France, India, Ghana, Nigeria, Cambodia and the Ivory Coast, employing multi-lingual skills and capabilities to provide culturally competent medical and public health services.

InTERNSHIP Experience

• Received training and gained experience/cultural competency in providing HIV/AIDS services, both domestically and internationally, as well as pharmacological/therapeutic competencies in HIV/AIDS treatments.
• Was strong participant in multiple PEPFAR HIV/AIDS programs and funding actions, Ryan White HIV/AIDS programs and Health Resources and Administration (HRSA) Grant activities.
• Developed awareness of cultural sensitivities and gained additional experience in interviewing and counseling service techniques regarding HIV/AIDS.

INTERNATIONAL DEPLOYMENTS AND Experience

• During U.S. Navy Health Diplomacy Mission to Nigeria, provided exemplary support including training local healthcare personnel regarding methodologies for prevention/control of malarial diseases and HIV/AIDS.
• Developed exceptional Global Health field practicum training/experience while working in Nigeria on malaria prevention/control strategies among local personnel.
• Participated in multiple International Health-focused trips to France, India, Ghana, Nigeria, Cambodia and Thailand.
• In Thailand conducted training with local nationals on best primary healthcare practices, including improving public health knowledge and services.
• In West Africa and Middle East, continually utilized multi-lingual capabilities and cultural competencies to educate on disease prevention/control as well as to advance levels of public health services, both domestically and globally.
• Served with the international Ebola Virus response mission in West Africa.
• Was deployed to Liberia with USPHS Commissioned Corps Monrovia Medical Unit Team 3 (MMU), with multiple responsibilities for providing critical patient care/support.

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• Provided consultative advisement to Officer-In-Charge of MMU Team 3 concerning important cultural sensitivities, local health issues and other challenges affecting mission success.
• Trained providers/nurses on appropriate methodologies to be followed when utilizing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the MMU Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU).
• Continually ensured that MMU ETU patients received highest levels of culturally competent public health and clinical care services.

EDUCATION

Doctor of Health Science with Global Health Concentration 2010

Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Master of Public Health In International Health (MPH) 2003

Loma Linda University School of Public Health, Loma Linda, CA

Certificate of Humanitarian Assistance (CHA)

Bachelor of Science in Health Science 1997

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA

Physician Assistant Certificate

Certification/Credentialing/Licensure

Licensure: Physician Assistant. State: California Expiration date: 10/31/2015

Certification: National Cert. of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) Expiration date: 12/31/17

Certification: American Heart Association Basic Life Support Expiration date:12/31/2015

Certified Project Officer 12/31/2017

United States Public Health Service Commission Corps Awards

Special Assignment Award 2012

         In response to the recovery efforts for Super storm Sandy in New York, November 2012. Community level public health services and provided medical treatment of the displaced elderly populations from nursing homes and brought to the Brookdale hospital.

PHS Special Assignment Award 2010

         For providing outstanding support to the Navy s International health care diplomacy mission during my deployment to Nigeria

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Outstanding Unit Citation 2007

• PHS Outstanding Unit Citation For providing outstanding patients health care services by establishing a field medical station as part of a public health unit during hurricane Katrina in Meridian Mississippi

PHS Recruitment Service Award 2009

         For carrying out numerous recruitment activities on behalf PHS and Immigration Health Services

PHS Crisis Response Services Awards 2006

         For deployment services during hurricane Katrina disaster response

PHS Dedicated Service Award 2004

For dedicated services to medically underserved populations

PHS Hazardous Duty Award 2003

         For providing critical public health services in isolated, hazardous, medically underserved remote populations

PHS IOTC Training Ribbon 2003

         For successful completion of PHS Basic Training

Membership/leadership/involvement in PAC/Advisory Group/COA and Other USPHS Activities

         Active member HSO mentoring program 2005 - Present

         Public Health Professional Advisory Group 2015 Present

         Physician Assistants Professional Advisory Group (PAPAG) Communication Co-Chair

2005 - 2007

• Physician Assistant Professional Advisory Group (PAPAG) Welcoming Committee Co- Chair

2005 - 2006

         Member Local Commissioned Corps Association (COA) in El Centro 2002 - 2007

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Professional References

Capt. Jeanean Willis, Director, NHSC

Office Telephone: 301.443.4494

Cell Number: 443.676.3926

E-Mail: jwillis@hrsa.gov

Capt. Dean Coppola, Deployment Officer in Charge and Team Command

Office/Cell Number: 202.774.4434

E-Mail: dean.coppola@fda.hhs.gov

Capt. Albert Perrine, Former Supervisor

Office Telephone: 240.402.3811

Cell Number: 240.464.4375

E-Mail: albert.perrine@fda.hhs.gov

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November 7, 2016

Col. Nelson Michael

MRAIR/MHRP Director

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

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Dear Col. Michael:

I am responding to your solicitation for an individual to fill a position with the Institute s HIV research program in Tanzania. I feel that my experience gained through multiple assignments while serving in the international public health arena, as well as involvement in various relevant research activities, would uniquely qualify me for this assignment and am submitting my Resume for your review.

Of significant importance for consideration would be the responsibilities I meet in my current assignment as Senior Public Health Analyst, Management and Project Officer for the Department of Health and Human Services, where I am tasked with providing technical assistance and guidance for multi-state Federal Grant recipients providing public health and primary healthcare assistance. In this assignment I collaborate with primary care agencies to assure proper resource allocation in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and other underserved sections of the country. I also provide management and special project support for the Bureau of Health Work Force Division of the National Health Services Corps, where I assess an array of services and evaluate current programs, developing guideline recommendations as warranted.

Earlier, I served as the Senior Public Health Analyst and Project Officer for DHHS, Health Resources Administration, Bureau of Clinician Recruitment and Service, Division of Policy and Shortage Designation, also working with various state recipients of Federal Grants to assure appropriate management and stewardship of health resources for resource-deprived areas. And, prior to that assignment, I was a Supervisory Senior Health Services Officer and Public Health Advisor for the Oasis Community Health Center in Thermal, California, where I provided well-considered advisement concerning public health activities within clinical settings, assuring the delivery of primary medical care and other needed health services to the underserved multi-ethnic communities in Southern California.

I have gained extensive in the HIV/AIDS field through multiple involvements including providing

health diplomacy mission deployment services in support of the Presidential Malaria Initiative/The Presidential Plan for HIV/AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and Malaria International Mission in Nigeria. I have gained important experience with International/Global Public Health Services while dealing with Ebola, Malaria and other infectious diseases in Nigeria and Liberia, and possess an outstanding academic research background in infectious/communicable diseases including HIV/AIDS and mosquito-borne, among others.

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In 2010, I received my Doctor of Health Science with Global Health Concentration from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; I gained my Master of Public Health in International Health (MPH) in 2003 from the Loma Linda University School of Public Health in Loma Linda, California, where I also received my Certificate of Humanitarian Assistance (CHA). Earlier, I earned a Bachelor of Science in Health Science from the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles, California, as well as a Physician Assistant Certificate.

Additionally, I have received recognition and awards for my various activities from the United States Public Health Service Commission and hold a number of memberships and leadership involvements in various advisory groups and USPHS activities. During earlier internship and international deployments experiences, I received training and gained competencies in providing domestic as well as international HIV/AIDs-related services.

Throughout my career I have exhibited a commitment to quality and consistent compliance with critical governing directives, standards, policies and procedures. I am confident in my ability to deliver immediate and long-term results, and you will find me to be a performance-driven leader as well as a collaborative team player, focused on achieving and surpassing goals.

I am eager to discuss how my qualifications match your needs, and look forward to interviewing with you at your earliest convenience. In advance, I thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Adamu A. Tahiru

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