MPH Competencies
My MPH-Epidemiology is expected in Fall 2026. This page maps my current work and development goals to public health competency areas.
Data and Evidence
- Analyze and interpret health data with attention to definitions, bias, missingness, and uncertainty.
- Use clinical, surveillance, and program data contexts to support population-health questions.
- Communicate findings through summaries, dashboards, visuals, and stakeholder-ready briefs.
Epidemiology and Surveillance
- Apply population thinking to infectious disease, chronic disease, cancer, outcomes, access, and equity questions.
- Support data quality practices that strengthen timeliness, validity, and interpretability.
- Translate surveillance concepts into teaching materials and applied public health workflows.
Program Planning and Evaluation
- Connect needs assessment, logic models, indicators, implementation plans, and evaluation questions.
- Build right-sized evaluation tools that help programs learn and improve.
- Use evidence maps and feedback loops to support program quality and accountability.
Leadership and Management
- Coordinate across clinical, research, academic, registry, and analytic stakeholders.
- Clarify ownership, timelines, standards, evidence needs, and follow-through.
- Support sustainable systems that reduce duplication and preserve institutional knowledge.
Communication
- Write for mixed audiences, including specialized teams, faculty, learners, leaders, and collaborators.
- Translate complex methods into plain-language explanations, limitations, and next steps.
- Develop teaching materials, rubrics, job aids, and decision-support summaries.
Ethics, Equity, and Professional Practice
- Use sensitive health data with attention to governance, privacy, minimum necessary use, and accountability.
- Interpret results with care for equity, representation, and potential misuse.
- Keep human review and professional judgment central when using analytics, dashboards, or technology-supported workflows.