Virgil Blu Jackson Public Health Analyst - IA

Public Health Analyst

CDC Foundation

Oct 2021 - Current (4 years 9 months)

PHA for ORS program in state of Iowa.

Drug Overdose Epidemiologly Surveillance Coordinator

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

Nov 2019 - Oct 2021 (2 years)

• Monitoring of Nebraska’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program • Monthly reports created for CDC OD2A grant using Emergency Department and Inpatient data using SAS. • Data analysis for all drug related deaths in state, as requested by external/internal sources • Development of Nebraska’s Opioid Dashboard • Health consultant/advocate for local health departments concerning drug overdoses, both intentional and unintentional • Quarterly and monthly report submissions for grants • Conference presentations and appearances • COVID-19 Response Task Force Contact Investigator/Team Supervisor o Trained on case and contact interviews and tracing, later directed to manage and supervise a team of 30 contact investigators o REDCap, SharePoint & SAS uti

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STI Epidemiologist

State Hygienic Laboratory

May 2019 - Aug 2019 (4 months)

Conducted STD Analyses on Iowa's previous 3 years of STD data using SAS. Discovered the most significant risk factors leading to diseases such as HIV 1, Hepatitis C, Chlamydia and Gonorrhea and Herpes Simplex 1 & 2. Also looked at disease diagnoses frequencies by gender and race.

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Graduate Research Assistant

The University of Iowa College of Public Health

Oct 2018 - Aug 2019 (11 months)

Farm Safety Surveillance/Interview Study- For nearly a year now a team of field researchers and I have been designing a field assessment manual to evaluate the safeness of local farming operations. I have nearly a year of experience conducting in-field interviews which deal with sensitive information. Along with this I had assisted my PI in literature reviews and project design input. I have also been the primary contact for any SAS or Excel analyses with our collected data.

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Community Volunteer

Iowas Harm Reduction Coalition

Aug 2018 - Jun 2019 (11 months)

IHRC is community based organization that offers HIV testing, mental health counseling, and sexual education material at multiple weekly events through the community. I participate in weekly mobile outreach clinics where we offer all of IHRC's resources at these events as well as an opportunity to talk to community members in the field.

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