Research Analyst Seeks Public Health Role

Folorunso Akintan, MD MPH MBA(2016)
folo.akintan@outlook.com
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Research analyst with over 15 years experience in public health practices: developing, performing, and implementing complex research study designs.
Proficient in writing grants, research protocols statistical/epidemiological analysis and developing reports/manuscripts, on analytical findings. Demonstrates ability to plan, implement, evaluate, report and monitor public health programs.
Goal: Seek a challenging environment and an opportunity to make positive contributions to the health status of mankind.
Executive MBA: Currently Enrolled
Tulane University, Freeman School of Business, Houston Campus June 2016
(Weekend-Part Time 2015-2016)
Masters:
Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Degree: Masters in Public Health (Dual Masters in Maternal and Child Health & Epidemiology), December 2005
Professional/Doctorate:
College of Medicine University of Lagos, Nigeria.
Degree: Doctorate, Medicine and Surgery, December 1999
Rocky Mountain Tribal Epidemiology Center, Montana Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council (RMTEC/MTWYTLC)
Acting Director and Senior Staff Epidemiologist
Date: 08/31/2009-06/30/2014
Provided leadership in the areas of public health, epidemiology and research, to American Indian Tribes in 2 states -Montana and Wyoming, while overseeing the Rocky Mountain Tribal Epidemiology Center (RMTEC) with a staffing capacity of at least 12 staff, about 30 health care professional Consulting Contractors/University Faculties and over 150 Tribal Health on site Field Workers (from 10 Tribal Health Departments), implementing various community based participatory interventions.
Developed and implemented strategies to improve the public health capacity of Montana and Wyoming Tribes, integrating Montana and Wyoming American Indian Tribes in
EDUCATION
WORK HISTORY
INTRODUCTION

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Indian Health Service (IHS), State Health and other Public Health Agency, Hospital and University stakeholder programs.
1. Acted in the capacity of Director of Rocky Mountain Tribal Epidemiology Center (RMTEC) and was in charge of the dealings of the epidemiology center including budgeting and contracting.
2. Supervise all Epidemiology, Program and Administrative RMTEC Staff.
3. Provided a wide range of scientific, epidemiologic, and analytic research support to Montana and Wyoming Tribes, the Montana Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council (MTWYTLC), RMTEC, and other RMTEC Stakeholders.
 Developed a Strategic Plan for the Montana and Wyoming Tribal Epidemiology Center which included over 25 epidemiological and research projects and Lead RMTEC staff and Tribal stakeholders in the successful implementation of capacity building, surveillance and intervention projects.
 Acted in the capacity of Principle Investigator (PI)/Co-investigator (Co-PI) for all RMTEC Projects; developing epidemiological/research protocols for all RMTEC projects as Principle Investigator or co-investigator and ensured Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Human Subject approval.
 Mentored over 30 Interns/Researcher in Public Health with emphasis on Native American Youth Development in Health Sciences. Interns ranged from Doctorate Candidates to high school level students
RMTEC Projects Successfully Directed includes:
1. Capacity Building
o Strengthening Tribal Public Health Infrastructure for Improved Health Outcomes Project –STPHI-HOP
o Emergency Preparedness
o Native Youth Development Project
2. Infections/ Chronic Disease & Public Health Ethics
o IRB Ethics
o Health Code Ethics
o Infectious Disease Surveillance
o Chronic Disease Surveillance
3. Healthy Lifestyles
o Maternal and Child Health: Tribal Pregnancy Risk Assessment –Replication
o Maternal and Child Health: Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Prevention Training
o Maternal and Child Health: Parenting Skills Classes Training
o Obesity Prevention: Child Health Measures
o Obesity Prevention: Child and Youth Health Intervention Project
o Injury/Violence Prevention Surveillance/Strategic Plan Project
o Injury/Violence Prevention: Prescription Drug /Substance Abuse Prevention
o Injury/Violence Prevention: Suicide Risk Indicators Among American Indians in Montana
o Injury/Violence Prevention: intentional/Un-Intentional Injury Among American Indians in Montana and Wyoming
4. Environmental Health & Disease Prevention
o Tobacco Prevention
o Cancer Outreach: Susan Komen for the Cure
o Cancer Prevention
o Environmental Health Initiative

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5. Community Health Profiles & Emerging Projects
o Community Health Profiles
o Behavioral Health Risk Factor Surveillance System–BRFSS Replication Study
o Data Improvement Projects: Child Maltreatment Data
o Data Improvement Projects: Behavioral Health Data
o Data Improvement Projects: Suicide Data Tracking Project
o Data Improvement Projects: Chemical Dependence Resource Project
o Data Improvement Projects: Diabetes Cost Analysis Among Montana and Wyoming Tribes
o Men’s’ Wellness Project: Warriors for men’s Wellness
o Other: Human papilloma Virus Among Northern Plain Indians
 Wrote Grants based on the goals and objectives of the Rocky Mountain Tribal Epidemiology Center strategic plan in order to improve RMTEC staffing and project implementation:
Grants written and awards (Principle Investigator & Project Director for):
A. Indian Health Service Epidemiology Center Core Funding Grant: Funding
$2,371,821 Funding Period -2011-2016
B. Indian Health Service -Office of Clinical and Preventive Services; Children and Youth Projects Grant: Children and Youth Projects (CYP) Funding $375,000
Funding Period -2009-2014
C. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) –Strengthening Public Health Infrastructure for Improved Health Outcomes Grant: Funding $500,000 Funding Period -2010-2015
D. National Public Health Improvement Initiative: Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) –Strengthening Public Health Infrastructure for Improved Health Outcomes Grant Supplemental Funding: $150,000 X 4 years = $600,000 Funding Period -2011-2015
E. Susan Komen for the Cure –Montana Funding: $30,000 Funding Period -2011- 2012
F. National Institute of Health contract via NAMS Funding: ($5,434.5 + $4,807) - $10,241.5 Funding Period -2008-2010
Other Grants Implemented:
G. 2006-2011 Indian Health Service Epidemiology Center Grant - $2,086,398
H. 2008 – 2010 American Legacy Foundation ($100,000 per year) -$200,000
I. 2009 – 2010 Association of American Indian Physicians grant -$100,000
J. 2007-2008 Office of Minority Health Meth Demonstration Project -$10,000
Rocky Mountain Tribal Epidemiology Center, Montana Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council (RMTEC/MTWYTLC)
Date: 02/12/2008-08/31/2009
Staff Epidemiologist -Maternal and Child Health / Behavioral Health
Provide a wide range of scientific, epidemiologic, and analytic support to the Rocky Mountain Tribal Epidemiology Center (RMTEC). Provide high level implementation and reporting support to RMTEC projects with an emphasis on established Maternal and Child Health and Behavioral Health projects: such as Child Health Measures, a Survey

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replication of Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), Child maltreatment data improvement; and Methamphetamine Data Improvement Project, Chemical Dependency Resource Project, Behavioral Health Data improvement, and Suicide Data tracking Project.
 Acted in the capacity of Director of RMTEC and in the absence of the Director. Signed all documents as Assistant Director or Acting Director.
 Assist with tribal-specific MCH health data reports for example: Community Health Profiles, developed/implemented Maternal and Child Health (MCH) & Behavioral Health (BH) trainings, providing support for public health responses.
 Provided high level of epidemiologic, and analytic expertise including grant program performance reports and budget justifications/budgeting, as the assistant to the principle investigator of RMTEC Maternal and Child Health & Behavioral Health projects
 Provided mentorship to interns, graduate students and others interested in MCH and Behavioral Health public health, particularly Montana and Wyoming American Indian students.
DHH/Office of Public Health/ Maternal and Child Health Program Metairie, Louisiana US
Date: 4/2006 - 12/2007
Public Health Epidemiologist
 In charge of Louisiana Maternal and Child Health (MCH) data.
 Researching, analyzing, interpreting, data using various advanced analytical programs and formula.
 Perform tasks to support writing and sustaining various maternal and child health grants.
 Monitor MCH Health indicators by building and disseminating parish profiles.
 Report on Louisiana Maternal and Child Health performance measures to legislators and secured money for the MCH program
 Link various data sets associated with Vital Records, Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring System (PRAMS), Louisiana Hospital Inpatient Discharge Data (LAHIDD), to name but a few for the purpose of analyzing MCH data
 Published Louisiana MCH data and other articles on MCH issues in Louisiana in the quarterly State Morbidity Report
 Coordinate and handled data analysis requests and set up, for various MCH programs.
Office of Public Health (LAOPH) New Orleans, Louisiana US
Date: 2/2005 - 8/2005
Public Health Intern
 Performed Statistical analysis of PRAMS and Birth Certificate data.
 Wrote and submitted abstracts for publication
 Presented research findings at various National and international meetings and conferences.

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Dept. Biostatistics, Health Science Center, Tulane Suite 2001 TWB, Canal St. New Orleans, Louisiana US School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Date: 7/2004 - 7/2005
Data Entry Student Worker
 Recoded complex cardiovascular diseases into sub-groups for the Bogalusa (heart) study.
 Performed the data entry and clean-up for various state and national surveillance surveys and research studies like ACTT (Acanadian coalition of teens against Tobacco), CAMP (Central Louisiana Medical Access Program), School yard project.
Dept. of Community Health Sciences Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine New Orleans, Louisiana US
Date: 5/2004 - 5/2005
Research Assistant Student Worker
Part of team that researched examining school children’s degree of activity in correlation with their anthropometric measurements:
 Assist in sourcing for potential school yards and neighborhoods, eligible for the expansion of the School Yard Project.
 Performed child surveying and systematic data collection.
 Measured weight, height, and bioelectric impedance of children enlisted.
 Observe and record the children’s play activities for interpolation into complex index as a proxy for child physical activity.
Texas Children’s Hospital Houston, Texas US
Date: 2/2003 - 11/2003
Baby Holding and “Sibling Place” Volunteer
 Ran the operations of the ‘Sibling Place’.
 Referred children and their parents (who need counseling) to the appropriate professional.
 Supervised children in play who were not endorsed to see their siblings. Role- played with siblings to desensitize them of their phobia of the intensive care unit environment and their critically ill siblings.
Hospitals Management Board (Nursing Home Hospital) P.M.B 1090, Maiduguri, Borno Nigeria
Date: 1/2002 - 12/2002
Medical Officer
 In charge of a 70- bed hospital as the sole director (while the State Doctors were on a strike) for 6 weeks. Supervised nurses, coordinated schedules and directed all operations including budgeting and reporting.
 Supervised Medical Interns
 Presented patient cases weekly and discussed problems with colleagues and consultant physician.
 Participated in weekly clinical meetings.
 Diagnosed, treated and followed-up on patients.

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Premann Medical Center 48, Forength Street Lagos Island, Lagos Nigeria
Date: 9/2001 - 1/2002
Occupational Health Physician
 Managed the industrial clinic of ‘Voice of Nigeria Inc', treating all employees and their families.
 Ensures employees’ health-privacy.
 Presented health issues and topics on the Voice of Nigeria radio station.
 Supervised all nurses.
Lagos State Hospital Management Board Lagos Island, Lagos Nigeria
Data: 9/2000 - 9/2001
Medical Intern/House-Officer
 Was placed in charge of all house-officers in the department of Pediatrics.
 Supervised colleagues and together ran the affairs of the department (during an 8 week strike action by nurses), under supervision.
 Made schedules and planned clinical meetings.
 Rotated through all the clinical departments and practiced Medicine under supervision.
 2012: World Congress on Public Health, Certificate of Reviewer Appreciation, April 2012
 2011: Billings Area Indian Health Service Office of Environmental Health and Engineering -Certificate of Recognition
 2010: Association of American Indian Physicians third place award abstracts/poster on Montana Wyoming Native Child and Youth Project
 2010: National Institute of Health –“Healthy Native Babies Project Workgroup” - 2010 Plain Language/Clear Communication Award
 2005: Graduate Student Research Day Award - University of Texas Health Science Center, 2005
 2002: Award of Service, N.Y.S.C. Camp, Maiduguri, Nigeria, February 2002
 1998: Award of Service, House of Lords- College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria, 1998.
 1997: Award of Service, House of Lords- College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria, 1997.
HORNORS /AWARDS

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Writing: Grant Writing, Research Manuscript.
Computer: SAS, SUDAAN SPSS, STATA, LinkPro, LinkPlus, Epi-Info, COGNOS, GIS mapping, Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel and Access.
Yoruba and English; Learning Spanish
 Reviewer: World Congress on Public Health 2011-Ongoing
 Reviewer: American Journal of Public Health 2011-Ongoing
 Rocky Mountain IRB 2010-2014
 IRB of Billings 2012-2014
 Montana State University Faculty (Part-Time) 2012 –2014
 Research Group of Eastern Montana: Member, 2010 –2014
 Healthy Native Babies (National Workgroup) Member, 2008-2012
 Montana Public Health Association: Member, 2008 –2014
 Montana Epidemiology Workgroup: Member, 2008 –2014
 Maternal and Child Health Student Advisory Board, Tulane University, Louisiana, 2007 Member.
 Louisiana Public Health Association (LPHA), 2007 Member.
 First United Methodist Church, Billings Montana. Choir Member 2009-2014
 Victory Fellowship Church, New Orleans. Children’s Ministry Sunday School Teacher, 2006-2007.
 Jubilee Christian Church International (House of Blessings), New Orleans. Children’s Ministry Sunday School Teacher, 2004-2005.
 Christ Chapel, Lagos Nigeria. Children’s Ministry Sunday School Teacher, 1992- 2002.
 Legislative arm of the student government, ‘House of Lords’, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, 1996-1998.
LANGUAGES
SKILLS
AFFILIATIONS

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Louisiana morbidity Report (www.infectiousdisease.dhh.louisiana.gov):
(http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/page.asp?id=249&detail=7428)
1. Maternal Mortality Review Louisianan, 1996-2004 (Jan/Feb 2007 Publication)
2. A Review of Maternal Mortality in Louisiana 2000-2004 (July/Aug/ 2007 Publication)
3. Relationship between Infant Mortality and Medicaid Paid Delivery, Louisiana 2000-2004 (Sept/Oct/ 2007 Publication)
RMTEC statement on Child Maltreatment, sent to SAMHSA, -–April, 2008
4. American Indian Child Maltreatment: The Need for Child Maltreatment Surveillance, Montana 2008 –April, 2008
MCH Epidemiology Conference (CityMatCH Leadership Conference), Phoenix, Arizona, September 17-19, 2014
5. “American Indian Child Health Measures and Child and Youth Health Intervention Projects”
16th Annual MCH Epidemiology Conference, San Antonio, Texas, December 15-17, 2010
6. “Successful Implementation of Tribal Pregnancy Risk Assessment on Reservations in Montana 2009-2010”
7. “The Role of Tribal Community Field Workers in Successful PRAMS replication in Indian Country, Montana 2009-2010”
15th Annual MCH Epidemiology Conference, Tampa, FL, December 8-11th, 2009
8. “Transforming Qualitative Data to Quantitative: …..Data Analyzed for Evidence Based Funding!”
9. “Reducing the Effect of Missing Data on Child Maltreatment Data Analysis in Indian Nations, 2008”
14th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference, Atlanta December, 2008
10. “Filling the Data Gap..........Child Maltreatment in the Montana-Wyoming Indian Nations, 2008”
13th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference, Atlanta December, 2007
11. Relationship between Medicaid status and infant mortality in Louisiana, 2000- 2004
PEER REVIEW JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
PEER REVIEW ABSTRACT JOURNAL PUBLICATION

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12. A Review of Maternal Mortality in Louisiana, 2000-2004
13. PRAMS –mother’s self-report versus Medicaid,
14. Louisiana 2002-2004……..do they agree?
15. Frequency distribution of preterm births among Medicaid paid deliveries in Louisiana, 2000-2004
Research Day, University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston, November, 2005
16. Prams versus Birth Certificate,……..do they agree?
11th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference, Miami, December, 2005
17. Is there agreement between birth certificate and PRAMS data in Louisiana?
18. Is smoking and alcohol consumption during pregnancy under reported in Louisiana birth certificate?
 Leadership Training: Disability/Discrimination Leadership Training by John Rife, Montana Department of Labor and Industry, JSEC, Billings Montana, June 4, 2014
 Leadership Training: Take this job and love it! –Workplace Culture; Employee Motivation; Community is Cure; Leadership Fundamentals; Emotional Intelligence; Leadership Axis; Leadership and Culture Converge by Karen McNenny. Montana Department of Labor and Industry, JSEC, Billings Montana, May 6, 2014
 Leadership Training: Performance Management by Jim Nys, SPHR, CSP, Montana Department of Labor and Industry, JSEC, Billings Montana,
November 6, 2013
 Leadership Track Training: Montana Public Health Association, Great Falls, Montana, October 8-9, 2013
 “MCH Leadership Training” at the AMCHP/HRSA pre-conference training, 16th Annual MCH Conference, San Antonio, Texas, December 15-17, 2010
 Northwest Portland Summer institute Training on Grant Management (Refresher) Portland, Oregon June 2010
 “Advanced GIS Mapping Training” at the AMCHP/HRSA pre-conference training, 15th Annual MCH Conference, Tampa, Florida, December 2009
TRAININGS

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 Digital Story Telling Training sponsored by RMTEC and the Montana Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council, March 10-12, 2009.
 “Population Attributable Risk Fraction”
(AMCHP Training, December 2008)
 Tobacco control, strategic planning and youth engagement by Lori Newbreast
(Legacy: Respecting the Tobacco Way, Rocky Mountain Tribal Epidemiology Center, Sep 2008)
 Media Training by David Melmer,
(Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council, Billings Montana, Sept 2008)
 Social Norms Practitioner (Developing, refining and disseminating positive community norms message), -Bozeman, Montana
(Montana Summer Institute, July, 2008)
 Public Health Leadership training – Lander Wyoming
(Wyoming Department of Health, May 2008)
 Examination of American Indians and Alaska Natives in National Survey Data- data skills training: “Keeping Native Women & Families Healthy & Strong” Conference, Wisconsin
(Organized by Urban Indian Health Seattle WA, April, 2008)
 IHS Statistic Training at Billings Area Office, MT
(Organized by Billings Area IHS, March 2008)
 Grant Writing/Grantsmanship Training
(Organized by Tulane University, school of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana and supported by Advanced Research Cooperation in Health, 2004 and Louisiana Office of Public Health, November 2007)
 EPI-Info Training
(Louisiana Office of Public Health/CDC, July 2007)
 Time Trend Analysis for MCH Outcomes in Small and Large Population Training Workshop
 Successful Scientific Writing
 HRSA Training Course in MCH Epidemiology
(Organized by HRSA and CDC, May 2006)
 Multilevel Data Analysis
(AMCHP/DHH Louisiana Training, July/August 2006)

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 Poisson Regression Analysis
 Advanced Logistic Regression Analysis
 Perinatal Period of Risk (PPOR) Analysis.
 Phase I, Phase II and From Data to Action.
(CityMatch Training, December 2006)
References
In Honor of My Former Mentor and Boss
Gordon Belcourt, MPH
1945-2013
Executive Director
Montana Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council
Family/Friend & Colleague
1) David Gboloo, MD
E-mail: Davidgboloo@aol.com
2) Chetna Whathoo, MD
E-mail: cwathoo@mdanderson.org
Colleagues
3) Dee DeRion, MD
E-mail: deedoc@earthlink.net
4) Kathleen B. Masis, MD
E-mail: kbmasis@gmail.com
5) Tom Anderson, MPH
E-mail: tom.anderson@ocaithb.org

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