Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

William & Mary

Chief Executive Officer at Adventure 2 Learning, LLC

Fors Marsh Group

Health Communication Manager

-Design and conduct national health communication formative research studies on substance use outreach initiatives to clinicians.
-Conduct behavioral health and substance use research, multisite evaluations, and literature reviews; and collect quantitative and qualitative data through bilingual (Spanish/English) participant interviews, surveys, and focus groups.
-Manage and implement health communication campaigns for wide-range of audiences on topics ranging from aging to addiction.
-Write and design client reports and presentations on behavioral health and substance use evaluations and health communication initiatives; including cleaning, coding, and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data for reports.
-Manage projects, including implementation and staffing plans, timelines, and budgets; while fostering strong client relations. 
-Oversee development of health communication materials (e.g., infographics, fact sheets, social media posts, newsletters) for the public and clinician communities; track, analyze, and report outreach efforts and engagement with Google Analytics metrics.

JBS International, Inc.

Research Analyst/Communications Coordinator

-Developed and disseminated nutrition and wellness plain language promotion materials across the lifespan.
-Promoted and presented children’s wellness program to new clients throughout the country.
-Created, managed, and implemented health promotion messaging plan using various social media platforms.
-Collaborated with marketing team to expand social media exposure and tracked engagement and analytics.

Adventure to Fitness

Health Promotion Intern

-Managed collection of quantitative and qualitative data for national CDC food safety research studies through site interviews, environmental assessments, and scientific field observations.
-Developed a DOH food safety education initiative’s process evaluation plan.  
-Analyzed environmental health and foodborne outbreaks data for stakeholder presentations and reports.
-Developed and piloted strategy to compile and evaluate the health literacy of 20 DOH food safety materials.

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Food Safety Research Assistant

-Launched camp communication and promotional strategies through social media, increasing engagement.
-Collaborated with organizations and arranged extracurricular camp activities.

Ransom Everglades Summer Camp

Director of Communications

-Conducted six daily informational presentations in Spanish for 75 patients regarding STIs prevention and benefits/services at Family Planning clinics.
-Designed/edited bilingual Family Planning and Women’s Health brochures.
-Analyzed department outreach activities, proposed suggestions to establish new stakeholder relationships.
-Assessed and input patient surveys onto database system.

Florida Department of Health

Health Education Intern

-Collaborated with team’s nurses to develop nutrition counseling program for incarcerated pregnant women.
-Wrote/received inter-university student grant and IRB approval to collect control data. Designed questionnaire and interviewed 50+ women receiving WIC. Successfully recruited control study participants.
-Oversaw data collection process for control study and coded and analyzed the data from questionnaires.
-Selected to present poster at the American Psychological Association (APA) Conference, August 2014.

Michael Rhattigan