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Page 1: Roseanne C. Schuster - Cornell University Web Login · Roseanne C. Schuster 308 University Ave Apt #7 • Ithaca, NY 14850 • (716) 861-3947 • rcs346@cornell.edu ... The Priscilla

Roseanne C. Schuster 308 University Ave Apt #7 • Ithaca, NY 14850 • (716) 861-3947 • [email protected]

EDUCATION PhD, International Nutrition; Minors: Epidemiology, Human Development Expected 5/2016 Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

MSc, Community Health Sciences 2010 University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

BS, Biology; Minor: Environmental Biology, summa cum laude 2007 Canisius College, Buffalo, New York

Semester Abroad, Anthropology and Environmental Health 2006 Uppsala University; Uppsala, Uppland, Sweden

RESEARCH AND PROGRAM EXPERIENCE Study Director (PhD Dissertation), Começando Saudável 2012-present Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY & CARE International, Mozambique Começando Saudável (Starting off healthy) is a feasibility study to determine the effects of performance-based incentives on prevention of vertical transmission of HIV in rural Mozambique

• Led a team of 15 research assistants to develop, implement, and evaluate the participatory performance-based incentive intervention with facility- and community-based health workers

• Identified barriers and facilitators to uptake and provision of clinical and community-based care with semi-structured interviews (n=67), focus group discussions (n=7), and participant observation with HIV-infected pregnant women and health workers

• Conducted longitudinal surveys to assess factors affecting health worker motivation & performance • Contributed to successful $200,000 grant application, managed budget, coordinated partnerships

with CARE Mozambique, local NGOs and health authorities, and funding agency

Project Manager, Patient Voices to Improve Primary Care Sept 2010-Jun 2011 Primary Care Research Institute, Department of Family Medicine, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY Patient Voices was a community-based participatory research initiative to increase rates of cancer screening among low-income patients managing multiple chronic diseases

• Cultivated and managed partnerships and research activities • Supported qualitative and quantitative instrument design, data collection, and data analysis • Directed qualitative study to assess perceptions of cancer and cancer screenings among

refugees from Iraq, Burma/Myanmar, and Somalia, supervised a team of • Led the design and implementation of outreach activities in response to community needs

(e.g. women’s only exercise class, church-based Hepatitis C awareness in Burmese community, culturally-specific cancer education in Iraqi, Burmese, and Karen communities)

Project Enhancement Associate, WNY Beacon and Patient Voices Feb-Aug 2010 Primary Care Research Institute, Department of Family Medicine, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY WNY Beacon was an information technology (IT) initiative to support medical practices to strengthen IT infrastructure and deliver standardized, high quality care to improve health for diabetic patients

• Provided technical assistance for implementation of new information technology procedures • Conducted chart reviews for two successful Patient Centered MedicalHome applications • Conducted patient chart reviews and managed databases for Patient Voices

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Nutrition & Birth Coordinator, The Priscilla Project Oct 2009 - Aug 2010 Jericho Road Community Health Center, Buffalo, NY The Priscilla Project supports pregnant refugee women experiencing the dual transitions of pregnancy and life in the U.S. through mentorship, education, and birth support services

• Provided educational programming and birth plan doula services to pregnant refugee women • Trained and supervised refugee women to deliver care as doulas to pregnant women in their

respective communities through pregnancy (e.g. birth plans), delivery, and postpartum support • Liaised with medical practitioners & hospital administrators to promote culturally competent care • Supported volunteer mentors and coordinated crisis management

Study Director (MSc Thesis), Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations Sept 2007 - Aug 2009Department of Community Health, University of Northern British ColumbiaClimate Change Impacts and Adaptations: Implications for Diet and Health characterized the consequences of Arctic climate change on Indigenous communities

• Designed, coordinated, and evaluated traditional food consumption patterns in the context of food security in two Yukon First Nations communities using food frequency questionnaires and surveys

• Analyzed mercury levels in caribou muscle, liver, and kidney caribou • Evaluated mercury exposure and nutrient intake from caribou consumption as one component of a

comprehensive risk assessment

Research Intern, Malaria Research and Training Center Jun - Aug 2008 Department of Epidemiology of Parasitical Diseases, University of Bamako, Mali, West Africa

• Assisted with microscopy and culturing of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum • Screened feverish patients for malaria and assisted in lab work-ups at a rural clinic • Studied methodology for conducting a clinical trial for a malaria vaccine

Research Assistant, Environmental Toxicology Laboratory , Canisius College Nov 2003 - May 2007 • Designed and conducted laboratory experiments to measure the bioaccumulation of the

cyanobacterial hepatotoxin microcystin in Lake Erie sportfish to assess consumer risk

Research Intern, Dept. Environmental Toxicology, Uppsala University, Sweden Feb - May 2006 • Conducted histology of amphibian gonads to evaluate effects of ethynyl estradiol on development

CONSULTANCIES Market Research Consultant, PocketSights, Cornell Graduate Consulting Club Jun - Aug 2015

• Designed, conducted, analyzed surveys and focus group discussions to assess consumer needs and elicit feedback on product as market research for a technology start-up

• Created Go-To-Market Strategy for PocketSights

Nutrition Consultant, Food for 9 Billion: Faces of Malnutrition Jan - Aug 2012 Transnational Learning, Cornell University

• Created global profiles of micronutrient deficiencies for an interactive web nutrition program for U.S. high school students

Environmental Health Consultant, Healthy Land, Healthy People Jan - Apr 2009Takla Lake First Nation, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

• Assisted in data interpretation and report writing and editing for the comprehensive, community-based environmental health study

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PUBLICATIONS Full-length peer-reviewed

1. Schuster RC, de Sousa OL, Vopelak CM, Pinault D, Young SL. Can performance-based incentives improve delivery of PMTCT services in the absence of strong health systems? In preparation.

2. Schuster RC, Vopelak CM, de Sousa OL, Olson R, Son R, Pinault D, Young SL. “I am fighting for my life”: how woman-centered care can improve health and well-being for HIV-infected women. In preparation.

3. Schuster RC, de Sousa OL, Rivera J, Pinault D, Young SL. Performance-based incentives hold potential to improve delivery of prevention of vertical transmission of HIV services in rural Mozambique. Under Review.

4. Schuster RC, Rodriguez EM, Ireland A, Delvicchio-Hitchcock N, Kahn LS, Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter. Perceptions of cancer and cancer prevention among Somali Bantu and Karen refugees in Buffalo, NY. Under Review.

5. Schuster RC, McMahon DE, Young SL. Forthcoming. A comprehensive review of the barriers and promoters health workers experience in delivering prevention of vertical transmission of HIV services in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS Care.

6. Vest BM, Kahn LS, Danzo, A, Tumiel-Berhalter L, Schuster RC, Karl R, Taylor R, Glaser K, Danakas

A, Fox CH. 2013. Diabetes self-management in a low-income population: Impacts of social support and relationships with the health care system. Chronic Illness, 9(2): 145-155.

7. Kahn LS, Vest BM, Karl R, Tumiel-Berhalter L, Taylor R, Schuster RC, Glaser K, Danakas A, Fox CH. 2013. Living with diabetes on Buffalo, New York's culturally diverse West Side. Chronic Illness, 9(1): 43-46.

8. Wesche S, Schuster RC, Tobin P, Dickson C, Mattiessen D, Graupe S, Williams M, Chan HM. 2011. Community-based health research led by the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation. International Journal of Circumpolar Health 70(4): 296-406.

9. Schuster RC, Gamberg M, Dickson C, Chan HM. 2011. Assessing risk of mercury exposure and nutritional benefits of consumption of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation community of Old Crow, Yukon, Canada. Environmental Research, 111(6): 881-887.

10.Schuster RC, Wein EE, Dickson C, Chan HM. 2011. Importance of traditional food use in the context of food security of two First Nations communities in Yukon, Canada. International Journal of Circumpolar Health 70(3): 286-300.

Master’s thesis 11. Schuster RC. 2009. What’s in your freezer? Traditional food use and food security in two Yukon

First Nations communities. MSc Thesis; University of Northern British Columbia. Oral conference presentations and published abstracts 12. Schuster RC, de Sousa O, Vopelak C, McMahon D, Pinault D, Young SL. 2014. “The women have

trust in me, and I try to live up to this trust”: worker motivation and workplace characteristics among facility- and community-based health workers in rural Mozambique. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

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13.Vasquez L, Hitchcock N, Schuster RC. 2010. Growing pains: an evaluation of first time collaboration experience – the Priscilla Project. Harvesting the Benefits of Service-Learning. Buffalo, NY.

14.Boswell B*, Schuster RC*, Tobin P*, Wesche S*. 2008. From molecules to populations: An interdisciplinary approach to Vuntut Gwitchin ecosystem health. UNBC Graduate Student Conference, Prince George, BC, Canada. *Equal contribution to panel.

Poster conference presentations and published abstracts 15.Schuster RC, Machava M, de Sousa O, Pinault D, Young SL. How can I stop working if I was

chosen by my community?: How Mozambican traditional birth attendants are promoting maternal and child health outside of home deliveries. 2015. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

16. Schuster RC, McMahon, DE, Young, SL. 2015. Comprehensive review of barriers to implementation of prevention of vertical transmission of HIV services in sub-Saharan Africa. Rochester Global Health Symposium, Rochester, NY.

17. Schuster RC, de Sousa O, Reme A-K, Pinault D, Young SL. 2015. Evaluative ethnography is useful for understanding the impact pathways of performance- based incentives on health worker motivation. Experimental Biology, Boston, MA.

18. Schuster RC, de Sousa O, Vopelak C, McMahon D, Pinault D, Young SL. 2014. Motivation and workplace characteristics among facility- and community-based health workers in rural Mozambique to inform a performance-based incentive intervention. Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Cape Town, South Africa.

19. Schuster RC, Giwa A, Pinault D, Young SL. 2012. A pilot study on the effects of performance-based incentives on HIV services for mothers and infants in Inhassoro District, Mozambique. Nutrition Symposium, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

20. Abramo MK, Kahn L, Schuster RC, Tumiel-Berhalter L. 2011. Lessons learned from collaboration of academic and community partners for a cancer-screening study using Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR). North American Primary Care Research Group, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

21.Schuster RC, Delvecchio-Hitchcock N, Tumiel-Berhalter L. 2011. A community-based participatory research approach to developing culturally appropriate cancer education for refugees in Buffalo, NY. International Cancer Education Conference, Buffalo, NY.

22.Schuster RC, Delvecchio-Hitchcock N, Kahn LS, Tumiel-Berhalter L. 2011. Refugee perceptions of cancer and cancer screenings to inform primary care and health education in Buffalo, NY. International Conference on Refugee Healthcare. Rochester, NY.

23.Schuster RC, Wein EE, Dickson C, Chan HM. 2009. What’s in your freezer? Importance of traditional food use in the context of food security for two Yukon First Nations. International Congress on Circumpolar Health, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.

24.Schuster RC, Gamberg M, Chan HM. 2009. Assessing risk of mercury exposure and consumption of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in the Vuntut Gwitchin community of Old Crow, Yukon, Canada. International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Guiyang, China.

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25.Schuster RC, Telecky J, Dehn PF. 2007. Utilization of a commercial ELISA to test microcystin levels in Lake Erie sport and pan fish. Posters on Capitol Hill, Council for Undergraduate Research, Washington, D.C.

26.Schuster RC, Telecky J, Dehn PF. 2006. Utilization of a commercial ELISA to test microcystin levels in Lake Erie sport and pan fish. Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Jasper, Alberta, Canada.

27.Schuster RC, Telecky J, Dehn PF. 2005. Microcystin in sport and pan fish in Lake Erie. Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

28.Schuster RC, Wiebel D, Burke K, Shepard L, Smietana G, Schepart B, Dehn PF. 2004. Mercury in sport fish from Lake Erie. Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

SELECT FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS & AWARDS (14 of 25)• Mario Einaudi International Research Travel Grant; Mozambique ($7,000 total), 2012, ’13, ’14 • Summer Foreign Language Award to study Portuguese in Mozambique ($1,360), 2013 • Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Award ($5,550 CAD), 2008 • Fulbright Scholarship, Arctic Canada ($15,000), 2007-2008

• Pacific Century Scholarship ($10,000 CAD), 2007-2008• Dr. Donald B. Rix Aboriginal Environmental Health Student Award ($10,000 CAD), 2007-2009• Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program ($15,000), 2005-2007 • Honorable Mention, Morris K. Udall Foundation ($350), 2005-2006 • Howard Hughes Medical Institute Student Research Fellowship ($11,000 total), 2004, ’05, ’06 • President’s Scholarship, Canisius College (Full tuition), 2003-2007

SELECT TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistant, Cornell University, August 2011-present

• Courses: Epidemiology in Context; Introduction to Global Health; Explorations in Global Health (3 semesters); Public Health Nutrition; Human Anatomy and Physiology; Nutrition and Health: Issues, Outlooks and Opportunities

• Planned lessons, facilitated weekly discussion sections, created and delivered guest lectures and review sections, developed and graded quizzes, assignments, and exams

Teaching Assistant, University of Northern British Columbia, Sept - Dec 2008 • Courses: Introduction to Epidemiology; Nutrition • Created and graded exams, developed and delivered guest lectures

Teaching Assistant, Canisius College, Sept 2004-May 2005• Courses: General Chemistry I & II • Facilitated problem-based review sections for students

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HONORS • Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell

University, 2015 • Best Social Entrepreneurial Model for SOAPEACE: Make Soap, Not War. Fulbright Enrichment

Seminar, 2010 • Best Interdisciplinary Panel. UNBC Graduate Student Conference, 2008 • Excellence in Biological Research. Department of Biology, Canisius College, 2007 • Alpha Sigma Nu, National Honor Society for Service & Scholarship 2005-2007 (Vice Pres ’06-07) • Tri-Beta, National Biological Honors Society, 2005-2007

PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP & SERVICE • Editorial Board Student Representative, American Journal of Public Health, Nov 2015-present • Mentorship Member, Women in Global Heath Research Initiative, Feb 2015-present • Community & Public Health Advisory Committee Student Representative, American Society for

Nutrition June 2014-present • Executive Board Counsel, Graduate Women’s Network, Cornell University, 2015 • International Health Blog Editor and Annual Meeting Chair, International Health Student

Committee, American Public Health Association, 2014-2015 • Volunteer Coordinator, Expanding Your Horizons, Cornell University, 2014-2015 • co-President, Nutrition Graduate Student Organization, Cornell University, 2012-2013 • Leader & College Representative, Jamaica Immersion Trip, Canisius College, 2011 • Administrator, Refugee Arrival Clinic, Jericho Road Family Practice, 2010-2011 • Communications Coordinator, Mosqoy Foundation for Education in Peru, 2009 • Mentor, Northern Students Program, UNBC First Nations Center, 2008

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS • Health Systems Global • BEST Program: Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training, Cornell University

TRAININGS AND CERTIFICATES • Building mentoring skills for an academic career. Center for Integration of Research Teaching, and

Learning, Cornell University, 2015 • Introductory, Intermediate Portuguese. Centro Global de Formação, 2012, 2013 • Natural Childbirth Doula Training. Life Cycles Center, Inc., 2009

SKILLS • Languages: Portuguese, working proficiency; French, basic

• Computational: Stata, dedoose (qualitative software)

• Methodological: qualitative, quantitative, participatory engagement, theory of change

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