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<br />Page 2 of 5 Robert Childs, MPH
<br />*12106-2109 Public Health Operations Manager: Managed and evaluated all of PHPa€TMs
<br />Public Health Operations including: H1V Medical Case Management, Overdose
<br />Education & Nar[oxone Distribution Program, Peer Program, Outreach Programs,
<br />Pharmacy Education, Mobile Unit, HIV Testing Under my direction, PHP gent from a 2%
<br />H[V Seropositivity Rate to a 16°/o Seropositivity Rate, the highest in the USA. Arts
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<br />Program ~lncluding Film Making, Theater, Painting and Slam Poetry}, Comprehensive
<br />Risk Reduction Counseling Program, Buprenorphine Education and Referral Program,
<br />Safety Counts Program, Hepatitis G Testing and Peer Delivered Health Services.
<br />Managed the public health operations department, which includes 50 employees, peers
<br />and volunteers. vvorked with the Executive Director on controlling the agencies $1.35
<br />million annual budget; developing policies and procedures that align with the mission and
<br />values of PHP, seared as a liaison that builds and maintains relationships with various
<br />organizations and entities including the New York Department of Health and the Centers
<br />for Disease Control; managed all PHPa€TMs public health coordinators & key staff.
<br />~91o6-Present Grant Writer: Successfully wrote grants for Positive Health Pro"ect and
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<br />was rewarded grants from: National AIDS Fund, Latino Organization of Liver Awareness,
<br />Broadway Cares About AIDS, Roche Pharmaceuticals, Centers for Disease Control,
<br />Rickett Pharmaceuticals, Public Health Solutions, andNew York Department of Health.
<br />*9106-12106 Coordinator of Safety Counts and H1VTesting. Implemented and evaluated
<br />Centers for Disease Control CDC}program for PHP, Safety Counts is an HIV
<br />prevention intervention far active drug users aimed at reducing both high-risk drug use
<br />and sexual behaviors, It is a behaviorally focused intervention, which includes bath
<br />structured and unstructured psycho-educational activities in-group and individual
<br />settings" Managed staff and peers.
<br />*Research wh ile at Positive Health Project:
<br />0~3108~11108 Blood in the Bog: injection Drug User ~1DU} injection habits in the public
<br />domain and public toilets of NYC, cross sectional and qualitative, sample size 184
<br />individuals, completed in partnership with 8 SEPs.
<br />08107-111O11DUs experience with NYPD: Experiences of IDUs with Police in NYC,
<br />cross sectional and qualitative study, sample size 63 IDUs.
<br />0~?107-12108 Ability of Injection Drug ~IDUs} Using Men, Women and Transgender to
<br />Follow Up with Hepatitis C Related Medical Care: Measured 1DUs ability to follow up with
<br />medical care after testing positive for Hepatitis C, cross sections[ study, sample size 100
<br />1DUs.
<br />AIDS Response Seacoast, Portsmouth, NH
<br />5105-8106 Director of the Speakers Bureau: Managed the only HIV + Speakers Bureau
<br />in the state of New Hampshire and lower Maine, organizing speaking engagements,
<br />training, evaluation of performances, payment for services and activities for the
<br />organization.
<br />5105-8106 Coordinator of the Effective Programmin Focused on In"ection Dru Users:
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<br />Directed all interventions in a tri-county area that focused on injection drug use to offer
<br />education, testing HIV, HCV, Chlamydia, Syphilis, and Gonorrhea} and risk reduction
<br />services, Provided H1V prevention education, and risk reduction services to local youth,
<br />homeless, low-income adults, criminal populations, H1V positive individuals and their
<br />partners and the community at large. Developed the educational curriculum, ro rams
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