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7 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Johanna Birckmayer <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Dr Johanna Birckmayer <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 436 W Tryon St <br /> Hillsborough NC 27278 <br /> Phone (Day): 9192414739 <br /> Phone (Evening): 9192414739 <br /> Phone (Cell): 9175927011 <br /> Email: jbirckmayer @msn.com <br /> Place of Employment: Vital Strategies, seconded to the Bloomberg Philan <br /> Job Title: Research Scientist <br /> Year of OC Residence: 2015 <br /> Township of Residence: Hillsborough <br /> Zone of Residence: <br /> Sex: Female <br /> Ethnic Background: Caucasian <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> Member American Public Health Association; member Mid Carolina Multi-Sport <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> None <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Board of Health <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> I am excited by the opportunity to apply my extensive background and experience in public <br /> health to the efforts of the Board of Health in Orange County. I would bring to the Board an <br /> understanding of how effective public health policy can shape population- level behavior as well <br /> as support effective services and programs to further improve health at the individual level. I <br /> have a Masters in Public Health from the Department of Health Behavior at the UNC Gillings <br /> School of Global Public Health and a PhD in Health Policy from Harvard University. <br /> My work experience has spanned public health topics and projects, domestically and globally, <br /> with direct relevance to health issues facing residents of Orange County, North Carolina. I have <br /> worked as an evaluator for a county health organization conducting community assessments <br /> and evaluating health services, mental health and health promotion programs; directed federal <br /> technical assistance projects to assist State substance abuse prevention agencies design <br /> evidence-based prevention policies and program; and directed an analytical support contract to <br /> monitor State compliance with the SYNAR program, a Federal performance system requiring all <br /> States to reduce youth access to tobacco products. Globally, I have designed community <br /> health assessments, collaborating with local leaders to interpret and use results to design <br /> community health programs and designed, implemented and evaluated vaccination, malaria and <br /> diarrheal disease programs. Over the last 8 years I have focused extensively on tobacco control <br /> policy. Before moving to North Carolina, I was the research director for a DC based advocacy <br /> organization and provided assistance to civil society organizations in low-and middle-income <br /> countries to use data and evidence to advocate for effective tobacco control policies. Currently, I <br />