Department of Public Health and Exercise Science

Education

• MPH, Maternal and Child Health, UNC Chapel-Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, 2015
  • Certificate: Community Prep and Disaster Management

• BA, Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Studies (International Studies), 2007

Current Teaching

• Introduction to Public Health (PH 2000)
• Communication in Public Health (PH 2300)
• Biostatistics (PH 3330)
• Public Health Interventions I (PH 3800)
• Rural Public Health (PH 4650)
• Public Health Interventions II (PH 4800)

Practice/Service and Research Interests

• Public Health Practice
• Maternal and Child Health
• Public Health Preparedness
• Emergency Management
• Social Epidemiology

Professional Practice and Service Experience/Activities

• Public Health Preparedness and Special Projects Consultant, AppHealthCare (2015 – PRESENT)
• Appointed Workgroup Member, National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Emergency Preparedness and Response Workgroup (2020-2021)
• Supportive Executive Council Member, NC Climate Change Interagency Council (2020 – PRESENT)
• Participant, NACCHO COVID-19 Workgroups (2020 – PRESENT)
• Member, APHA ICEHS Emergency Health Services (EHS) & Disaster Preparedness (DP) (2019 – PRESENT)
• Member, APHA’s Intersectional Council Steering Committee (ISC-SC) approved a new Topic Group: Disasters and Emergency Preparedness for APHA 2021 (2020 – PRESENT)
• Mentor, Harvard Student Public Health Evaluation Fellows (2020)
• Task Force Member, NCIOM Healthy NC 2030 (2019)
• Committee Member, NACCHO Preparedness Performance and Outcome Monitoring Work Group (2016-Present)
• Chair, Epi/Stats/Lab Section of NCPHA (2017-Present)
• Board Member, Harmony Lanes (2019-Present)
• Public Health Preparedness Consultant, Durham County Health Department (2014-2015)
• Research Assistant, National Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Center (2013-2016)
• Research Assistant Fellowship, MEASURE Evaluation, USAID (2014-2015)
• Community Education Specialist, Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina (2013-2014)
• Child Care Subsidy Social Worker and Translator, Watauga County Department of Social Services (2012-2013)
• Occupational Health and Safety Coordinator, Glimmerglass Festival (Seasonal 2009-2013)
• Health Clinic Assistant and Translator, Planned Parenthood Health Systems (2011-2012)
• Program Assistant for Africana and Latin American Studies, Colgate University (2009-2011)
• AmeriCorps Promise Fellow, Western Youth Network (2006-2007)

Publications

Schroeder, J & Bouldin, E. Inclusive Public Health Preparedness Program to Promote Resilience in Rural Appalachia (2016–2018) | AJPH | Vol. 109 Issue S4. (2019). https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305086

Schroeder, J, et al. Ebola as an Instrument of Discrimination - RWJF. (2014). https://www.rwjf.org/en/blog/2014/11/ebola_as_an_instrume.html

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