Andrea Spillmann
Andrea Spillmann
is a
Wikimaster
MPH Candidate, Berkeley School of Public Health
Berkeley, CA
Professional summary
I am currently pursuing my Master of Public Health at UC Berkeley, in the field of Health Policy and Management. I am particularly interested in how mobile and internet technologies can be used to improve health in developing countries and under-resourced settings. I spent the past 3 years working and studying in the Bay Area, but prior to that researched and studied health care in Chile and Argentina.
Specialties and Interests
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Health Policy,
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Latin America,
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Public Health,
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Global Health,
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Health Care Policy,
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Mobile Health,
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Telemedicine,
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Health Information Systems,
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Social Media in Health,
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mHealth
Education
Universities
University of California Berkeley School of Public Health
MPH, Health Policy and Management, Global Health
2009 to present
Harvard College
A.B., History of Science
2003 to 2007
Certificate (minor) in Health Policy; Certificate (minor) in Latin American Studies; Spanish Citation
University of Buenos Aires
2006 to 2006
Semester Abroad
Universidad Torcuato di Tella
2006 to 2006
Semester Abroad
Experience
The Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation
2010 to present
- Develop a mobile phone application to aid in the prevention of PMTCT in Zimbabwe
- Research technology's use in public health
Community Manager
The Medpedia Project
2008 to 2009
Spanish-Language Co-Facilitator
Cancer Awareness, Resources and Education (CARE)
2008 to 2008
Program Coordinator
University of California San Francisco, Breast Care Center
2007 to 2008
Assist in the development of a "Survivorship Clinic" to care for patients post-treatment; Assist with the creation and implementation of an online health history and follow-up questionnaire system; Manage content and coordinate redesign of the Breast Care Center's website; Accompany patients to take notes & record medical visits, prompt them and write down their questions beforehand; Summarize and present pathology reports and data at weekly interdisciplinary meetings
President
Harvard Chapter of Unite for Sight
2006 to 2007
Organize and oversee fundraising, vision screening and eye health education programs in Boston's under-served communities.
Researcher and Writer
ETR Tours
2006 to 2007
Tutor
Casa del Niño Nueva Famila, Buenos Aires
2006 to 2006
Researcher
The Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria
2005 to 2005
Research costing strategies and previous studies relating to scale-up efforts for AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria
Program Designer and Teacher
Municpality of Puente Alto, Santiago de Chile
2005 to 2005
Design & implement a science curriculum & bilingual story hour in the children’s library;
Design & teach an introduction to American culture & basic English at houses for at-risk youth not attending school
Research-Writer
Let's Go Publications
2004 to 2004
Travel through Austria & Switzerland reviewing & writing for the Let’s Go: Austria and Switzerland guide book
Honors and Awards
Fellowship
Center for Public Interest Careers, Harvard
2007
Thesis Research Grant
David Rockefeller Center Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University
2006
Publications
Articles
"Pills, Prayers and Pinpricks: Mainstream Biomedicine, Indigenous Healing and Alternative Therapies in Chile"
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dchbpkhb_142cp7v3d8
2007;
Books
Let's Go: Austria and Switzerland
Macmillan
2004
http://books.google.com/books?id=aWKf1_H3QRMC&printsec=frontcover
Lectures and Presentations
Using Patient Self-reported Data to Increase Access and Improve Quality of Care
2008
Era of Hope Annual Symposium, Baltimore, MD
Curriculum Vitae
Disclosures
Andrea Spillmann has nothing to disclose
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