Gordon L.

Gordon L. has a diverse work experience in the field of public health and research. Gordon started their career as a Behavioral Therapist at Behavioral Health Works, Inc. in 2016 and then worked as a Research Coordinator and later as a Research Technician at Michigan Medicine from 2017 to 2020. In these roles, they conducted research, recruited participants, collected data, and analyzed it using SPSS.

From 2020 to 2021, Gordon worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at the Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory (IPRCE), where they designed public surveillance mapping tools, analyzed survey data, and contributed to Georgia's Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Plan.

In 2021, they joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a Global HIV/AIDS Research and Surveillance Fellow, where they prepared datasets for analysis, ran regression models, and produced point estimates using SAS and R.

In 2021, Gordon also worked as a Research and Project Consultant at Advantage Consulting, LLC, where they conducted research and data analysis for evaluation reports and community needs assessments addressing public health issues.

Currently, they are working as a Programmer Analyst at SeKON Enterprise, Inc., supporting CDC's Division of HIV Prevention on multiple projects. In this role, they serve as a lead/secondary analyst on the production of national HIV/AIDS data reports, creates and debugs SAS and SQL code, and performs quality checks on HIV/AIDS data for public release.

Gordon L. has a diverse education history that spans several years and encompasses various disciplines. Gordon obtained a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree with a concentration in Epidemiology and an Injury and Violence Prevention Certificate from Emory University, where they studied from 2020 to 2022. Prior to that, Gordon earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from the University of California, Irvine - School of Social Ecology in 2016. Their major during their undergraduate studies was Psychology and Social Behavior.

Additionally, Gordon L. has obtained several certifications to enhance their professional skills. Gordon became a SAS Certified Specialist in Base Programming Using SAS 9.4, obtaining this certification from SAS in December 2021. In September 2021, they completed a course on COVID-19 Contact Tracing offered by Coursera. Furthermore, Gordon completed a course on Qualitative Research Design on Coursera in July 2021. Prior to these certifications, they also received certifications in SAS Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques and SAS Programming 1: Essentials from SAS in April 2021 and October 2020, respectively.