BRIANAH M.

WILLIAMS, MPH
brianahwilliams@gmail.com
910.441.7658
EDUCATION
University of North Carolina at Greensboro May 2020
Greensboro, NC
Master of Public Health in Community Health Education

North Carolina Central University May 2017

Durham, NC
Bachelor of Science in Public Health Education

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Intern 01/2020 - 04/2020
Granville-Vance Public Health, Henderson, NC
Specific tasks include co-facilitating the Minorities Diabetes Prevention Program, administering A1c tests, creating and
distributing recruitment flyers and infographics, and analyzing program data.

Project Coordinator
UNC Men's Health Research Lab, Chapel Hill, NC 08/2017 - Present
Specific tasks include coordinating the MANHOODS project, assembling saliva kits, recruiting, screening, and
orienting participants into the study, distributing gift cards, collecting participant saliva samples, and transporting
samples to the biobehavioral lab.

Project Assistant 08/2017 - Present

North Carolina Institute for Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC
Specific tasks include planning, implementing, and evaluating public health programs, and trainings, developing,
distributing, and analyzing evaluations, creating evaluation reports, preparing training materials, providing quality
improvement and technical assistance for courses and trainings, managing learning management systems online Sakai
courses, and developing online training modules using Articulate software.

Intern 03/2017 - 08/2017

UNC Men's Health Research Lab, Chapel Hill, NC
Specific tasks include creating recruitment and training materials, developing and distributing flyers, designing and
delivering presentations, creating an orientation manual, recruiting study participants, facilitating training sessions, and
organizing community brainstorming sessions.

Public Health Cancer Prevention Research Fellow 05/2015 - 05/2017

PARTNERS Research and Training Program, Chapel Hill, NC
Specific tasks include assisting with the Comprehensive Cancer Control Collaborative of North Carolina editing
training modules, developing and distributing online training evaluation surveys in Qualtrics, analyzing and reporting
survey results, scheduling team meetings, and updating project timelines.

Community Assistant 08/2015 - 03/2017

NCCU Residential Life, Durham, NC
Specific tasks include managing the front desk of two residence halls, facilitating student check-ins and check-outs,
performing receptionist duties, and providing excellent customer service to students, faculty, staff, and visitors.

Office Assistant 08/2014 - 05/2015

NCCU Centennial Scholars Program Office, Durham, NC

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Specific tasks include signing students in and out of the office, answering the phone, filing, copying, and faxing
documents, and entering data into Microsoft Excel.

Office Assistant 08/2012 - 05/2014

NCCU School of Business, Durham, NC
Specific tasks include answering the phone, filing, copying, and faxing documents, as well as creating and editing
documents in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.
SERVICE
Durham County Community Health Opinion Survey 2016
Specific tasks include primary data collection, administering a 50-question health opinion survey to Durham County
residents and recording and submitting the responses via the Collect SMART app using tablet devices.

Women's Health Awareness Day 2015-2017

Specific tasks include assisting with planning the event, participating in steering committee meetings and teleconference
calls, facilitating trainings for student volunteers, preparing materials, and assisting with setup and staffing the event.

NCCU Blood Drive 2012-2017

Specific tasks include managing the canteen station, providing water and snacks to donors, distributing paperwork, and
assessing the overall well-being of donors to ensure safety and prevent fainting after donation.
TRAINING
Photo Voice Training 3/2020
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative 8/2018
UNC Men's Health Research Lab: Neighborhood Inventory for Environmental Typology Training 4/2017
Center for Health Equity Research: Ecological Momentary Assessment Training 3/2017
North Carolina Institute for Public Health: Introduction to the Community Health Opinion Survey Training 10/2016
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Health Literacy for Public Health Professionals Training 6/2016
North Carolina Institute for Public Health: Introduction to Public Health in North Carolina Training Series 9/2015

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Mainor AG, Decosimo KD, Escoffrey C, Shannon J, Williams BM, Leeman J. Scaling-Up and Tailoring the Putting
Public Health Evidence in Action Training Curriculum. Health Promotion Practice Journal. In Press, DOI:
10.1177/1525839917741486

Mainor AG, Decosimo KD, Leeman J, Escoffery C, Farris P, Shannon J, Winters-Stone K, Williams BM. Scaling-up
Evidence in Action: A collaborative process to effectively extend the reach of an evidence-based decision making
curriculum for local practitioners. Oral presentation at: American Public Health Association Annual Meeting;
November 4-8, 2017; Atlanta, GA.

Williams BM, Decosimo KP, Mainor AG, Leeman J. Evaluating pre-post participant competency data from three
evidence-based public health trainings. Poster presentation at: North Carolina Public Health Association Fall 2016
Educational Conference; September 14-16, 2016; New Bern, NC.

Williams BM, Decosimo KP, Mainor AG, Leeman J. Three evidence-based public health trainings: evaluating pre-post
participant competency assessment data. Poster presentation at: State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and
Creativity Symposium; November 5, 2016; Durham, NC.

Williams BM, Decosimo KP, Mainor AG, Leeman J. Pre-post participant competency assessment data evaluated from
three evidence-based public health trainings. Poster presentation at: Annual Biomedical Research Conference for
Minority Students; November 9-12, 2016; Tampa, FL.