Academic Affairs Coordinator,
Southern Nevada Health District
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Phone: 702-759-0609
Length of Time in Public Health:
Current Work Setting:
- Governmental public health
Relationship Building Experience:
- I have been involved in building relationships between academic health professions institutions and public health practice organizations
- I have been involved in developing an academic health department (AHD)
About Me:
My position at the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) is new. This is my first time working in governmental public health. Previously, I was an instructor of record in Health Studies at Texas Woman's University where I taught undergraduate internship preparation, facilitated the internship Fair, and worked with preceptors. Part of my role as Academic Affairs Coordinator is to help SNHD become an AHD. I describe my role as being at the intersection of academic partnerships, research, practice, and workforce development.
About My Institution:
Southern Nevada Health District
- Is a public health practice organization
- Employs 500-999 people
- Serves urban, rural, suburban, and frontier geographic areas
- Currently participates in an AHD partnership with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, formed in 2018
- Is currently working to form AHD partnerships
- Has relationships with academic health professions institutions for:
- Public health education/training
- Has relationships with academic health professions institutions characterized by:
- Formal written partnership agreements
- Joint research projects