While completing my masters in public health (MPG) in epidemiology and biostatistics, I was working in clinical research for pharmaceutical companies in HIV and women's health.
I decided to apply for government contracting/consulting jobs in 2008-09. I leveraged my data analysis skills from my MPH program and landed a job as a public health/business analyst with the Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service (IHS) where I worked with Dr. Theresa Cullen on disease surveillance and population health, and wrote an article which was published with MedInfo Journal.