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EDUCATION

PhD, Public Health Studies—Health Outcomes Research (Degree expected: May 2020) 2016 - present Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

LaunchCode Winter 2017 CoderGirl Cohort (Certificate expected: January 2018) 2017-present

Certificate in University Teaching Skills (CUTS) (Certificate expected: May 2017) 2016-present

Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning

Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

MPH, Epidemiology and Biostatistics 2014-2016 Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO BS, Biology 2010-2014 Spanish (minor) Wilkes University, Wilkes- Barre, PA

LEADERSHIP

Standing Service Committee Chair, Public Health Doctoral Student Association August 2016- Present

Planning Committee Member, The Jamaica Statistical Society November 2016-Present

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Guest Lecturer. Healthcare Systems and Health Promotion (Fall 2016). Center for Interprofessional Education and Research.

· Lectured ~100 undergraduate students on social determinants of health

Guest Lecturer. Contemporary Issues in Global Health (Fall 2016). Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice.

·Developed teaching plan and lectured 50 undergraduate students on the effects of race/ ethnicity on health outcomes

·Introduced students to conceptual maps

Guest Lecturer. Social Work Practice with Immigrants and Refugees (Fall 2016). George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis.

·Developed teaching plan and lectured 15 masters level students on the Impact of Immigration on the United States Economy, Service Delivery Systems and Access and Utilization among Immigrants

Tongji/ Juangsu Education Services for International Exchange (JESIE) Program (July-August 2016)

·Taught 11 two-hour workshops to 25 international undergraduate students for two courses: 1) Introduction to Global Health and 2) Ethical Issues in Global Health

SAMPLE SKILLSET

Statistical software: SAS, R, SPSS, Python, ArcGIS, SQL

Statistical topics/ techniques: Categorical Data Analysis, Survival Data Analysis, Data Management, Power Analyses, Bootstrapping

HONORS AND AWARDS

First Place for oral presentation given at 3rd Annual Doctoral Research Symposium, College for Public Health and Social Justice, 2016

Graduate Research Assistantship from College for Public Health and Social Justice for doctoral studies, 2016

Best Student Presenter Award for oral presentation given at The 2nd Biennial Jamaica Statistics Symposium, Kingston, Jamaica, October 2015

Graduate Research Assistantship from College for Public Health and Social Justice for master’s studies, 2014 – 2016

Inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu, the Jesuit Honor Society, November 2015

Charles Reif Scholarship, Wilkes University, PA, January 2013

Tri-Beta Biological Honors Society, December 2012

REVIEWER SERVICES

Annals of Internal Medicine

Annals of Clinical Cytology and Pathology

PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistantship, Supervisor: Dr. Leslie Hinyard August 2016-present

Saint Louis Center for Outcomes Research, Saint Louis University

Graduate Research Assistantship/Intern, Supervisor: Dr. Hong Xian August 2014-May 2016

Clinical Epidemiology Center at the VA St. Louis Health Care System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs

Department of Biostatistics, Saint Louis University

Research Assistant, Supervisor: Rita Adkins May 2015- September 2015

Missouri Institute of Mental Health (MIMH), St. Louis, MO

Practicum Experience, Preceptor: Dr. Elizabeth Sale May 2015- September 2015

Missouri Institute of Mental Health (MIMH), St. Louis, MO

PUBLICATIONS

Manuscripts

Hinyard, L., Wirth, L.S., Clancy, J.M., & Schwartz, T. The effect of marital status on breast cancer-related outcomes in women under 65: A SEER database analysis. The Breast. 32 (2017) 13-17

Elliott MB, Litteken CD, Wang X, Wirth L., Xaverius P. The Role of Breastfeeding in Moderating the Association between Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Later Diabetes Mellitus. J Diabet Med Care. 2016, 1:1.

Under Review

Wirth L.S., Tobo B.B., Vaughn M.G., & Hinyard L. Disparities in Diabetes by Immigrant Status and Region of Birth in a National U.S. Sample. xxx. (Submitted revise and resubmit)

Wirth L.S., Tobo B.B., Hinyard L., & Vaughn M.G. Disparities in Stroke by Immigrant Status and Region of Birth in a National U.S. Sample. xxx. (Submitted revise and resubmit)

Lorinette S. Wirth and Lila Balla. Impact of the Affordable Care Act on the Quality of Life of American Diabetics, aged 19-64 years. xxx (Abstract Submitted)

Hinyard L, Wirth LS. Relationship between Receipt of a Written Survivorship Care Plan and Health-related Quality of Life: An Analysis of the National Health Interview Survey. xxx. (Abstract Submitted)

Hinyard L, Wirth LS. Patient-Level Predictors of Receipt of Written Cancer Survivorship Plan: An Analysis of the National Health Interview Survey. xxx.(Abstract Submitted)

Connie Zabarovskaya, Lorinette Wirth, Cynthia Hudson Vitale, Leslie McIntosh. Data Science Training Workshop: Using Jupyter Notebook and R (with a little Spark).xxx. (Abstract Submitted)

Selected Conference Posters and Presentations

Wirth, L.S., Hinyard, L., Schwartz, T. Racial and Geographic Disparities in Post-Mastectomy Reconstruction: A SEER Database Analysis. American Society of Breast Surgeons 18th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. April 26 - 30, 2017.

Betelihem Tobo, Leslie Aklilu, Lorinette Wirth, Casandra Brocksmith, Rocco Gonzalez, Leslie Hinyard, Michael Vaughn, Pamela Xaverius. Preconception Mental Distress in Immigrants versus Non-Immigrants. Institute for Public Health 9th Annual Conference: Mental Health is Public Health. Washington University in St. Louis. November 29, 2016.

Wirth, L.S., Leung, K.S., Sale, L. Gender Inequality in the Relationship between Suicide Attempt and Physical/Emotional Bullying Exposure among a Missourian Student Population. Pediatric Science Days Research Symposium. Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO. April 16, 2016

Osazuwa-Peters, N., Mohammed, K.A., Geneus, C., Tobo, B.B., Wirth, L., Yang, L., & Adjei Boakye, E.. Health Information Seeking Behavior among Adults in the United States-Does Having a Cancer Diagnosis Matter? Poster presentation at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 25-28, 2015

Wirth L.S., & Loux, T. Changes in Knowledge, Attitude, and Susceptibility towards Cigarette Smoking and Secondhand Smoke among In- School Jamaican Youths over a Ten Year Period. Presented as oral presentation at The 2nd Biennial Jamaica Statistics Symposium, Kingston, Jamaica, October 29-30, 2015 (Won best student presenter award)

Tobo, B.B., Short, T., Osazuwa-Peters, N., Mohammed, K.A., Wirth, L., Geneus, C., Adjei Boakye, E. A Paradox: Engaging in At- Risk Behavior may not correlate with Perceived Susceptibility to Cancer or Heart Disease. Poster Presented at the 2nd Annual College for Public Health & Social Justice Doctoral Research Symposium, St. Louis, MO, October, 2015

Adjei Boakye, E., Tobo, B.B., Woolfolk, C., Wirth, L., Buchanan, P. Geographic Patterns of Self-Reported Lifetime Depression Diagnosis. Poster presented at the 21st Annual Graduate Student Association Research Symposium, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, June 2, 2016.

Wirth, L.S., Copsey, M. Does a Healthier Lifestyle Lead to Educational Success? A Secondary Analysis of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Abstract # 331447. Presented as a roundtable discussion at the 143rd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition. Chicago, USA, October 31- November 4, 2015

Wirth L.S., Stanton, B., Szulborski, K., Pidcock, K. Surveillance of KPC Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, Northeastern Pennsylvania. Presented at Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society. March 24, 2012

Terzaghi, W., Grow, C., Shah, J., Ritsick, M., Jalloh, M., Bird, J., Williams, L., Mike, T., Noshi, M. Wakeley, X.W. Deng. Differential Gene Regulation in Japonica and Indica Rice and Their F1 Hybrids Presented at ASPB annual meeting, Montreal, Canada, July 31- August 4, 2010