TAMBRA R. STEVENSON
PROFILEHighly motivated, results oriented, creative self-starter with experience in strategic planning, diversity communications, marketing, policy & program development, multimedia/web design, research and evaluation, project management, media relations/training, presentation/reports preparation. Co-author of peer-reviewed scholarly publications; wrote, designed and published over 50 promotional materials and news articles; and developed over 5 websites and 15 oral and poster presentations, locally and nationally.EDUCATION
Tufts University School of Medicine–Emerson College Joint Program. Boston, MA M.S. in Health Communication Candidate May 2004 Tufts Public Health Scholarship; Nellie Mae ScholarshipOklahoma State University (OSU). Stillwater, OK
B.S. in Human Nutrition/Premedical Sciences, Minor in Spanish August 2002
100% education financed by academic scholarshipsMARKETING & COMMUNICATION EXPERIENCE
Harvard Magazine. Cambridge, MA Advertising/Marketing Intern. June 2004 - Present § Develop the web marketing strategy; analyze and present plan on gaining health care advertisingHill, Holiday, Connors & Connors, & Cosmpolous. Boston, MA
A $800 mil. grossing premium ad agency with accounts as Fleet & Dunkin Donuts
Account Management Intern. February – April 2004
§ Research, prepare and present trend and competitive analysis of the healthcare marketplaceand the small business market and new business opportunities contributing to strategic proposal for client
§ Assist the vice president and account supervisor with the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care accountsBoston Black Women’s Health Institute. Boston, MA
Media Outreach Intern/Communication Consultant. September 2002– Present
§ Manage media relations and develop content and design for collateral materials, ads,PSAs, event planning and multimedia communications projects/campaigns
§ Create and maintain health media database and seek ways to enhance the organizationwith communication technology; edit media advocacy materials; seek grant funding opportunities
CBS 4. Boston, MA
Health, Special Projects, and Corporate Web Intern. September 2002-Present
§ Transcribe medical interviews for broadcast; dub and log tapes with Avstar software
§ Maintain corporate website by editing and uploading stories using the Viacom web toolWGBH-TV (PBS Affiliate) (Ad Club Summer Internship Program) Boston, MA
Local Corporate Development Intern. June-August 2003
§ Created and maintained database of non-renewal companies and local corporate executives
to track donations
§ Updated underwriting/sales materials using and translating media research data
§ Presented forecasts at weekly staff meetings and pitched prospective underwritersKelley Chunn & Associates. Boston, MA
Marketing & PR Intern. September-May 2003
§ Managed health-related accounts (non-profit, government and private sectors)
§ Developed media marketing, and advertising strategies to increase visibility of clients
Hebni Nutrition Consultants. Orlando, FL
Nutrition Marketing Intern/Consultant.March 2002, May 2003, May 2004
§ Developed and designed a consumer-based marketing survey to gauge usage of health products
§ Presented briefings of enhanced strategic plan covering short- and long-term objectives
§ Developed and utilized innovative approaches to market goods to a growing health-conscious market
§ Took a lead role in enhancing product development
§ Worked closely with executive director to execute projectsDaily O’Collegian. Stillwater, OK Contributing Writer. January 2002–May 2002 § Researched, interviewed and wrote articles covering health, minority, and sports topics for the newspaperserving university and community readership of 25,000; had an article cited in the law briefings of the University of Michigan affirmative action caseHEALTH RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Harvard School of Public Health, Departments of Maternal & Child Health & of Nutrition. Boston, MA Public Health Research Intern/Data Collector. June-August 2001 Mentor: Karen Peterson, Sc.D., R.D § Learned design and method commonly practiced in community-based research § Screened, assessed, and determined participant eligibility in Spanish and English § Researched, designed, and presented strategies to improve recruitment among a low-income population § Received certified training in survey administration, anthropometrical measurements and Harvard’s Human Subjects Committee Protection Training Program § Collaborated with other project staff in implementing and refining recruitment of postpartum womenUniversity of Pennsylvania, Center of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Philadelphia, PA Community-based Research/Administrative Intern. May-July 2000 Mentor: Shiriki Kumanyika, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D. § Taught nutrition sessions in the intervention component of the research study § Transcribed tapes from a men’s focus group § Constructed, reviewed and edited course manuals for the intervention § Participated in clinical rounds in psychiatry at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, gynecology atUniversity of Pennsylvania Hospital, and gastroenterology at Presbyterian HospitalBaylor College of Medicine, USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center. Houston, TX Clinical Nutrition Research Intern, June-July 1998 Mentor: Stephen Abrams, M.D. § Participated in clinical rounds in pediatric subspecialities in the Texas Children’s Hospital § Completed courses and received credit in medical communications, human structure and development with labs and preceptorship in pediatric nutrition researchOklahoma State University. Stillwater, OK
Nutrition Research Assistant. October 1998-May 2000
Mentor: Andrea B. Arquitt, Ph.D., R.D./L.D.
§ Secured internal funding to execute and present independent research study on trace mineralsRELATED EXPERIENCEMassachusetts Health Policy Forum. Boston, MA Health Policy Participant. March 2003 § Participated a two-day forum at the State House, MA Dept of Health, Division of Healthcare Finance & PolicyTufts University School of Medicine/Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy. Boston, MA Community Outreach Coordinator. September-December 2002 § Promote and advertise breast cancer risk study within the African-American community § Work closely with the P.I./Program Director and the Project Coordinator to plan and strategize advertisement activities for the study § Design culturally sensitive flyers and other materials § Making all initial and follow-up contacts with all institutions § Determine effective ways of promoting the study within the AA community § Work independently and balance multiple tasksPontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra. Santiago, Dominican Republic
Council on International Exchange Education Study Abroad Public Health Program. June-July 2002
§ Attended classes in community medicine, medical sociology, and Spanish grammar & conversation
§ Presented in health talks to Dominican & Haitian residents in urban and rural settings
§ Learned about the urban and rural health care systems of the countryOSU College of Human Environmental Sciences Student Ambassadors Policy Trip. Washington, DC
Health Policy Ambassador. April 2001
§ Prepared and presented health policy issue (genetic discrimination and health insurance) to administrators and ambassadors
§ Met and spoke with the chief economist to Tommy Thompson at US Dept of Health & Human Services onthe status on the health issue
PARTIAL LIST OF PRESENTATIONS—RESEARCHORAL: Recruitment Strategies in the Just for You Study: Reducing Disease Risk among Low-Income, Postpartum Women § Harvard School of Public Health Summer Research Internship Program, Boston, MA, August 2001 Predictors Related to the Attendance of the Phase I Component in the Penn Family Care H.E.L.P. (Healthy Eating Lifestyle Program) Weight Management Study § Oklahoma Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, Tulsa, OK, October 2000 § University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, July 2000 Effects of Iron Levels on Calcium & Magnesium Excretion and Trace Minerals (Zn, Cu, and Fe) § Oklahoma Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK, October 1999 § Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society National Conclave, St. Louis, MO, August 1999POSTER: Recruitment Strategies in the Just for You Study: Reducing Disease Risk among Low-Income, Postpartum Women § OSU Graduate Research Symposium, Stillwater, OK, March 2002 § American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, February 2002Predictors Related to the Attendance of the Phase I Component in the Penn Family Care H.E.L.P.
(Healthy Eating Lifestyle Program) Weight Management Study
§ Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society National Conclave, Orlando, FL, August 2001
§ OSU Graduate Research Symposium, Stillwater, OK, March 2001
§ American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, February 2001Effects of Iron on Mineral Excretion and Absorption in Juvenile Rat
§ Oklahoma Partners in Biological Sciences Undergraduate Symposium, Stillwater, Ok, April 2000Effects of Iron on Ovarectimized or Sham-Operated Post-Menopausal Rats
§ OSU Lew Wentz Research Day, Stillwater, OK, April 2000Effects of Iron Levels on Calcium & Magnesium Excretion and Trace Minerals (Zn, Cu, and Fe)
§ American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, February 2000
§ Oklahoma Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK, October 1999
§ Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society National Conclave, St. Louis, MO, August 1999
§ Oklahoma Partners in Biological Sciences Undergraduate Symposium, Stillwater, OK, April 1999PUBLICATIONS
Stevenson, Tambra. PHSS: Building Community and GPPH Student Leaders. GPPH Rounds. Spring 2004: 6 [Internet] http://www.tufts.edu/med/gpph/Newsletter/NewsletterS04.pdf
Stevenson, Tambra. PHSS: New Student Leadership and Student Survey Results. GPPH Rounds. Fall 2003: 8 [Internet] http://www.tufts.edu/med/gpph/Newsletter/TuftsNewsletterF03.pdf
Stevenson, Tambra. GPPH Makes History With the Inauguration of the Public Health Student Senate.Tufts Public Health Student Senate. [Internet] www.tufts.edu/med/gpph/PHSS/media.html
Stevenson, Tambra. Tufts Public Health Student Senate Explore Funding Options. GPPH Rounds. Spring 2003: 7 [Internet] http://www.tufts.edu/med/gpph/Newsletter/NewsletterS03.pdf Stevenson, Tambra. A Public Health Experience in the Dominican Republic. GPPH Rounds. Fall 2002: 4,1 [Internet] http://www.tufts.edu/med/gpph/Newsletter/Newsletter%20F02.pdfStevenson, Tambra. Oklahoma weather wreaks havoc on allergy sufferers. Daily O’Collegian 30 April 2002: 1, 9
Stevenson, Tambra. AIDS network presenting awareness dinner, auction. Daily O’Collegian 26 April 2002: 1,5
Stevenson, Tambra. Wheelchair basketball team rolls over ‘stars’. Daily O’Collegian 17 April 2002: 1, 2
Stevenson, Tambra. First black student honored by OSU. Daily O’Collegian 15 April 20002: 1
Stevenson, Tambra. Colvin Center renovation puts strain on space. Daily O’Collegian April 2002: 1, 8
Stevenson, T., Peterson, K., Levine R. Recruitment Strategies in the Just for You Study: Reducing
Disease Risk among Low-Income, Postpartum women. American Association for the Advancement
of Science Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. 14-19 February 2002 [Abstract]Stevenson, Tambra. Play challenges stereotypes. Daily O’Collegian 5 February, 2002: 1, 10
Stevenson, Tambra. MLK speakers lecture on health problems, solutions. Daily O’Collegian 21 Jan. 2002: 1, 5
Stevenson, T., Kumanyika, S. Predictors Related to the Attendance of the Phase I Component in the
Penn Family Care H.E.L.P. (Healthy Eating Lifestyle Program) Weight Management Study. American
Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 15-20 February 2001 [Abstract]Stevenson, T., Arquitt, A. Effects of Iron Levels on Calcium & Magnesium Excretion and Trace Minerals
(Zn, Cu, and Fe). American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
17-21 February 2000 [Abstract]ADDITIONAL TRAININGBoston University Graduate School of Management. Boston, MA Completing course work in health care marketing and entrepreneurial management. May 2004Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra. Santiago, Dominican Republic
Public Health Study Abroad Program. July 2002SKILLS Proficient in PC and Mac: MS Office, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, QuarkXpress, and FinalCut Pro. Trained in digital field production, survey design, and focus groups. Marketing and database management with FileMakerPro and Team Approach and SPSS. Intermediate Spanish speaking, reading and writing.HONORS & AWARDS§ 2nd place, Social Sciences Poster Session, Omnisonics Research Symposium, SNMA Regional Medical Education Conference, 2003 § David L Boren National Security Education Scholarship 2002 § Lew Wentz Research Grant 2000-01 § OSU University Honors Program 2000-01 § Howard Hughes Medical Research Grant 1999-01 § OSU President’s Distinguished Scholarship 2000-01 § OSU Valedictorian Scholarship 1997-01 § Recipient, Kappa Omicron Nu Undergraduate Research Conference Competition 1999 § Congressional nomination for West Point Academy 1997MEMBERSHIP § Campus Liasion, American Public Health Association § Charter Member/Past President, Tufts University Public Health Student Senate § American Marketing Association § Association of Health Care Journalists § National Association of Black Journalists § Ad Club of Boston (advertising) § Net Impact (social enterprise) § Association of a Media Literate America § Past Communication Technology (Founding) Chair, Psi Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
§ Past Board Member, Past Delegate, Past Chapter President, Kappa Omicron Nu National Honor Society (human sciences)
§ Mortar Board Senior Collegiate Honor Society
§ Golden Key International Honour Society § Past Board Member, OSU University Health Services Student Advisory Board § Boston Coalition of Black WomenREFERENCES
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