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ROHIT RAMASWAMY, Ph.D., MPH, Graduate Diploma (Biostatistics) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gillings School of Global Public Health Public Health Leadership Program and Department of Maternal and Child Health
4107, McGavran-Greenberg Hall Chapel Hill, NC 27599
515.988.5124 [email protected]
EDUCATION
Grad. Dipl. in Biostatistics University of Sydney 8/08-12/10 Sydney School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics MPH The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 9/05-12/07 Gillings School of Global Public Health Public Health Leadership Program Ph.D Massachusetts Institute of Technology 9/84-5/89 Department of Civil Engineering SM Massachusetts Institute of Technology 9/81-2/83 Department of Civil Engineering B. Tech. Indian Institute of Technology Madras 5/76-4/81 Department of Mechanical Engineering
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Clinical Associate Professor, 2/13 to Present, The University of North Carolina, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Public Health Leadership Program and Department of Maternal and Child Health Gillings Visiting Clinical Associate Professor, 2/09 to 1/13, The University of North Carolina, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Public Health Leadership Program Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2/08 to 1/09, The University of North Carolina, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Public Health Leadership Program
Adjunct Faculty, 2/14 to Present, Public Health Foundation of India Founder and President, 1997-2012, Service Design Solutions, Inc., Des Moines IA Service Design Solutions is a management consulting firm that works with corporations and non-profits to help them achieve operational excellence through better design of services and processes.
Vice President, Strategy, 2006-2008, Oriel STAT A MATRIX, Inc., Madison, WI For over 40 years, Oriel STAT A MATRIX has provided organizations with the business process management tools they need to increase quality, productivity, efficiency, and profitability. Technical Manager, 1990-1997, AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ Visiting Research Scholar, 1991-1992, Rutgers University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Educational Psychology
Senior Transportation Analyst, 1989-1990, United Airlines, Chicago, IL Transportation Analyst, 1983-1984, Cambridge Systematics Europe, The Hague, The Netherlands CONSULTANCIES AND ADVISORY POSITIONS
• Consultant, University Research Council. Testing an organizational
readiness instrument for the USAID ASSIST project in Himachal Pradesh,
India. 1/1/17- Present.
• Scientific Committee Member, Consortium of Universities for Global Health
(CUGH). Responsible for planning pre-conference scientific sessions at the
CUGH annual forum
• Implementation Science Research Advisor, University of California, San
Francisco’s Strengthening People-centered Accessibility, Respect and
Quality (SPARQ) project. Support Quality Improvement research activities in
Uttar Pradesh, India. 11/16-10/19
• Advisory Group Member. King’s College London. Cochrane review
‘Interventions to increase patient and family involvement in escalation of care
for acute life threatening illness’. Ensure that the review is relevant to inform
policy, planners, providers and service users. 9/16 - Present
• Program Committee Member, Improvement and Implementation Science
Thematic Working Group, Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems
Research. Responsible for track and paper and poster selection.
• Invited Participant, Salzburg Global Seminar on “How do we learn about
improvement?” Salzburg, Austria. One of 60 global improvement and
implementation experts invited to develop new strategies for evaluating QI
projects in Global Health. 7/10/16-7/15/16
• Consultant, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Developing organizational
readiness instruments for community health improvement. 2/1/16 – Present
• Group Member, Metrics Development Team. Institute for Healthcare
Improvement. 100 Million Healthier Lives project. Advise in the design and
implementation of community-based and healthcare- based initiatives to
improve population health and well-being. 6/15-present
• Invited Expert Panelist, HIV/AIDS bureau, US Health Resources and
Service Administration. Participated in a global panel with 30 participants on
best practices for capacity assessment frameworks. 10/16/14.
• Program Committee Member, Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
Member of the program committee for the annual Scientific Symposium
responsible for the selection of keynote speakers, papers and posters. 2014-
present.
• Expert Panel Director, Department of Health and Human Services.
Organized and facilitated an expert panel on public health quality that
included over 20 researchers, practitioners and policy makers. 2/12/14
• Implementation Science Advisor, Jacaranda Health, Nairobi, Kenya. 4/13-
Present
• Implementation Science Research Advisor, Public Health Foundation of
India. Programme for Improving Mental Health Care (PRIME) project.
Support Implementation Research activities in Madhya Pradesh, India. 1/13
– Present.
• Consultant, Department of Health and Human Services. Developed a
framework to measure the achievement of 9 public health quality aims across
multiple public health.
HONORS AND AWARDS Gillings Visiting Clinical Associate Professor (2009 -2012).Gillings visiting
professors re invited or competitively selected from think tanks, businesses, non-
profit organizations, and academia in order to devote their time, expertise, and
leadership towards key projects that enhance the mission of the school.
Delta Omega Honor Society (2008) Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society (1989).
PUBLICATIONS AND PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS Peer-reviewed publications (published) * denotes students who were advisees or research assistants
1. Kumar, M. (*), Ramaswamy, R., & Mostafa, J. (2017). Why India needs to
change the architecture of its Public Health Information Systems. Journal of
Health Systems, 2(2).
2. Wandersman, A., Alia, K.(*), Cook, B. S., Hsu, L. L., & Ramaswamy, R.
(2016). Evidence-Based Interventions Are Necessary but Not Sufficient for
Achieving Outcomes in Each Setting in a Complex World: Empowerment
Evaluation, Getting To Outcomes, and Demonstrating Accountability.
American Journal of Evaluation, 37(4), 544-561.
3. Owen, M. D., Floyd, L., Bryce, F., Ramaswamy, R., Pearson, N.,
Morgan, K., Srofenyoh, E. K. (2016). Implementation of a triage system to
reduce wait time and prioritise care for high-risk obstetric patients in a
regional hospital in Accra, Ghana. The Lancet Global Health, 4, S16.
4. Ramaswamy, R., Kallam, B. (*), Srofenyoh, E., & Owen, M. (2016). Multi-
tiered quality improvement strategy to reduce maternal and neonatal death in
complex delivery systems in Ghana. The Lancet Global Health, 4, S24.
5. Ramaswamy, R., Kallam, B. (*), Kopic, D., Pujic, B., & Owen, M. D. (2016).
Global health partnerships: building multi-national collaborations to achieve
lasting improvements in maternal and neonatal health. Globalization and
Health, 12(1).
6. Ramaswamy, R., Iracane, S.(*), Srofenyoh, E., Bryce, F., Floyd, L.,
Kallam, B.(*), Owen, M. (2015). Transforming Maternal and Neonatal
Outcomes in Tertiary Hospitals in Ghana: An Integrated Approach for
Systems Change. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 37(10),
905-914.
7. Wandersman, A., Alia, K. A. (*), Cook, B., & Ramaswamy, R. (2015).
Integrating empowerment evaluation and quality improvement to achieve
healthcare improvement outcomes. BMJ Quality & Safety, 24(10), 645-652
8. Onuoha, O., Ramaswamy, R., Srofenyoh, E. K., Kim, S. M., & Owen, M. D.
(2015). The effects of resource improvement on decision-to-delivery times for
cesarean deliveries in a Ghanaian regional hospital. International Journal of
Gynecology & Obstetrics, 130(3), 274-278
9. Shidhaye, R., Shrivastava, S., Murhar, V., Samudre, S., Ahuja, S.,
Ramaswamy, R., & Patel, V. (2015). Development and piloting of a plan for
integrating mental health in primary care in Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh,
India. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 208(s56), s13-s20.
10. Shidhaye, R., Raja, A., Shrivastava, S., Murhar, V., Ramaswamy, R., &
Patel, V. (2015). Challenges for Transformation: A Situational Analysis of
Mental Health Care Services in Sehore District, Madhya Pradesh.
Community Mental Health Journal, 51(8), 903-912.
11. Ramaswamy, R., Segal, S. (*), Harris, J., Randolph, G. D., Cornett, A.,
Harrison, L. M., & Lea, C. S. (2012). Standardizing Environmental Health
Processes at the Iowa Department of Public Health. Journal of Public Health
Management and Practice, 18(1), 27-35.
12. Ramaswamy, R., Storer, G., & Van Zeijl, R. (2005). Designing sustainable
communities at CARE. Knowledge Management for Development, 1(1), 79-
93.
13. Van Rooij, P., Ramaswamy, R., Vaillancourt-Laflamme, C., & Lamoureux, L.
(2005). Understanding the role of culture in knowledge sharing: making the
invisible visible. Knowledge Management for Development, 1(3), 2-5.
14. Gopinath, D., Ben-Akiva, M., & Ramaswamy, R. (1994). Modeling
performance of highway pavements. Transportation Research Record, 1449,
1-7.
15. Ben-Akiva, M., & Ramaswamy, R. (1993). An Approach for Predicting Latent
Infrastructure Facility Deterioration. Transportation Science, 27(2), 174-193.
16. Ben-‐‑Akiva, M., Humplick, F., Madanat, S., & Ramaswamy, R. (1993).
Infrastructure Management under Uncertainty: Latent Performance
Approach. Journal of Transportation Engineering, 119(1), 43-58.
17. Ramaswamy, R., & McNeil, S. (1991). Calculation of Aggregate Pavement
Condition Indices from Damage Data Using Factor Analysis. Transportation
Research Record, 1311, 214-222.
18. Geltner, D., & Ramaswamy, R. (1987). Economic Efficiency Implications of
Optimal Highway Maintenance Policies for Private vs. Public Highway
Owners. Transportation Research Record, 1116. Peer-reviewed publications (under review)
* denotes students who were advisees or research assistants
1. Floyd, L., Bryce, F., Ramaswamy, R., Olufolabi, A., Srofenyoh, E.,
Goodman, D., … Pearson, N. (n.d.). The introduction of a midwife-led
obstetric triage system into a regional referral hospital in Ghana.
Midwifery.
2. Goodman, D., Ramaswamy, R., Jeuland, M., Engmann, C., Olufolabi, A., &
Owen, M. (n.d.). The Cost Effectiveness of a Quality Improvement Program
to Reduce Maternal and fetal Mortality in a Regional Referral Hospital in
Accra, Ghana. PLOS One.
3. Kumar, M. (*), Ramaswamy, R., & Mostafa, J. (n.d.). Federated Health
Information Architecture for Improving Patient Care and Policy Decision
Making. Health Information Management Journal.
4. Ramaswamy, R., Kernodle, A., Donahue, K. (*), Engmann, C., Kallam, B.
(*), & Ivester, T. (n.d.). Application of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
Methods to Improve Perinatal and Neonatal Outcomes in Low and Middle-
income Countries: A Narrative Review and Assessment of the Literature.
International Journal of Quality in Healthcare
5. Ramaswamy, R., Rotschild, C., Alabi, F. (*), Wachira, E., Muigai, F., &
Pearson, N. (n.d.). Using Value Stream Mapping to Improve Quality of Care
in Low Resource Facility Settings. International Journal for Quality in
Healthcare.
Refereed conference presentations and posters
1. Reed, J., Ramaswamy, R., Parry, G., Sax, S. and Kaplan, H. Context
Matters: Adapting the Model for Understanding Success in Quality
Improvement (MUSIQ) for Low and Middle Income Countries. Oral
presentation at the 9th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination
and Implementation in Health, Washington DC, December 2016.
2. Alia, K. (*), Scaccia, J., Scott, V., Ramaswamy, R. and Wandersman, A.
Using Formative Evaluation to Improve the Quality of a Support System for
Health Community Coalitions. Oral presentation at the 9th Annual Conference
on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Washington
DC, December 2016.
3. Ramaswamy, R. and Pearson, N. Learning from Quality Improvement to
Improve Maternal and Newborn Health Care in a Low-resource Setting: the
Jacaranda Health Approach. Oral presentation at the 4th Global Symposium
on Health Systems Research, Vancouver, British Columbia, November 2016.
4. Roy, B., Riley, C., Ramaswamy, R., Scaccia, J., Reid, A., Parry, G., Stiefel,
M. and Stout, S. Leading for Outcomes: Measurement, Evaluation and
Spread of the 100 Million Healthier Lives Initiative. Poster presentation at the
APHA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, November 2016.
5. Alia, K. (*), Scaccia, J., Scott, V., Ramaswamy, R. and Wandersman, A.
Building the Boat as it is Sailing: the Role of Formative Evaluation in Complex
Health Initiatives. Oral presentation at Evaluation 2016, the annual
conference of the American Evaluation Association, Atlanta, GA, October
2016.
6. Ramaswamy, R., Speizer, I., Lee, D., Karuntzos, G., Bentley, M. Together
we can: Leveraging the UNC/RTI Consortium for Implementation Science to
improve global and local health outcomes. Panel presentation at the Triangle
Global Health Annual Consortium, Durham, NC, September 2016.
7. Owen, M. D., Floyd, L., Bryce, F., Ramaswamy, R., Pearson, N., Morgan, K.,
Srofenyoh, E. K. Implementation of a triage system to reduce wait time and
prioritise care for high-risk obstetric patients in a regional hospital in Accra,
Ghana. Oral presentation at the 7th Annual CUGH conference, San
Francisco, CA, May 2016.
8. Ramaswamy, R., Kallam, B. (*), Srofenyoh, E., & Owen, M. Multi-tiered
quality improvement strategy to reduce maternal and neonatal death in
complex delivery systems in Ghana. Oral presentation at the 7th Annual
CUGH conference, San Francisco CA, May 2016.
9. Ramaswamy, R., Atkinson, T. (*). Achieving Tobacco Cessation in Facility
and Community Settings in North Carolina. Plenary presentation at the NC
Breath Easy Conference, Raleigh, NC, March 2016.
10. Ramaswamy, R. Using the Public Health Quality Aims to Prioritize
Improvement Opportunities. Oral presentation at the 27th Annual Forum on
Quality Improvement in Healthcare, December 2015.
11. Ramaswamy, R. Using the Interactive Systems Framework to inform
formative evaluation strategies—Advancing implementation and learning
during evaluations. Oral presentation at Evaluation 2015, the annual
conference of the American Evaluation Association, Chicago, IL, November
2015.
12. Ramaswamy, R. and Wandersman, A. Incorporating Systematic
Implementation into Quality Improvement Projects. Oral presentation at the
Global Implementation Conference, Dublin, Ireland, May 2015.
13. Ramaswamy, R. Methodology for using the public health quality aims for
quality. Oral presentation at American Public Health Association annual
conference, New Orleans, LA, November 2014
14. Ramaswamy, R. Developing quality measures aligned with the public health
quality aims for Leading Health Indicators – a fresh look. Oral presentation at
American Public Health Association annual conference, New Orleans, LA,
November 2014
15. Ramaswamy, R., Farel, A. and Hobbes, S. Gillings . Global Implementation
Laboratory – Implementation in Action. Oral presentation at American Public
Health Association annual conference, New Orleans, LA, November 2014
16. Ramaswamy, R. From Evidence to Practice: Harnessing the Power of
Implementation Science for Mothers and Children in Africa”. Panel moderator
at the Consortium of Universities for Global Health conference, Boston, MA,
May 2014.
17. Ramaswamy, R, Honore, P., Randolph,G. . and Wandersman, A.
Developing quality measures aligned with the public health quality aims for
Leading Health Indicators”. Oral presentation at American Public Health
Association annual conference, Boston, MA, November 2013
18. Ramaswamy, R, Lesneski, C., Steinmetz, C (*) , Saik, S.and Atkinson, T (*).
Systematic design of patient and staff smoking cessation processes at state
operated substance abuse facilities in North Carolina. Oral presentation at
American Public Health Association annual conference, Boston, MA,
November 2013.
19. George R.B., Bernard A., Ramaswamy R., Gumanga S., Olufolabi A.
Development of a collaborative continuous quality improvement team to
improve maternal and newborn health in northern Ghana. Oral presentation at
the Society of Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology (SOAP) Conference. San
Juan, Puerto Rico, 2013.
20. Onuoha O., Srofenyoh E., Ramaswamy R., Ahiapokpor E., Owen M. The
effect of resource improvement on the decision-to-delivery and post-
anesthesia care unit time intervals in a low-resource setting. Oral
Presentation, Society of Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology (SOAP)
Conference. San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2013.
21. Ramaswamy, R., Lesneski, C. and Steinmetz, C. (*) Implementing a smoking
cessation program in Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers: Enabling the
Organization for Change. Oral presentation, Global Implementation Science
Conference, Washington DC, August 2013,
22. Ramaswamy, R. Developing indicators of public health quality. Oral
presentation at American Public Health Association annual conference,
October 2012.
23. Ramaswamy, R., Lesneski, C. and G. Randolph. Redesigning systems to
improve organizational performance and health outcomes. Oral presentation
at the American Association of Medical Colleges annual meeting, Chicago, IL,
June 2012.
24. Ramaswamy, R. and Runyon, M. (*). Sustaining Learning: Experiences with
a community of students from a global distance education program at UNC.
Oral presentation at the 62nd annual meeting of the International
Communication Association, Phoenix, AZ, May 2012.
25. Bentley, M. and Ramaswamy, R. Technology and global capacity building:
How does culture affect learning?, Oral presentation at the American
Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting, Washington
DC, February 2012.
26. Ramaswamy, R, Segal, S.(*) and Harris, J. Developing standard processes
for the Iowa Department of Public Health. Oral presentation at American
Public Health Association annual conference, Washington DC, November
2011.
27. Ramaswamy, R. and Barker, K. (*). Factors contributing to successful
engagement in on-line discussions in a global distance education program for
public health professionals”. Oral presentation at American Public Health
Association annual conference, Denver CO, November 2010.
BOOKS AND CHAPTERS
1. Ramaswamy, R. and P.M. Barker. Quality Improvement in Resource Poor
Countries, in Sollecito, W. and Johnson, J. Continuous Quality Improvement
in Health Care, 4th Ed., 2010. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury MA,
pages 537-565.
2. Wild, C. and Ramaswamy, R. (eds.) Improving Testing: Applying Quality
Tools and Techniques, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.
3. Ramaswamy, R. Design and Management of Service Processes. Addison-
Wesley, 1996.
INVITED LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
1. Ensign College of Public Health, Kpong, Ghana. Invited lecture on
Implementation Science, March 2017.
2. University of Ibadan, College of Medicine, Ibadan, Nigeria. Invited lecture
on Implementation Science to faculty at the Schools of Medicine and Public
Health and to representatives from the Ministry of Health, February 2017.
3. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Sharing Knowledge to Build a
Culture of Health Conference. Invited panel moderator for “Failing forward
to create a culture of health” panel. Louisville, KY, February 2017.
4. King’s College, School of Nursing and Midwifery, London, UK. Invited
workshop on Applied Implementation Science to students in the M.Sc
program, and invited lecture to faculty and students the Kings Center for
Implementation Science, January 2017.
5. Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of
Surgery, Chicago, IL. Invited seminar, “Wading through the jungle of
Implementation Science Frameworks”, Institute of Public Health and Medicine
seminar series, January 2017.
6. Institute for Healthcare Improvement Scientific Symposium Orlando, FL.
Invited workshop on simulation models in Improvement Science, December
2016.
7. Mahidol University, Bangkok Thailand. Two invited lectures to DrPH and
MPH students on the application of Implementation and Improvement
Science in global health, September 2016.
8. Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India. Invited lecture to
MPH students on “Fundamentals of Applied Implementation Science”
September 2016.
9. Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Candada, Invited lecture
to participants in the Implementation Science Learning Institute “The
Intersection between Implementation Science and Quality Improvement”.
June 2016.
10. University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Invited
lecture to faculty, staff and students students on “Putting Implementation into
Implementation Science: Developing Methods and Tools for Applied
Implementation in Global Health”. April 2016.
11. NC Breathe Easy Conference, Raleigh, NC, Invited workshops on “From
Evidence to Outcomes: Using Implementation Science to Adapt Knowledge to
Local Practice”. March 2016
12. Indiana University and Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis,
IN, Invited lecture on “Fundamentals of Applied Implementation Science”.
February 2016
13. Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada Invited lecture
on “Improving Implementation or Implementing Improvement ?”. October
2015.
14. Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India. Invited lecture to
MPH students on “An Integrated Approach to Strengthening Maternal and
Newborn Healthcare Capacity in Regional Hospitals in Ghana”, October
2015.
15. University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Invited
lecture on “Where is the Implementation in Implementation Science?”, July
2015.
INVITED GUEST LECTURES IN UNC COURSES AND SEMINARS
Course Number
Course Name Semester(s)
MHCH 680 Global Sexual and Reproductive Health Spring 2017, Spring 2016
SPHG 600 Introduction to Public Health Spring 2017, Fall 2016
PUBH 703 Quality Improvement in Public Health and Healthcare
Spring 2016, Spring 2015
UNC SPH Improvement Science student group seminar series
July 2016, January 2015
OTHER SCHOLARLY PRODUCTS
1. Member of the team responsible for producing the Spreading Community
Acceleration for Learning and Evaluation (SCALE) evaluation report,
prepared for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. March 2017.
2. Applied Public Health Informatics, a ten-week online course offered by the
University of Zambia for staff and students working in NGOs, the government
and a, March 2017.
3. Provided oversight for the WaSH Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)
final report, prepared by the Water Institute at UNC for the Conrad N. Hilton
Foundation, January 2017.
4. Provided oversight for the training Continuous Quality Improvement in WaSH:
Manual and Implementation Guide, prepared by the Water Institute at UNC
for the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, January 2017.
5. Developed a 5-day Continuous Quality Improvement training program
prepared for the Water Institute at UNC and delivered in Ghana, Ethiopia and
Burkina Faso, 2014-2016.
6. Massively Open Online Course (MOOC) on The Science of Global Health
Implementation, a five-week course prepared for the University of Paris and
the Medical University of Berlin in collaboration with Indiana University and
Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI), April 2016.
7. 2-day Quality Improvement training program Quality Improvement for Leaders
prepared for NC State Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers (ADATC),
January 2016.
8. Implementation Science for Public Health Interventions, an eight-week online
course for public health researchers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal
and Sri Lanka who are part of the South Asian Hub for Advocacy, Research
and Education in Mental Health, September 2014.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES Courses Developed for UNC: Responsible for developing or co-developing the following new graduate courses:
Year Developed
Course Title Course Description Development or Co-
Development 2009 PUBH 711
Critical Issues in Global Health
This course explores contemporary issues, problems, and controversies in global health through an interdisciplinary perspective; examines the complex tapestry of social, economic, political, and environmental factors that affect global health; analyzes global health disparities through a social justice and human rights lens; and exposes students to opportunities in global health work and research. This course is
Developed individually
a prerequisite for all other courses in the Online Global Health Certificate Program.
2011 PUBH 714 Monitoring and Evaluation of Global Health Programs
This course covers the fundamental concepts and tools for monitoring and evaluation of public health programs such as for HIV/AIDS/STDs, maternal health, reproductive health, child health, environment, and nutrition. Basic concepts and practices in M&E will be covered such as logic models, theory of change, indicators, data collection methods, process evaluation, research design and mixed methods. Students will be required to work in small groups to create a M&E plan for a global health case study.
Adapted course developed by previous instructor (Ghazaleh Samandari)
2012 PUBH 712 Global Health Ethics
This course will introduce students to the theoretical and practical aspects of public health ethics. Develop students analytical skills to evaluate ethical issues related to public health policy, prevention, treatment, and research. Topics include: ethical reasoning; concepts of justice; principles of interacting with communities; professional conduct
Co-developed course with instructor (Louise Winstanly)
and research. Online course.
2014 PUBH 716 – Applied Quality Improvement in Healthcare and Implementation Science
The course objective is to gain skills in planning, testing, implementing, and spreading changes for organizational improvement. The course will follow the PlanDo-Study-Act (PDSA) model to teach students how to conduct an improvement project using a case study. Students will learn to use “R” software to analyze data. Knowledge of “R” is not required for this course.
Developed individually
2015 PUBH 793 Global Public Health Leadership
This course will make broad use of current events with a leadership relevance across the world, emerging global challenges, both strategic and ethical, and will make extensive use of global issues the students face, presented using the case study method. Online course.
Co-developed with David Steffen
2016 PUBH 718 Designing Systems for Global Health Implementation
Using powerful tools from engineering and management, this course equips students to conceptualize, design, and analyze public health and healthcare delivery systems for successful implementation. Key topics: principles of systems thinking and design thinking; tools for understanding and
Developed individually
translating patient and community needs into system performance requirements; approaches to design and prototyping; and computer simulation modeling to assess health system performance. Emphasis is on implementation challenges in low-resource settings.
Course Development for Wits University, Johannesburg: Year Developed Course Title Course
Description Development or Co-Development
2015 COMH 7260 Implementation Science 1
There is abundant evidence of efficacy of interventions that have been carried out in Sub-Saharan Africa but these working interventions have not been backed up with knowledge and skills on how to deliver those interventions effectively in a real setting. The course will provide skills in how these proven and affordable interventions can be implemented to improve health outcomes in the region.
Developed individually
2016 COMH 7261 The course will Developed
Implementation Science 2
follow the PlanDo-Study-Act (PDSA) model to teach students how to conduct an improvement project using a case study..
indiviudally
Courses taught at UNC:
Semester Course Number of
Students Fall 2009 Critical Issues in Global Health 22 Fall 2010 Critical Issues in Global Health 25 Fall 2011 Critical Issues in Global Health 24 Fall 2012 Critical Issues in Global Health 22 Summer 2013
M&E of Global Health Programs 20
Fall 2013 Critical Issues in Global Health 25 Spring 2014 Applied Quality Improvement for
Healthcare and Public Health 10
Summer 2014
M&E of Global Health Programs 20
Fall 2014 Critical issues in Global Health 27 Spring 2015 Applied Quality Improvement for
Healthcare and Public Health 30
Summer 2015
M&E of Global Health Programs 25
Fall 2015 Critical Issues in Global Health 30 Spring 2016 M&E of Global Health Programs 6 Fall 2016 Designing Systems for Global Health
Implementation 8
Spring 2017 Applied Quality Improvement for Healthcare and Public Health
24
Courses taught at Wits University:
Semester Course Number of
Students April 2015 Implementation Science 1 12
April 2016 Implementation Science 1 18 April 2016 Implementation Science 2 15 April 2017 Implementation Science 1 20
Guest lectures:
1. MHCH 680 Global Sexual and Reproductive Health. Spring 2017
2. SPHG 600 Introduction to Public Health. Spring 2017
3. SPHG 600 Introduction to Public Health. Fall 2016
4. MHCH 680 Global Sexual and Reproductive Health, Spring 2016
5. PUBH 703 Quality Improvement in Healthcare and Public Health, Spring
2016
6. PUBH 703 Quality Improvement in Healthcare and Public Health, Spring
2015
7. Seminar in HPM Executive DrPH program, January 2016
8. Seminar in Executve DrPH program, May 2015
MENTORSHIPS AND STUDENT SUPERVISION Junior Faculty Mentored
1. Karine Dube. Research Assistant Professor, Public Health Leadership
Program Onboarding mentor. January 2017
2. Anant Kumar. Faculty member at the Xavier’s Institute of Social Sciences,
Ranchi, India. Dr. Kumar visited UNC from September 2015 to May 2016
as a Fulbright Scholar. Under mentorship, Dr. Kumar worked on a paper
entitled Use of Mobile, Internet Technology and Social Media in Promoting
Community Public Health in India which is being revised for submission to
the Journal of Community Informatics.
Post Doctoral Associates Mentored
1. Michael Fisher. Post-doctoral Associate, Water Institute. Worked with Dr.
Fisher to build the WaSH CQI course and trained him to teach course in
Ghana, Ethiopia and Burkina Faso. 2014-2016.
Doctoral Students Supervised Completed Dissertations
1. Hataya Petcharoen, Capacity building of local administrative organization
on child care center management using participatory approach. DrPh
dissertation, Mahidol University, Thailand. Defended April 2016. 2. Amy Rankin-Williams. How can HIV testing rates in rural, southern Malawi
be increased? DrPH dissertation, Department of Health Policy and
Management. Defended March 2016.
3. Kerry Bruce. Use of mobile technology for monitoring and evaluation in
international health and development programs. DrPH dissertation,
Department of Health Policy and Management. Defended 2013.
Dissertations in progress
4. Tamara Atkinson. Staff Perception and Patient Intent to Quit Tobacco:
Applied Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in Behavioral
Healthcare. Doctor of Health Administration dissertation. Medical
University of South Carolina. Expected 2017.
5. Oscar Fleming. How can implementation teams support improved
implementation processes and outcomes in the context of complex,
collective efforts to promote child wellbeing and prevent maltreatment?
DrPH dissertation. Department of Health Policy and Management.
Expected 2017.
6. Alfred Kwesi Manyeh. Towards elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Ghana:
refining the strategy through quality improvement. PhD dissertation.
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. University of the
Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Expected 2017.
Pre-Doctoral Clinical Internships Supervised
1. Kassy Alia. Department of Community Psychology. University of South
Carolina. Expected 2017.
2. Brittany Cook. Department of Community Psychology. University of South
Carolina. Expected 2017.Expected 2017.
UNC MPH Student Papers Supervised 2017
1. Eva Lorenz. How useful are patient portals for hospitals in rural areas?
2016
2. Mahendra Katta. Public Health leadership failure at Flint
3. Rachel Nelson. Assessment of maternal and neonatal health facility and
service preparedness at tertiary hospitals in Ghana
4. Ashini Fernando. A guidance document to assess quality of self-
pregnancy tests.
5. Michael Fischer. Mental distress of women in Southwest Uganda:
exposure and measurement
6. Marie Lina Excellent. Policy and practice implications of addressing
antimicrobial resistance in Haiti.
7. Leah Stansberry. Planning for the implementation of golden rice as a
solution for Vitamin A deficiency: recommendations for India.
8. Rabiga Khozamkul. Using mHealth tools to promote oral health among
women living in poverty in Peru: a program plan.
2015
9. Andrea Halverson. Unmet need for family planning services among
women living with and vulnerable to HIV in Côte d’Ivoire: implications for
programmatic priorities.
10. Celia Jewell. Policy considerations for the development and integration of
Community Health Workers in North Carolina.
11. Katie McNabb. Shifting the paradigm of nutrition metrics: A proposed
program plan to address child under-nutrition and generate demand in low
and middle-income countries.
12. Manish Kumar. Integrated health system architecture to facilitate national
and state-wide public health monitoring: a case study based in India.
13. Joel Jennings. Effect of the 2006 army hearing readiness policy.
14. Ed Haugh. Challenges for scaling up mental health through the primary
health care system in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.
15. Tekleab Woldekiros (MCH department). Successes and challenges of the
Ethiopian health extension program from the implementation perspective.
2014
16. Bianca Patel. General attitudes towards and barriers to integrating
tobacco interventions into substance abuse facilities: a study of RJ
Blackley in Butner, North Carolina.
2013
17. Arti Ajmani. Understanding community awareness, discrimination and
stigma associated with mental health in lower and middle-income
countries: a systematic literature review with a case study from India.
18. Cecilee Steinmetz: Using systematic implementation methods to improve
public health delivery: a smoking cessation case study.
Other Master’s Student Theses Supervised University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
2017
1. Abdu Adamu (Nigeria)
2. Oluyinka Dania (Nigeria)
3. James Simukoko (Zambia)
4. Lorraine Malepo (South Africa)
5. Desire Habonimana (Burundi)
CONTRACTS AND GRANTS Ongoing Research Support
[IPF 16-1987] (Ramaswamy) 01/15/2017-04/14/2017 1.2 calendar months Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (bridge award) $40,000 (annual direct) Formative evaluation of the SCALE initiative To conduct formative evaluation of selected communities participating in a health improvement initiative. The formative evaluation is conducted during their implementation of their community improvement efforts to assess the extent to which the tools are being used, how they interact with their coaches and mentors, and how this interaction is affecting progress in their projects. This information will be fed back to individual communities to help them enhance their progress as well as disseminated more broadly as guidelines for good community health improvement practice. [505910](Ramaswamy) 09/01/2013-08/31/2018 1.2 calendar months Children’s International Foundation Fund $34.000 (annual direct) Establishing Centers of Excellence for Newborn Care in Ghana Development of a Quality Improvement program to reduce maternal and neonatal mortalities and stillbirths in regional hospitals in Ghana. Training of Quality Improvement leaders and front line staff in QI principles, identifying system and operational issues affecting the quality of care, and coaching QI staff to launch and implement improvement projects to address these issues. Role: PI [D43TW009774] (Pettifor) 1.2 calendar months 06/01/2014 – 02/31/2019 NIH Fogarty Center $290,598 UNC Wits AIDS Implementation Research and Cohort Analyses Training Grant UNC Schools of Medicine and Public Health are developing an Implementation Research graduate training program in collaboration with WITS University in South Africa. Role: Implementation Science Lead [1R25TW009708-01](Chi) 05/01/2015-04/30/2018 1.2 calendar months NIH Fogarty Center The CIDRZ-UNZA eLearning Platform for Research and Training. UNC Schools of Medicine and Public Health in collaboration with the University of Zambia (UNZA) are developing an online public health informatics course for Zambian public health professionals. This course will teach Zambian professionals on statistical programming using SAS, data management, basic biostatistics, and the principles of research design to enable them to conduct and support epidemiologic research. The 10 week course is scheduled to be first
offered in September 2016. It will be followed by a 12 week practical component in which the students will use their learning on individual mentored projects. Role: e-Learning Lead Pending Research Support (Ramaswamy) 05/01/2017-04/30/2019 2.4 calendar months Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $136,456 (annual direct) Evaluation 2.0 : Summative Evaluation of SCALE 2.0 Summative evaluation and assessment of community readiness and capability for the next set of communities participating in the SCALE project. (Ramaswamy) 05/01/2017-04/30/2022 2.16 calendar months NIH $35.000 (annual direct) Enabling Translation of Science to Service to Enhance Depression Care Testing implementation strategies for the scale up of mental health interventions through the primary health care system in Madhya Pradesh, India. Completed Research Support (Ramaswamy) 01/15/2015-01/14/2017 1.2 calendar months Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (bridge award) Formative evaluation of the SCALE initiative Formative evaluation of selected communities that are participating in a health improvement initiative. (Chi) Doris Duke Foundation 02/01/2012 – 06/30/2015 Clinical Mentoring and Community Engagement to Improve Millennium Development Goals Health Outcomes in Lusaka Province of Zambia Role: Co-Investigator (Bartram) Conrad N. Hilton Foundation 07/01/2012-06/30/2015 Monitoring and Evaluation of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Initiative Development of indicators, surveys, research design and learning feedback loops for grantees of the Hilton Foundation. Role: Continuous Quality Improvement Lead (Ramaswamy)
Pfizer Health Foundation 02/01/2012-02/01/2014 Tobacco Prevention and Control Collaborative Project used implementation science methods to design and evaluate a tobacco cessation program at the Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center (ADATC) in North Carolina (Ramaswamy) 02/01/2009-07/31/2012 Gillings School of Global Public Health Research and Innovations Solutions Global Learning Program Developing an online program to build the skills of field-based public health practitioners worldwide. LEADERSHIP POSITIONS University of North Carolina UNC Faculty Council 2016-2019 One of three faculty representatives from the school of public health to the UNC faculty council. Faculty council representative on the university’s Advisory Committee for Transportation and Parking Gillings School of Global Public Health Associate Director, Global Practice, Gillings Global Gateway® 2016-present Responsible for facilitating the development of the school’s global footprint in the research and practice of implementation science by creating opportunities that bring together public health faculty within the school and across campus, and with organizations in the Triangle, such as RTI, Intrahealth, FHI360, and similar global partners, for ongoing, interdisciplinary collaboration in the global practice of implementation science Co-Director, Consortium for Implementation Science 2016-present The goals of the UNC/RTI Consortium for Implementation Science are to facilitate collaboration among scientists, practitioners and policy makers with the goal of advancing dissemination and implementation science through research, practice, education and training and policy. Faculty Director, Global Online MPH 2015-present The Global Online MPH is intended to provide working professionals from around the world with the implementation, improvement and evaluation skills to analyze and develop solutions to issues in global health through an interdisciplinary perspective. Program website is at http://sph.unc.edu/phlp/unc-gillings-global-online-masters-in-public-health/ Faculty Director, Online Global Health Certificate 2012-present The goal of the program is to provide those who already have professional specialties with lenses and tools to apply their skills to global health work. These
are professionals working for the private sector, government or non-profit organization in any field who have an interested in learning more about the issues and tools of global health practice. In addition to the certificate students, MPH students in Public Health Leadership, Maternal and Child Health, Health Policy and Management and other schools take the courses as electives or as part of a global health focus area. Program website is at http://www2.sph.unc.edu/phlp/globalhealth . EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES Associate Editor, BMC Public Health 2010 -present Peer Reviewer for:
• BMC Health Services Research • International Journal for Quality in Healthcare • BMJ Quality and Safety • Implementation Science • Health Policy and Planning • AIDS • PLoS One • International Journal of Health Policy and Management
OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
• Grant reviewer for the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, 2014-present
• Leader of the Global School taskforce, responsible for developing the strategy to enhance the school’s global footprint, which led to the creation of the Gillings Global Gateway® 2013
• Member of the Gateway Strategic Advisory Committee, convened to provide strategic advice to the Executive Director, 2014
• School of Public Health Search Committees: o Multiple faculty positions in the Department of Maternal and Child
Health, 2016 o Multiple faculty positions in the Public Health Leadership Program,
2016 o Director of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 2014 o Director of Corporate and Foundations Relations, 2015
• Member of the FHI360-UNC SPH fellowship review committee, 2015-
2017 • UJMT Fogarty Global Health Application Fellowship reviewer, Institute for
Global Health and Infections Diseases, 2015-2017
