Alexa Reyes, BS, MPH

Phone: (951) 768.5230

E-Mail: reyalessia7@gmail.com  Site: http://reyalexa.weebly.com/

EDUCATION

Masters of Public Health (MPH) June, 2018

Department of Health Science and Human Ecology
College of Natural Science
California State University, San Bernardino
Environmental Health Science BS June, 2016
Department of Health Science and Human Ecology
College of Natural Science
California State University, San Bernardino
High School Diploma, Honors June, 2009
Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Corona CA

CERTIFICATES
Certificate of Recognition September, 2016

RELEVANT EXPERIENCES

Communicable Diseases Section, Public Health Department of San Bernardino

Department of Public Health, San Bernardino June-Present

 Conduct Disease investigations on HIV, Syphilis, Hepatitis, Salmonella, WNV,

etc.

 Assist in disease surveillance, education and training to providers, hospitals and

the public on disease prevention as well as transmission

 Make recommendations to hospitals and health providers on treatment methods

on specific diseases based on the State of California guidelines and CDC
recommendations

 Conducting research on various health projects, programs, and disease

 Assist in developing surveys, and analyzing data

 Data entry and analysis on various communicable diseases

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  Create writeups, log disease findings, use surveillance software’s such as
CalRedie, ARPE, ReddieNet, MS Office software etc.

 Assisting in the completion of ARPE documents on TB.

 Assisting in the development of a health and wellness event focused on STD in

July.

 Assist in community outreach efforts that include developing informational

material, developing oral presentations and communicating with the public

 Assisted in completing weekly/ monthly/ annual county and state reports for
2018.

 Became a member of the counties STD task force and assist in developing
outreach methods tailored for teens.

Delivering Emergency Nourishment (DEN) for CSUSB students:

Internship

CSUSB 2017, March-June

 DEN’s data entry and recertification: Assisting with research projects, impact
evaluation, data entry and recertification.

 Creating material to promote food security, healthy eating and physical activities
at the DEN and various locations at CSUSB main campus

 Connect little to no income students to free housing programs and provided

information on locations they can receive free food and basic toiletries on
campus.

 To gain professional administrative experience as well as caseload management

North West Mosquito Vector Control District: Intern

NMVCD 2018, April-June

 Assisted in mosquito surveillance and data collection.

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  Assisted in community outreach efforts and provided information on how to
prevent mosquito bites, importance of disposing standing water and when to
call Northwest Mosquito Vector Control when having a vector problem.

 Assisted in developing protocols and insectary development as well as

maintenance

 Conducted research on various mosquito’s diseases in addition to setting up

mosquito traps

Graduate Researcher with the Department of Health Science and Human

Ecology

CSUSB 2016-1017
 Systematic Review on HIV Knowledge among CSUSB College Students.

 Primary data analysis on HIV awareness, attitudes and behavior among

students at CSUSB.

Undergraduate Faculty Student Research

CSUSB 2015-2016

 Data analysis and Survey development: Identifying at risk populations using

SPSS and OSHPD software programs.

 Primary data analysis on HIV awareness HIV, attitudes and behavior among
students at CSUSB

 Real Time Data Analysis on hospital acquired infection- Clostridium defficile

(C.diff) and Escherichia Coli (E.coli)
 Secondary Data analysis on Hospital Acquired Infection- (C.diff) in California
using OSHPD

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teacher Assistant

CSUSB, Department of Health Science and Human Ecology September 2016-June

2018
 Graduate Teaching Associate for Health Science 120 laboratory

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AWARDS AND GRANTS

 Graduate Equity Fellowship, 2016-2017

o The Graduate Equity Fellowship is an academic achievement award that assists

under-represented students in the completion of the master’s degree at CSUSB and
encourages students to pursue a doctorates degree.

 Summer Bridge Student Program, 2015

 Scholarship was awarded by Dr. Becerra to encourage and support my research on Real
Time Data Analysis of Clostridium defficile and Escherichia coli.
 Office of Sponsored Research Faculty/ Student Grant, 2015

 The Faculty/Student Grants funded by the Office of Student Research (OSR) was
designed to assist the initiation and/or development of collaborative research between
students and faculty.

 Federal Pell-Grant, 2014-2016

 Federal Pell Grants is awarded to students that need financial assistance in earning
their first bachelor's degree, or who are enrolled in certain post-baccalaureate programs.

RELEVANT SKILLS

 Statistical software/ Data collection: SPSS,OSHDP, CalRedie, ReddieNet,

 Data management/survey development

 Literature Review Analysis

 Visual Analytics: Google trend Analysis

 Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.

 Citation/Reference: Zotero

 Literature searches engines: PubMed, EBSCO host, ERIC, Google Scholar, etc.

 Public health marketing: Infographics, PSA, etc.

 Social Media: Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Pinterest

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 Laboratory skills: Dissection, microbiology, statistics, biology, general chemistry, Organic
chemistry.

SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

1. Becerra, B. J., Sis-Medina, R. C., Reyes, A., & Becerra, M. B. (2015). Association
Between Food Insecurity and Serious Psychological Distress Among Hispanic
Adults Living in Poverty. Preventing Chronic Disease, 12, E206.
http://doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.150334
2. Reyes, Alexa (2017). Clostridium defficile Incidences Among Emergency
Department Patients. Office of Student Research.
http://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/osr/
3. Reyes, Alexa (2017). Real Time Data Analysis of Clostridium Defficile and
Escherichia coli. Office of Student Research.
http://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/osr/

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

 Meeting of the Minds poster presentation on Real Time Data Analysis of

Clostridium Defficile and Escherichia coli., 2016

 Meeting of the Minds oral presentation on Clostridium defficile Incidences Among

Emergency Department Patients, 2017

OTHER MANUSCRIPTS

 HIV Literacy, Attitudes and Behaviors among Students at CSUSB

 HIV Knowledge among CSUSB College Students, Systematic Review

REFERENCES

Available upon request.

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