Rose A.

Nesbitt, PhD, MS, MPH

Seabrook, MD, 20706 301-466-4607 (mobile) roseanesbitt@gmail.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS Industrious and dependable professional with over 15 years of experience in international public health. A proven team leader / team player, consultant and manager. Specialist in assessing the impact of HIV/AIDS prevention in urban and rural contexts. Experience in monitoring and evaluating health related projects. Expertise in Public Health Education - training of trainers; research; college-level instruction; mentoring; and international field work utilizing qualitative and quantitative data analysis and community mobilization. A U.S. citizen with ability to work in multicultural populations.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Pan African Christian AIDS Network, (PACANet-USA), Washington DC Executive Director 4/07 Present
Organize and coordinate the full range of managerial, technical, administrative, and logistical support for project implementation and program development for various HIV/AIDS initiatives. Continuously perform Formative Evaluation for initial and ongoing project activities Monitor budget expenditures and document/report significant variances in alignment with PACANet policy. Manage grant funds and sub-agreements. Coordinate donors and other stakeholders to work on issues related to HIV (already established five partnerships in six African countries and working on four more this year). Plan and develop resource requirements and provide authoritative guidance on critical resource issues and challenges. Back-stopping in different countries to train and evaluate projects or Represent PACANet at professional conferences, enabling publishing and presentation of accomplishments in professional forum. Assist with future program development by identifying opportunities; write funding proposals to meet public health needs. Serve as the primary liaison between potential donors, the country field offices and headquarters.

Pan African Christian AIDS Network, (PACANet-USA, Kampala, Uganda Research Director / M&E Officer 8/06 4/07 Drafted first Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for PACANet; became the first framework ever utilized by the organization, allowed, monitored and evaluated activities, reviewed goals, assigned activity owners, set organizational objectives, measured and saw completion of projects on time. Together with the country consultant, designed M&E instruments, developed indicators / log framework for projects in the different countries Designed model to empower the Country Christian AIDS Network (CCANet) leaders, in turn empowering grassroots churches to address HIV problem. Evaluated and summarized data and prioritized key issues for management. Developed and directed HIV/AIDS situational analyses research project in six African countries (Uganda, Swaziland, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Madagascar and Sierra Leone) which revealed ways they could use our model and increase their HIV/AIDS activities. Developed briefings, issue papers, memoranda, analyses, reports, proposals and other documents on various issues. Translated highly technical information into simplified format for a wide variety of audience.

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Howard University Washington DC Master Instructor: Parasitology and Life Sciences

01/89 05/06

Served as college instructor for 1500+ students for a nationally accredited institution of higher education. Conducted classes for graduate and undergraduate students. Developed and used formal and informal techniques and instruments to facilitate quality learning experiences. Reviewed and modified teaching strategies when needed. Infused existing course curriculum with new ideas and examples. Developed, planned and prepared curriculum, facilitating classroom instruction, laboratory tutorials and individual advising sessions. Partnered with students on completing innovative projects, using new ideas and concepts which enhanced student performance levels. Conducted field work and published key research on the Amebiasis parasite in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Received an award from Howard University President (10/02/1995). Award was three months in Ethiopia to direct Training of Trainers. Trained 60 teachers and technicians on new techniques in enzyme polymorphism.

International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Kenya

ICIPE is an organization that studies insect life in tropical countries and their effect on human health and food security. Research Scientist 03/82 07/87 Led epidemiology section of Nguruman Project in Kenya. As Team Leader, mobilized and enlisted assistance from over 100 community members in assessing infection rates and successfully eliminated 99% of the tsetse population, significantly improving area's production yields. Performed multidisciplinary research involving four scientists, sixteen technicians and the community in Kenya and improved health conditions in the study areas. For the first time ever, calculated trypanosome challenge for several locations in Kenya and successfully published in peer reviewed journals. This information enabled the sites to be compared and subsequently played a role in the allocation of developmental funds to these areas.

Tanga Tsetse Research Institute, Tanga, Tanzania Interim Program manager / researcher

05/75 08/77

Supervised USAID funded project at Tanzanias National Science Research and Trai ning Center, resulting in a 98% reduction of nagana in the test area. Recruited, trained and supervised 80 staff members. Trained 15 lab technicians on research activities. Tactful managerial skills resulted in 50% of centers retention.

ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE World Bank, Human Nutrition and Population Division, Washington, DC Volunteer/Researcher 08/02 - 2/04
Conducted research in Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) in Africa on shortage of health care workers. Led research study to groundbreaking conclusion that shortage of health care workers exits, and revealing acknowledgement of problem, but failure to address it.

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Facilitated World Bank beginning dialogue for all new projects in Africa to have human resource component by utilizing multiple results from various country studies. 2/02 3/04

The Health Education Resource Organization (HERO), Baltimore, MD Volunteer, Health Educator: HIV Prevention Education Division

As part of Community Education initiative, gave presentations on AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases to increase youth awareness. Visited shelters in urban areas and discussed control strategies for HIV/AIDS. Acquired individualized knowledge of community. Facilitated lively discussions empowered the community with knowledge on HIV/ AIDS. Introduced a new time for meeting with the youth; eliminating social gathering conflicts, improved attendance by 40%.

International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the United Nations Environmental Project (UNEP), Nairobi, Kenya Consultant 05/85 07/85

Conducted a comprehensive study on tsetse control in Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Study resulted in recommendations for improving South African health conditions and the report played a major role in allocating development funds to these countries.

EDUCATION Master of Public Health, International Health, 2003, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Doctor of Philosophy, May 1983, Agronomy: Dissertation focus areas - Human Parasitology / Medical Entomology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Master of Science, May 1979, Agronomy: Thesis focus areas - Human Parasitology / Medical Entomology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Bachelor of Science, 1975, Botany / Zoology, University of Dar-Es-Salaam, Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania Certificate, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Counseling & Testing, 2007, Maryland Department of Health, Baltimore, MD SKILLS Languages: Swahili (excellent), English (excellent) and French (beginner). Computer: Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and STATA. Working knowledge of SPSS and Epi Info.
Selected Publications: (Symphorose Tarimo = maiden name) more than 15 published in peer reviewed journals

R. A. Nesbitt1, E. Baralemwa2, L Mugisa2, J. Kigenyi2:2010. A six country assessment of the challenges to effectively utilizing church structures in HIV prevention and care. International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria, July 18th 24, 2010. R. A. Nesbitt1, E. Baralemwa2, L Mugisa2, J. Kigenyi2: 2010. Building the human capacity of churches to confront HIV/AIDS: Can the church do more? International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria, July 18 th 24, 2010. R. A. Nesbitt1, E. Baralemwa2, L Mugisa2, J. Kigenyi2: 2010. The Church response to HIV/AIDS: A Survey of Six African Countries to Identify Existing HIV/AIDS interventions. International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria, July 18th 24, 2010. Rose A. Nesbitt; Franklin W. Mosha; Hormuzd A. Katki; Mohammad Ashraf and Clarence M. Lee. (2004) Amebiasis in Kilimanjaro Tanzania and Comparison of the Microscopy to ELISA technique in the Detection of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar. Journal of National Medical Association. 96, (5).

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