Women’s History Month Spotlight: Interview by Janisse Mitchell, MPH
Janisse Mitchell, MPH is currently a student in the Doctor of Health Sciences program at Eastern Virginia Medical School ( Class of 2021). She earned her Master of Public Health, Management and Policy degree from EVMS and Bachelor of Science degrees in both Public Health and Kinesiology from Shenandoah University. While attending graduate school, Janisse had the opportunity to visit the country of Moldova and assist them with making recommendations for a national Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey. She started her career as a fitness trainer, then worked as a Health Educator for over five years, and is currently a Senior Program Manager. She is a passionate Public Health Professional with years of experience in communication, customer service, research, health content writing, and data analysis. Janisse is a disease prevention and management advocate who seeks to improve others’ health while helping to improve access to healthcare services.
Interview by Janisse Mitchell, MPH
I had the pleasure of interviewing LaTonya R. Bynum, MPH, CHES for the Effective Information Technology for Healthcare Organizations course offered in the Doctorate in Health Science program at the University. Ms. Bynum is the founder and CEO at Utilize Research for Access ( URA) Resource Center, LLC. As Ms. Bynum stated, she provides tailored resources to support communities using no- cost publicly accessible and secure systems to exchange health information to professionals, consultants, and government contractors. I was interested in interviewing her for several reasons. She has over 20 years’ experience in Health Information Technology, is an app developer, serves as a consultant, and has over 12 years’ experience as a Senior Analyst- Software Support Analyst working at the department of health. I also learned that she is a Technical editor that explains high- level thinking from the data and breaks it down into plain language for clients.
To connect with Janisse Mitchell, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janissenmitchell/
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