Individuals

Position:Director of Breast Health for USC & Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital

Data projects involved: 1

As a fellowship trained breast surgical oncologist, I specialize in providing comprehensive care to my patients focusing on Oncoplastics and treating the entire patient. As Director of Breast Health in an Academic Center, I have become a NCI investigator, PI for collaborative trials, written grants, taught surgical, OB/GYN and Family Practice residents, started a High Risk Clinic that I instruct Medical Oncology Fellows, lectured to residents and medical students, mentored residents and assisted in their placing in competitive fellowships, participated in numerous community talks and outreach events. As Director at a failing healthcare system, I provided top notch care to the underserved population and led my team to full NAPBC accredidation despite limited resources.

Position:Environmental Social Scientist

I am an environmental social scientist who employs participatory and interdisciplinary socio-ecological methods to build adaptive capacity in diverse communities for climate change, coastal hazards, and the sustainable management of natural resources. Over the course of a dozen years in the conservation field, I have traveled throughout the United States and Mexico to perform interviews, facilitate focus groups and workshops, and conduct survey research to inform management plans, write scientific articles, and engage primarily rural natural resource dependent communities.

Position:Director

Data projects involved: 45

Kasiet Ysmanova, is director at CAB and an experienced analytical design, collection, and implementation leader with over 3 years of experience carrying out research projects all over Central Asia. She has led research teams spanning the entire research cycle, to include developing research plans, carrying out data quality assessments, establishing sampling parameters, designing assessment tools, developing, and conducting researcher training, conducting interviews and focus groups, analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, and creating reports/providing briefings. She holds an MA in Politics and Security from the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. She has broad international and regional experience both in the forms of her studies and work.