CASSADY MARIE COLLINS

2652 S. Knightsbridge Circle Ann Arbor, MI 48105

cassadym@umich.edu  972-697-8911
EDUCATION
University of Michigan School of Public Health Ann Arbor, MI
Master of Public Health-Epidemiology Fall 2018-Present
 Related Course: EPID679 Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders and Substance Use
o Currently writing paper using data from the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys to look at the
associations between adult ADHD and risky behaviors
University of Kentucky College of Public Health Lexington, KY
Bachelor of Public Health Fall 2014-Spring 2018
 Related Course: CPH395 Independent Study
o Worked with Dr. Sabrina Brown conducting literature review and writing the beginning sections of a future paper
that will link specific data from KY-VDRS and the UK Markey Cancer Center to determine specific risk factors for
suicide in KY cancer patients
Awards and Honors Lexington, KY
University of Kentucky Dean’s List Spring 2017-Spring 2018
College of Public Health Undergraduate Awards May 6th 2018
 Nominee and later runner up for undergraduate research award for poster presentation on suicide in KY cancer patients
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University of Michigan School of Public Health Ann Arbor, MI
Research Assistant at the Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health Fall 2018-Present
 Assistance with overall research and data/source collection for 5 ongoing projects/papers
o Currently assisting with research on variations in long-term care facilities across states
 Conduct literature reviews to help prepare for grant applications
 Recently designed fact sheet for the National Association for Urban Debate Leagues that summarized findings from our study so
that it could be understood by a general audience
Kentucky Violent Death Reporting System (KY-VDRS) Lexington, KY
Data Abstractor Fall 2016-Fall 2018
 Abstracted over 2,000 violent death cases per year using data obtained from over five different types of death records and entered
cases into the national surveillance system in order to analyze trends and help assist the state in designing and implementing
prevention and intervention efforts
o Main records included coroner reports, medical examiner reports, toxicology reports, law enforcement reports, and
death certificates
 Implemented the use of the Coroner Investigation Reporting System (CIRS) to encourage a secure, uniform database for all
county coroners to easily send and access data
 Contributed to monthly conference calls with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other funded states to
discuss various coding issues in particularly difficult or unusual cases
 Traveled to 16 coroner trainings a year across KY in order to connect with data providers and abstract data/cases in person that
may have been unable to reach us through the bi-annual mailing
 Designed and created detailed 120 county infographics for each county coroner in KY based on each county’s specific statistics
on violent deaths over the last ten years in order to give back to data providers with a visual aid of what has been occurring in
their county so they can apply for funding/grants in their county with data to back up applications
 Designed logo for KY-VDRS to be used on future reports, mailings, etc.
 Created tables showing violent death demographics on veterans in KY for the Lieutenant Governor and the Commissioner of
Veteran Affairs
GRANT INVOLVEMENT
Kentucky Violent Death Reporting System (KY-VDRS) Amount: $1,152,500
CDC Award number 1U17/CE002601-01, Grant number PA-09904 2014-2019
 Research assistant/data abstractor for statewide and national surveillance system designed to track trends and characteristics of
violent deaths with the goal of reducing these deaths
CONFERENCES
National Violent Death Reporting System Reverse Site Visit New Orleans, LA
KY-VDRS May 15 -17 2018 and May 16th-18th 2017
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 Represented Kentucky with Principal Investigator, Dr. Sabrina Brown at annual conference in which grantees are given the
opportunity to share progress made with NVDRS in their state
Bost Health Policy Forum Lexington, KY
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky September 25th 2017
 Attended health policy forum designed to address the growing opioid crisis in Kentucky
National Violent Death Reporting System Reverse Site Visit for New States Atlanta, GA
KY-VDRS December 13th-15th 2016
 Attended with other KY-VDRS abstractor to represent veteran states in a conference geared towards data abstraction for newly
funded states
SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS
 Over 8 years experience and knowledge working with Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Microsoft Office
 Well versed in GIS and have produced over a dozen maps using various software platforms including QGIS, ArcGIS, and
CARTO
o Produced map with QGIS exploring violent deaths among veterans in KY by county
 FEMA: Incident Command System certified
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication (CERC) certified
 PEERRS: Human Subject Research Protections certified
 SAS Programming knowledge
UNDERGRADUATE CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT
Student Ambassador Lexington, KY
University of Kentucky College of Public Health Fall 2017-Fall 2018
 Served the college and assist with student recruitment, spoke to community and university groups, helped plan activities for
peers, and represented the college at receptions, meetings, and table events
Phi Mu Fraternity Lexington, KY
Rho Iota Chapter Spring 2015-Spring 2018