Emily Nelle Plunkett
1025 Saluda Ct.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
919-414-1559
emily.n.plunkett@gmail.com
EDUCATION
School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
August 2002 to December 2006
BSPH (Biostatistics) (GPA 3.55), BA in Anthropology (GPA 3.83)
Overall GPA 3.65, Dean’s List 5 Semesters
University of Salvador
July 2006 to November 2006
Study Abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina
University of Havana
January 2004 to May 2004
Study Abroad in Havana, Cuba
WORK EXPERIENCE
Hillside High School, Durham Public Schools
August 2008 to January 2009
Student teacher
Teaching IB Precalculus and IB Math SL to 50 high school students
Horton Middle School, Chatham County Public Schools
December 2007 to June 2008
6th, 7th, and 8th grade Math Teacher, Full-time
Teaching 6th grade math, 7th grade math and pre-algebra to about 60 middle school students.
Health Science Research Development Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center February 2007 to October 2007
Health Science Research Specialist, Full-time
In charge of recruitment of patients, recording information from patient medical records, patient interviews, and data entry for behavioral intervention to lower cholesterol. Also, helped to create educational materials using Microsoft Publisher.
Biometric Consulting Lab, Univ. of North Carolina-CH
September 2004 to May 2005, August 2005 to July 2006
Research Assistant, 15 hours per week
Assisted Dr. Gary Koch in consulting projects and in day-to-day coordination of the Lab. Entered and analyzed data using SAS. Helped in preparation of teaching materials. Kaja
National Center for Health Statistics
June 2005 to August 2005
Through the Joint Program in Survey Methodology
Junior Fellow, Full-time
Created life expectancy tables and survival tables using SAS.
