Jessica Rudd

Current PhD Candidate in Analytics and Data Science at Kennesaw State University. Academic and professional experience in infectious disease epidemiology and biostatistics. 6 years as senior programmer and data analyst for the Division of Viral Diseases at the CDC. Experience working on outbreaks of H1N1, Nipah, Japanese encephalitis, MERS-CoV, Ebola, and various enteric illnesses, such as rotavirus. Deployed to WHO in Geneva as data manager for MERS-CoV outbreak. I also have background in business and technology through leadership roles in the U.S. FIRST robotics program. I have extensive training in foreign languages including advanced comprehension of French and working knowledge of Arabic, Xhosa, Bangla, Hebrew and Spanish. I also have public speaking and theatrical performance experience through training and performance at Whole World Improv Theatre, Pinch N' Ouch Theatre, Highwire Theater, and Post Modern Collapse Sketch Comedy. I plan to further a career in analytics and statistics programming. Specialties: Informatics, Data Science, SAS, Access, Excel, SPSS, Epi Info, SUDAAN, ArcGIS, Word, PowerPoint, Improvisational acting