MASS AWIS is offering an opportunity to make professional connections across a variety of career paths. ‘Join Me for Coffee’ gives a chance to meet with a STEM professional for 1 hour online. Participants will not only learn about that person’s career but also establish a new professional connection. These events are a great opportunity for participants to practice networking in an intimate setting, a skill that helps open doors to meaningful careers in STEM.

The upcoming ‘Join Me for Coffee’ event series will feature Melody Kingsley. If you would like to participate in this ‘Join Me for Coffee’ event, first complete the event application form. A committee will then review all applications and select 4-6 participants for each event. For this ‘Join Me for Coffee’ event, 4 participants will be selected. Selected applicants will be notified by email prior to the event. Upon selection notification, you will be required to formally register for the event and pay the registration fee via our secure website. Selected applicants who fail to complete registration on time forfeit the opportunity to participate.

Melody Kingsley, MPH

Melody Kingsley is an Epidemiologist and part of the evaluation team for the Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation and Prevention program (MTCP) at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. She has over five years of experience conducting surveillance and evaluation related activities for MTCP, including analyzing trends in adult and youth tobacco data, mapping geographical inequities in tobacco retail density, and evaluating the impact of tobacco control policies on the retail environment and behavioral outcomes. Her current work focuses on conducting program and policy evaluation using a racial justice lens and assessing whether local and statewide policies have an equitable impact on populations disproportionately affected by tobacco use. She is also interested in using non-traditional approaches to data collection and evaluation, including online panel surveys and community-based participatory evaluation methods, to increase BIPOC representation and lift up community voices. She received her Master of Public Health from the Yale School of Public Health with a concentration in Chronic Disease Epidemiology.

Registration fee: Free for MASS AWIS members; $5 for non-MASS AWIS members

Application deadline: Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 at 11:55 PM.

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