167: Diabetes Expert & Public Health Contracting Tips with Sarah Grant, MPH, CHES, CDCES

Interview with Sarah Grant, MPH, CHES, CDCES

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Highlights from this episode:

1. How to build expertise to then get into public health consulting work
2. Decision behind choosing to pursue an MPH after 7 years of being a Pharmacy Technician
3. How to gain local perspectives and insights in public health when you are doing an online MPH program
4. Building grant writing skillset through volunteer work

Episode 167 of Public Health Careers

Sarah Grant, MPH, CHES, CDCES is a Consultant Program Manager at Unstukk Ltd. She’s an experienced public health professional and contractor.

Sarah conferred a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences at Oakwood University. During her time here she was a Pharmacy Technician at CVS Pharmacy.

She continued on to work as a Pharmacy Technician at CVS while pursing a degree at Pharmacy School which she was unable to complete as she talks about on the show.

Sarah decided to pursue a Master of Public Health at Northern Illinois University. During her time here she as a Health Promotion Intern at Oakhurst Medical Centers (now MedCura Health).

After graduating, Sarah worked at Four Corners Primary Care Centers as a Patient Educator/Vaccine Coordinator/Pharmacy Technician.

She then went on to work as a Freelance Health Education and Resource Development Officer in Chronic Diseases at Black Beetle Health. She then moved into a Contracted Project Manager for chronic disease management at Black Beetle Health.

Sarah then took on a role as a volunteer Grant Writer at Genuine Academy to build her grant writing skills. She also had several roles at Diabetes “You Can Win” Foundation as a Diabetes Educator/Lifestyle Coach and then a Program Coordinator.

After this, Sarah became a part-time Diabetes Educator at GNR Public Health. She then transitioned into a few roles at GNR Public Health including part-time Chronic Disease Educator/Program Coordinator and then as a Chronic Disease Program Manager.

Sarah currently works as a Consultant Program Manager at Unstukk Ltd.