Cindy Le

lecindy@umich.edu
www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-le

EDUCATION
University of Michigan School of Public Health Ann Arbor, MI
Master of Public Health in Health Behavior and Health Education Expected: Apr 2020

Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ

Bachelor of Science in Public Policy, Minor in Health and Society May 2018
 Graduated Magna Cum Laude | GPA: 3.75/4.0
 Certificate in Health Disparities
 Awards:
- Ying Zheng Excellence in Leadership | Asian American Cultural Center | May 2018
- Cap & Skull Senior Honor Society | Apr 2017
- Gates Millennium Scholar | The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | Apr 2014

RESEARCH
University of Michigan Injury Center Ann Arbor, MI
Ahimsa Lab, Research Assistant Nov 2018 - Present
 Prepare a manuscript about youth violence prevention interventions.

University of Michigan School of Public Health Ann Arbor, MI

Violence Prevention Research Center, Independent Study Student Sep 2018 - Present
 Identify over 15 research articles to assemble a literature review on violence
exposure, racial discrimination, and chronic risk behaviors.
 Review and correct 20 variables of interest from the Flint Adolescent Study
dataset of 850 ninth graders in preparation for quantitative data analysis.

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA

Summer Undergraduate Minority Research Program, Research Assistant Jun – Aug 2017
 Conducted a literature review on intimate partner violence, emergency
department (ED) utilization, and alcohol use to support project aims.
 Computed descriptive statistics in SAS to examine the association between
rate of return to the ED and characteristics of 592 patients in the study.
 Disseminated Department of Veteran Affairs research findings into 2 fact
sheets for stakeholders within the hospital and among the participants.

University of Pennsylvania Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics Philadelphia, PA

Summer Undergraduate Minority Research Program, Research Assistant Jun – Aug 2017
 Organized a dataset of 14,874 Medicare beneficiaries to calculate bivariate
analyses, multicollinearity tests, and logistic regressions in Stata 13.
 Prepared a manuscript about the satisfaction of the quality of medical care
among older Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with a mental disorder.

Rutgers Graduate School of Social Work New Brunswick, NJ

Research Assistant Jan 2017 – Aug 2018
 Performed field visits to urban and rural clinics to analyze the difference in
mental health recovery strategies between the U.S. and India.
 Developed a 15-page research paper conceptualizing how the caste system
in India and racism in the U.S. function as barriers to mental health care.
 Integrated reviewers’ feedback from the National Institute of Health for a
successful R01 grant resubmission.

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Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Summer Research Institute New Brunswick, NJ
Research Scholar Jun – Jul 2016
 Examined the role of cultural competency in racial disparities in mental
health care through an extensive 25-page research proposal.

LEADERSHIP
Health Behavior and Health Education Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Sep 2018 - Present
Student Representative
 Co-facilitate a community-based idea generating workshop with students to
establish an agenda that the committee can pursue for the academic year.
 Delegate roles among 7 student representatives to develop a mission
statement and goals for the committee.

Asian Student Council May 2015 – May 2017

Co-President
 Organized 28 educational events on politics and culture related to the Asian
American and Pacific Islander community for over 30 student organizations.
 Spearheaded advocacy initiatives to call on administration to create a
cultural competence requirement and an Asian American Studies program.

East Coast Asian American Student Union May 2015 – Feb 2016
Programming Committee Co-Chair
 Secured and corresponded with 74 facilitators to organize over 50
workshops for a conference that welcomed over 1,000 attendees.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

 Le, C. (March 2018). My journey as a first-generation college student and woman of color. Invited talk
at Dr. Jewel Plummer-Cobb S.T.E.A.M. Women’s Empowerment Conference, New Brunswick, NJ.

 Travers, J., Le, C., & Merrill, J.A. (Under Review). Disparities in satisfaction with the quality of medical
care among older Medicare beneficiaries with a mental disorder.

 Le, C. (2017). Disparities in satisfaction with the quality of medical care among older Medicare
beneficiaries with a mental disorder. Presentation at the Summer Undergraduate Minority Research
Program Research Symposium, Philadelphia, PA.

 Le, C. (2017). Trends in emergency department utilization among women with recent experiences of
intimate partner violence and alcohol use. Presentation at the Summer Undergraduate Minority
Research Program Research Symposium, Philadelphia, PA.

 Le, C. (2017). The role of cultural competency in addressing mental health care disparities of racial and
ethnic minorities. Presentation at the Rutgers School of Public Health Annual Public Health Symposium,
Piscataway, NJ.

SKILLS
 Statistical Software: SAS, SPSS, Stata
 Programming Languages: C++, CSS, HTML
 Graphic Design: Canva
 Language: Proficient in Vietnamese

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