Shadi Akhavan, Senior Program Analyst
Shadi is a Senior Program Analyst at Emerging Sun, LLC. She has 5 years of data analysis experience in the public and private sector, focusing on qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis, program management and evaluation, and scientific writing.
Shadi previously served as a project coordinator at the Bloomberg American Health Initiative. She led the project coordination for the Initiatives funded grants and executive reports. She also oversaw the data collection, standardization, and maintenance for the Initiative’s funded projects database and conducted evaluations for the projects’ budget and deliverables. During her time at the National Cancer Institute Center for Global Health, Shadi developed, implemented and evaluated projects and programs that aim to strengthen cancer research and control in low and middle countries.
Shadi has an MPH, with a concentration in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a BS in Public Health Biology from University of Maryland.