Andrea L Spray, MPH

Andrea L Spray MPH is a research consultant in undernutrition and child survival, with ten years professional experience in communication design. Skills include research design and data analysis, geographic information systems (GIS), grant and manuscript writing, and French language. Topical areas of interest and experience include: uptake and utilization of ready-to-use supplemental foods, vitamin A supplementation (VAS), hard-to-reach communities, and IYCN communication. Experience living and conducting short-term research in developing countries, project management, reporting, budgeting and training. Regions of interest and experience include: Haiti, Nigeria, and sub-Saharan Africa.

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Scientific Presentations

• Spray, A.L., Clarke Dur, T., Corcoran, H., Gillham, S., Kreuter, M.W., & Moy, L. (2011). Understanding audience needs in finding and using cancer registry data. Poster presentation at the Centers of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research (CECCR) annual meeting. St Louis, MO.
• Spray, A.L., & Iannotti, L. (2011). Improving Young Child Nutrition through Cash Transfers and Communications. Poster presentation at the Institute for Public Health Annual Conference. St Louis, MO.
• Spray, A.L., Eddy, B., Hipp, J.A., Iannotti, L. (2011). Geographical Distribution of Factors Contributing to the Nutritional Status of Children Under-3 in Léogâne Commune, Haiti. Presentation at the Ashburn Graduate Student Conference. St Louis, MO.
• Spray, A.L., Eddy, B., Iannotti, L. (2011). Nutrition and health situation of children in pre- and post-earthquake rural Léogâne Commune, Haiti. Poster presentation at the Experimental Biology conference. Washington DC.
• Spray, A.L. (2007). Unknown Unknowns & Emerging Unknowns: How to Design Innovative Solutions to Problems You Didn’t know You Had? Idea Market presentation at the Usability Professionals Association (UPA) conference. Boulder, CO.
• Spray, A.L. (2006). A More Comfortable Union: Where Usability Meets Design. Presentation at the STLUX conference. St Louis, MO.

Invited Talks

• “Nutrition and health situation of children in pre- and post-earthquake Léogâne Commune, Haiti”, 2011 Children’s Nutrition Program of Haiti (CNP)
• “(The Little) Tour d’Usability”, 2008 Indiana University, Indiana University Multimedia User Group (IUMUG)

Authored Reports

• “Understanding audience needs in finding and using cancer registry data”, (July 2011, HCRL)
• “Exploring Factors Contributing to Low Coverage For Vitamin A Supplementation in Hard-to-Reach Communities of Benue State, Nigeria”, (August 2010, HKI)

Teaching Experience

• Co-Instructor, MPH5321 – Global Hunger and Undernutrition, Washington University in St Louis, Fall 2011
• TA, SWCD5082 – Foundations of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for the Applied Social Sciences, Washington University in St Louis, Fall 2011
• Guest Lecturer, CSE556A – Human Computer Interaction, Washington University in St Louis, December 2011
• Guest Lecturer, CSE556 – Human Computer Interaction, Washington University in St Louis, September 2009
• Guest Lecturer, CSE220/CSE320 – Software Design and Development Studio, Washington University in St Louis, April 2008
• Guest Lecturer, CSE220/CSE320 – Software Design and Development Studio, Washington University in St Louis, November 2007
• Guest Lecturer, CSE 104 – Web Development, Washington University in St Louis, October 2006
• Guest Lecturer, CSE 104 – Web Development, Washington University in St Louis, November 2005