Nicole Harty, MPH

Public Health Data Specialist

📧 nicole.m.harty@gmail.com | 🌐 Portfolio | 📍 Steamboat Springs, CO

Summary

Skilled in data visualization, data storytelling, stakeholder engagement and group facilitation
Highly adept at uncovering hidden dependencies and consequences in complex systems
Simultaneously understands details necessary to implement projects and see big picture strategy

March 2026 – Present

Within first 90 days, transformed a 200-page manual report writing process into a modularized, programmatically-written report resulting in 20% error reduction and 75% timeline reduction
Supervise 3-person unit of epidemiologists and analysts who coordinate health care facility reporting of HAIs to NHSN, analyze NHSN data, and provide oversight for data management, analysis, and presentation of NHSN and other HAI/AR Program data

Interim Resource Support Program Manager September 2022 – June 2025

Develop and refine 12+ policies and 15+ procedures for Resource Support Unit to ensure consistency in program operations throughout the lifecycle of contracts monitored under $22M grant program
Provide direct supervision to 5 staff to ensure team is appropriately staffed, qualified and competent
Create and maintain dashboard of 12+ funding portfolio KPIs using R, flexdashboard, and Shiny

April 2016 - Present

Design, implement, analyze, and report qualitative and quantitative assessment projects for local government and non-profit clients
Provide ongoing technical assistance for implementation and sustainability of data collection protocols
Design grant-funded programs, develop evaluation plans, and write grant applications

July 2022 - Present

Write RFP responses and proposals (7+) to obtain contract work supporting public health projects
Serve as project manager for multidisciplinary project teams of 3-5 independent consultants

September 2020 - May 2022

Built, maintained, and updated COVID-19 data systems and reporting dashboard using SQL, Google Suite, R, Shiny, and GitHub to present decision-makers and community members with actionable information
Led and managed 10 person case investigation and contact tracing team to conduct disease and outbreak investigations in timely, efficient manner meeting requirements of CDC and CDPHE funding
Created new data systems to ensure data quality, epidemiologic surveillance, and program evaluation

October 2018 - January 2021

Built automated, reproducible evaluation reports using RMarkdown to save up to 50% time
Collaborated with business intelligence and application developers to create and implement automated data collection and data management protocols
Wrote sustainability plan and created process maps highlighting barriers and facilitators to quality service delivery to enhance financial sustainability of grant-funded transition-age youth mental health and well-being program

Programming Languages: R, SQL
Tools & Frameworks: Git, Quarto, Google Data Studio, Tableau
Data Skills: descriptive statistics, survey analysis, pivot tables, data visualization

Regional Institute for Health and Environmental Leadership

Colorado School of Public Health

New York University