Curriculum Vitae



Permanent AddressIra L. LeedsMailing Address3055 Brockton Closeilleeds@3055 Brockton CloseMarietta, GA 30068770-356-6873Marietta, GA 30068EducationEmory University, Atlanta, GASchool of Medicine, Doctor of MedicineMay 2013University of Oxford, Oxford, United KingdomSa?d Business School, Master of Business AdministrationOctober 2012Princeton University, Princeton, NJDepartment of Politics, A.B., Magna Cum LaudeJune 2006Program Certificates in Political Economy and African StudiesThesis Title: “Do Institutions Matter? Institutions and Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa”Awards and HonorsAssociate Fellow, Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Sa?d Business School2011Alpha Omega Alpha, Emory University School of Medicine2011Anne Elizabeth and Harper Gaston Service Scholarship, Emory University School of Medicine2011Student Research Award, Southern Section – American Federation for Medical Research2010Social Action Award, Pat Tillman Foundation2009Outstanding Commitment to Action Award, Clinton Global Initiative2009Magna Cum Laude, Princeton University2006Donald Clive Stuart, Jr Memorial Award for Excellence in Business, Princeton University2004Research ExperienceEmory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA2009-PresentDepartment of Surgery, Adviser: John Sweeney, M.D.Student Researcher - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Working Group at Emory University Improving surgical outcomes for discharge and readmission via quantitative data analysis and behavioral economic decision-makingFunding Source: NIH 1RC4AG039071-01 Uptake of Clinical Effectiveness Research: Implications for Discharge DecisionEmory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA2008-PresentDepartments of Surgery, Urology, and Emergency Medicine, Advisers: Jana MacLeod, M.D.; Viraj A. Master, M.D., Ph.D.; Matthew Wheatley, M.D.Student Researcher – Short-term Medical Missions for Improving Under-served Health OutcomesPerforming quality improvement analysis for Emory Medishare trips to rural HaitiFunding Source: American Committee on Clinical Tropical Medicine and Traveler’s HealthEmory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA2008-2012Department of Medicine, Adviser: Michael Leonard, M.D.; Colleen Kraft, M.D.Student Researcher – Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis and HIV Coinfection at Grady Memorial HospitalReviewing recent clinical cases as part of a descriptive study of extrapulmonary tuberculosisFunding Source: Clinical Research Training Fellowship, American Federation for Medical ResearchEmory University Global Health Institute, Atlanta, GA2009-2010Departments of Anthropology and Psychiatry, Adviser: Brandon Kohrt, M.D.Grant Writer – Assessing Perceptions and Provisions for Mental Health Disorders Among Rural Haitian Society Addressing cultural differences between clinical presentation of mental health disease in rural HaitiFunding Source: Multidisciplinary Team Field Scholars Program, Global Health InstituteEmory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA2008-2009Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Adviser: Jana MacLeod, M.D.Research Assistant – Early Trauma Induced Coagulopathy StudyTracked patient activities of all trauma admissions as part of a prospective study of the association between coagulopathy and mortalityYerkes National Primate Center, Atlanta, GASummer 2008Emory Vaccine Center, Adviser: Eric Hunter, Ph.D.Summer Research Fellow – Heteroduplex Mobility Assay for HIV Linkage Analysis in sub-Saharan AfricaPerformed HMA and sequencing of viral genome from concordant HIV+ couples for genetic linkage analysisSt. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TNSummer 2007Department of Experimental Hematology, Adviser: A.W. Nienhuis, M.D.Student ResearcherConstructed SIV vectors to explore gene therapy approaches to sickle-cell diseasePrinceton University, Princeton, NJ2005-2006Department of Politics, Adviser: Jennifer Widner, Ph.D.Thesis ResearchDesigned statistical models using socioeconomic indicators to demonstrate relationship between good governance and population well-being in sub-Saharan AfricaPrinceton University, Princeton, NJ2005Department of Politics, Adviser: Evan Lieberman, Ph.D.Independent Departmental ResearchAnalyzed public health data to describe association between mother-to-child transmission of HIV and political party control in South Africa Teaching ExperienceTeach For America - Memphis Charter Corps, Memphis, TN2006-2008Science Teacher – Kingsbury High SchoolAchieved “significant gains” with over 100 students; most stringent organizational measurement of classroom success Tutored students as part of turnaround strategy to meet state-mandated Annual Yearly Progress for the first time in five yearsAdditional Teaching and Speaking ActivitiesPresenter, Emory University, International Medical Volunteerism Conference 2010“Sustainability of Short-term International Volunteerism: The Medishare Model”Invited Panelist, Teach For America, Atlanta Alumni Summit2009“Big Ideas, Big Impact: The Power of Social Entrepreneurship”Presenter, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory Medishare Journal Club2009“Mental Health Screening in an Under-Resourced Setting” Graduate Student Adviser, Emory University, J.P. Morgan Good Venture Program2008-2009Extracurricular ActivitiesSocial Entrepreneurship Oxford Business Network, Oxford, UK2011-PresentChairmanCoordinating student-led social entrepreneurship activitiesLinking Oxford’s academic departments with MBA students’ social entrepreneurial projectsOxford Volunteer Consulting, Oxford, UK2011-PresentVice-President for Marketing and CommunicationsLeading administration of student-led consulting projects with socially-oriented organizationsRe-designing the organization’s public message with a new website and press materialsSpearheading a series of visioning sessions to help align leadership’s goals with operationsGlobal Health Institute at Emory University, Atlanta, GA2009-2011Chairman, Student Advisory CommitteeOrganizing student-led case competitions, field programs, and poster presentationsAdvising newly-created academic institute on student needs in global health educationGlobal Health Organization of Pediatrics at Emory (gHOPE), Atlanta GA2009-PresentStudent LiaisonServed as student representative to an advisory board of internationally-oriented faculty and residents Emory Medishare, Atlanta, GA2008-PresentExecutive Director / Administrative ChairExecuting $300,000 multi-phase expansion of medical services available in Haiti’s Plateau Central through Project CasseImplementing monitoring and evaluation program for future tripsOB/GYN Interest Group at Emory University, Atlanta, GA2008-PresentPresidentCoordinating OB/GYN career opportunities and information events for medical studentsEmergency Medicine Interest Group at Emory University, Atlanta, GA2008-PresentTreasurerManaging annual budget and coordinating lunchtime talks for medical studentsMedical Student Senate at Emory University, Atlanta, GA2008-2010Divisional TreasurerManaged a $75,000 student activity fee budget for all student clubs and organizations under the purview of the School of MedicineSpearheaded a review process to streamline operations and funding for 23 chartered student clubs and organizationsServed on university-wide Student Government Association Finance CommitteePrinceton Tory Magazine, Princeton, NJ2002-2006PublisherDesigned and managed a $25,000 annual budget for three years as an undergraduateLaunched an annual financial review process to improve fiscal managementVolunteeringClerkship Liaison, Department of Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine2010-PresentTrustee, Princeton Tory Board of Trustees2007-PresentCommittee Member, Teach for America Alumni Advisory Committee2008-2009Selection Committee Member, Princeton University Race Relations Prize – Memphis2006-2008Young Alumni Division Chair, Westminster Schools of Atlanta Annual Fund2002-2008Professional Travel ExperiencesEmory Medishare, Short-term Urological and General Surgery TripSummer 2009, 2010Hinche, HaitiEmory Medishare, Short-Term Medical TripFall 2008, 2009Thomonde, HaitiProject Medishare for Haiti, Needs Assessment Survey TripSpring 2009Thomonde, HaitiProfessional AffiliationsMember, Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care2011-PresentAffiliate, Royal College of Surgeons of England2011-PresentStudent Member, American College of Surgeons2009-PresentStudent Member, American Academy of Pediatrics2008-PresentStudent Member, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology2008-PresentStudent Member, American Medical Association2008-PresentPeer-Reviewed Publications (Research Articles, Case Reports, Editorials, Letters to the Editor)Leeds IL, Creighton FX, Wheatley MA, MacLeod JB, Srinivasan J, Chery MP, Master VA. Intensive medical student involvement in short-term surgical trips provides safe and effective patient care: a case review. BMC Res Notes. 2011; 4:317.Creighton FX, Leeds IL, Master VA, Srinivasan JK. Learning from Haiti [: ultrasound’s role in low-resource surgical settings]. Lancet. 2011; 377: 2054.Chin-Quee A, White L, Leeds I, MacLeod J, Master V. Medical student surgery elective in rural Haiti: a novel approach to satisfying clerkship requirements while providing surgical care to an underserved population. World J Surg. 2011; 35(4): 739-744.Leeds IL, Engel PM, Derby KS, Kapadia SM, Chery MP, Bhatt A. Two cases of restavek-related illness: clinical implications of foster neglect in Haiti. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010; 83(5): 1098-1099.Leeds IL, Zaeh SE. Academic institutions for international outreach. JAMA. 2010; 304(3): 271-272.Leeds IL. Beyond absolutism: guiding principles needed for humanitarian medicine. World J Surg. 2010; 34(10): 2507.Suchdev P, Leeds IL, McFarland D, Flores R. Is it time to change guidelines for iron supplementation in malarial areas? J Nutr. 2010; 140: 875-876.Leeds IL, Kourbatova E, Romero J, Blumberg HM, Leonard MK. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus coinfection in an urban hospital system. J Investigative Med. 2010; 58: 486. (Abstract only)Abstracts, Posters, and Oral PresentationsLove TP, Leeds IL, Srinivasan JK, Master VA, Brewster L. Is this a good idea? The medical student’s perspective on ethical considerations during short-term surgical volunteerism. 4th Annual Meeting of the Alliance for Surgical and Anesthesia Presence (ASAP) Today. University of California – San Diego, San Diego, CA. October 2011.Leeds IL. Short-term surgical trips with an emphasis on medical education – 3 years in Haiti. Global Health and Humanitarian Summit. Emory University, Atlanta, GA. April 3, 2011. (Oral Presentation)Srinivasan J, Leeds IL, Creighton FX, McIntyre C, Higginbotham L, Dunbar K, Cai AW, Master VA. Emory Medishare: a medical student-organized international elective to Haiti. Surgical Grand Rounds. Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. December 9, 2010. (Oral Presentation)Leeds IL, Chin-quee A, White LJ, Master VA, MacLeod J. Short-term surgical trips supplement global healthcare delivery in under-resourced areas. 3rd Annual Meeting of the Burden of Surgical Disease Working Group. Vanderbilt University Global Health Institute, Nashville, TN. March 10-12, 2010. (Poster)Chin-quee A, White LJ, Leeds IL, Master VA, MacLeod J. Design of a third-year surgery elective in an international surgery arena. 3rd Annual Meeting of the Burden of Surgical Disease Working Group. Vanderbilt University Global Health Institute, Nashville, TN. March 10-12, 2010. (Poster)Leeds IL, Kourbatova E, Romero J, Blumberg HM, Leonard M. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus coinfection at an urban U.S. hospital. 15th Annual Meeting of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - North American Region. Orlando, FL. March 11-13, 2010. (Poster)Leeds IL, Kourbatova E, Romero J, Blumberg HM, Leonard MK. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus coinfection in an urban hospital system. Southern Regional Meeting of the American Federation of Medical Research. New Orleans, LA. February 25-27, 2010. (Oral Presentation)Manigart O, Boeras D, Hurlston M, Kimenyi P, Leeds I, Mwamba M, Mwananyanda L, Karita, E, Chomba E, Allen S, Hunter E. Establishing molecular epidemiology in concordant HIV positive heterosexual couples at CVCT centers in Zambia and Rwanda. 5th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention. Cape Town, South Africa. July 19-22, 2009. (Poster)Goswami J, Shak J, Leeds I, and Tiemeier K. Anemia in rural Haiti: facts, findings, and follow-up. Grand Rounds. Children’s Health Care of Atlanta – Egleston. June 3, 2009. (Oral Presentation)Hurlston M, Boeras D, Manigart O, Sharkey T, Leeds I, Karita E, Chomba E, Allen S, Hunter E. Establishing molecular epidemiology in concordant HIV positive heterosexual couples at CVCT centers in Zambia and Rwanda. 3rd International Workshop on HIV Treatment, Pathogenesis and Prevention Research in Resource-Poor Settings. Lusaka, Zambia. May 26-29, 2009. (Oral Abstract)Other PublicationsLeeds I, Evans F, Creighton FX, Hugar L, Reiff S. Surgical Trip Handbook. 2nd Edition – Text Revision 2010. Ed. I Leeds. Emory Medishare. 2010. Emory Medishare. Emory Medishare Data Report 2010. Ed. I Leeds, S Zaeh. Project Medishare. April 2010.Spurlock R, Chin-Quee A, White LJ, Leeds I, Creighton FX, Higginbotham L, Cai A. Handbook for Organizing Surgical Trips to Haiti. 2nd Edition. Emory Medishare. 2009.Leeds I, Derby K, Shak J, Sodikoff J, Zaeh S. Emory Medishare Pocket Field Manual. 3rd Edition – Text Revision. Ed. I Leeds. Project Medishare. 2009.Emory Medishare. Emory Medishare Data Report 2008. Ed. I Leeds. Project Medishare for Haiti. January 2009.Leeds I. Micronutrient Deficiencies. In Emory Medishare Field Manual. 3rd Edition. Ed. Mina. Emory Medishare. November 2008.Leeds I. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. In Emory Medishare Field Manual. 3rd Edition. Ed. Mina. Emory Medishare. November 2008. ................
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