JHF Welcomes Elizabeth Klusman as a Program Epidemiologist Associate

In April, Elizabeth Klusman will join the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) as a program epidemiologist associate, supporting its Ryan White Part B services, Minority AIDS Initiative, and AIDS Free Pittsburgh work. In this role, she will assist with the development, implementation, and maintenance of provider quality management programs, linkage, and retention to care data and quality review, and data analysis, community outreach, and community assessment development and implementation.

Klusman has experience in other realms of public health through data analysis on pre-eclampsia and post-traumatic stress disorder studies at the University of Southern California and as a contact tracer through the University of Pittsburgh during the COVID-19 pandemic. After earning her degree in Health Services and certificate in Global Health at the University of Pittsburgh, Klusman entered an accelerated program at Pitt and will receive her master's degree in public health in epidemiology this May.

Klusman started at JHF as an intern on the HIV team working on the 2023 Southwestern Pennsylvania Needs Assessment and consumer development survey. She assisted with the AIDS Free Pittsburgh initiative, participating in community outreach, community events such as Too Hot for July, and organizing outreach materials. After completing her internship, Klusman stayed on the team to help with data entry and analysis of the 2023 Ryan White Consumer Survey results. Having learned valuable information and skills on the HIV team, she sought full-time employment upon completion of her MPH degree in April, expressing that she has thoroughly enjoyed working at JHF and is excited to complete her degree and begin work full time.