Alison Garbarini

Public health program leader with experience leading CDC-funded initiatives, coordinating multidisciplinary partners, developing and implementing program workflows, and translating complex information into actionable education and resources. Seeking the Navigation and Education Manager position to apply strong project management, stakeholder engagement, and public health expertise to strengthen navigation programming and improve access to care across the substance use and crisis care continuum.

Project Manager, SUID/SDY Case Registry | Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Charleston County Coroner's Office - Charleston, South Carolina (Remote - Work from Home)

(2023-11)

• Lead the implementation and ongoing management of Charleston County's CDC-funded SUID/SDY Case Registry, establishing program workflows, coordinating multidisciplinary partners, overseeing case abstraction and data quality, and ensuring timely and accurate reporting in accordance with CDC requirements.
• Lead coordination of state-mandated Child Death Review activities, facilitating multidisciplinary case review, ensuring compliance with state requirements, synthesizing findings, and identifying opportunities for child safety and fatality prevention.
• Direct complex reviews of medical, EMS, law enforcement, child welfare, and investigative records involving infant and child deaths, integrating information from multiple systems to identify contributing factors and actionable findings.
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships across healthcare, public health, law enforcement, child-serving agencies, and government partners to facilitate information sharing, strengthen investigations, and support coordinated prevention efforts.
• Analyze complex case and population-level information to identify trends, risk factors, system gaps, and opportunities for intervention, translating investigative findings into actionable recommendations for child death prevention and system improvement.
• Prepare and deliver reports, presentations, findings, and recommendations for local, state, and national stakeholders, communicating complex information clearly while maintaining CDC standards, confidentiality, and data integrity.
• Conduct trauma-informed interviews with surviving family members, balancing compassionate communication with investigative objectivity, confidentiality, and accurate documentation.

Medicolegal Death Investigator / Case Manager - Charleston County Coroner's Office - Charleston, South Carolina

(2020-08 - 2023-11)

• Conducted medicolegal investigations involving sudden, unexpected, unattended, and suspicious deaths.
• Responded to death scenes, gathered evidence, interviewed witnesses and next of kin, and documented findings.
• Reviewed medical, legal, and investigative records to determine jurisdiction and investigative needs.
• Collaborated with law enforcement, hospitals, EMS, prosecutors, funeral homes, and state agencies.
• Prepared comprehensive investigative reports and maintained accurate case documentation.
• Managed high-volume caseload while meeting statutory deadlines.
• Maintained strict confidentiality in accordance with state law.

Medical & Forensic Autopsy Assistant / Assistant Operations Coordinator - Medical University of South Carolina - Charleston, South Carolina

(2017-11 - 2020-08)

• Assisted forensic pathologists during medicolegal death investigations.
• Reviewed medical documentation for investigative accuracy.
• Coordinated medical records, evidence, and consent documentation.
• Maintained confidential forensic records.
• Collaborated with physicians, investigators, and law enforcement.

Master of Public Health - Public Health - University of New England

Bachelor of Applied Science - Dental Hygiene - University of New England