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is the HIV program manager for the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), a national health policy organization dedicated to strengthening policies, programs, and research to improve the health and well-being of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. She has 10 years of experience in HIV/AIDS prevention at the local, national, and international level.
As the HIV Program Manager, she manages all program objectives and activities for the National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV Capacity Building Partnership at APIAHF, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Nickie works closely with health departments, community planning groups, community-based organizations (CBOs), and individuals and provides capacity building assistance around the areas of organizational development and community planning via trainings, curriculum and tool development, and impact evaluation. To increase the visibility and leadership of Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiians, she also works on local and national legislative and administrative advocacy efforts.
Prior to joining APIAHF, Ms. Bazell was a program associate for the Academy for Educational Development, Center on AIDS and Community Health. In that role, she coordinated the Technical Support of HIV Prevention Community Planning Project, and the HIV Prevention Among Injection Drug Users Project; was the training coordinator for the Holistic Health Recovery Program (HHRP+) Intervention as part of the Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions (DEBI) Project; and was the Volunteer Coordinator and Basic Prevention Track Chair for the National HIV Prevention Conference (NHPC), all projects funded by the CDC. Within those roles, she provided technical assistance, training, and presentations at meetings and conferences. In addition, she created materials and website development, evaluation, and needs assessments for the previously mentioned projects.
Other HIV/AIDS prevention experience includes serving as a Maternal and Child Health Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco with a focus on HIV/AIDS prevention, and working for the California Department of Health, State Office of AIDS at the Santa Cruz AIDS Project as a community health outreach worker. In addition, Ms. Bazell served as a member of the District of Columbia HIV Prevention Community Planning Group (CPG), and was a community speaker in the Santa Cruz Speakers Bureau.
Ms. Bazell's experience outside of HIV/AIDS includes implementing a CDC-funded five-year research project at the University of California, Berkeley studying the relevance of substance abuse and violence prevention curricula for Bay Area public high schools. In that role, Ms. Bazell developed and implemented qualitative and quantitative research instruments and worked closely with the original curricula developers, students and teachers to adapt the curricula based on research findings.
Ms. Bazell also worked for Prevention Institute on various projects focused on promoting social indicators and reducing health care costs through primary prevention efforts. Ms. Bazell also provided consultation on various projects, including designing a program and evaluation plan for a school-based community garden, and designing a plan for the Alameda County Public Health Department to evaluate mental health services provided to Oakland Unified School students.
Ms. Bazell received her Masters in Public Health in Health and Social Behavior from the University of California, Berkeley. She received her Bachelor of Arts with honors in Sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. While at UC Santa Cruz, she also created and directed the STAIRS program, a mentoring program that links college students with underachieving high school students through in-class and after school mentoring and tutoring.
As the HIV Program Manager, she manages all program objectives and activities for the National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV Capacity Building Partnership at APIAHF, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Nickie works closely with health departments, community planning groups, community-based organizations (CBOs), and individuals and provides capacity building assistance around the areas of organizational development and community planning via trainings, curriculum and tool development, and impact evaluation. To increase the visibility and leadership of Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiians, she also works on local and national legislative and administrative advocacy efforts.
Prior to joining APIAHF, Ms. Bazell was a program associate for the Academy for Educational Development, Center on AIDS and Community Health. In that role, she coordinated the Technical Support of HIV Prevention Community Planning Project, and the HIV Prevention Among Injection Drug Users Project; was the training coordinator for the Holistic Health Recovery Program (HHRP+) Intervention as part of the Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions (DEBI) Project; and was the Volunteer Coordinator and Basic Prevention Track Chair for the National HIV Prevention Conference (NHPC), all projects funded by the CDC. Within those roles, she provided technical assistance, training, and presentations at meetings and conferences. In addition, she created materials and website development, evaluation, and needs assessments for the previously mentioned projects.
Other HIV/AIDS prevention experience includes serving as a Maternal and Child Health Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco with a focus on HIV/AIDS prevention, and working for the California Department of Health, State Office of AIDS at the Santa Cruz AIDS Project as a community health outreach worker. In addition, Ms. Bazell served as a member of the District of Columbia HIV Prevention Community Planning Group (CPG), and was a community speaker in the Santa Cruz Speakers Bureau.
Ms. Bazell's experience outside of HIV/AIDS includes implementing a CDC-funded five-year research project at the University of California, Berkeley studying the relevance of substance abuse and violence prevention curricula for Bay Area public high schools. In that role, Ms. Bazell developed and implemented qualitative and quantitative research instruments and worked closely with the original curricula developers, students and teachers to adapt the curricula based on research findings.
Ms. Bazell also worked for Prevention Institute on various projects focused on promoting social indicators and reducing health care costs through primary prevention efforts. Ms. Bazell also provided consultation on various projects, including designing a program and evaluation plan for a school-based community garden, and designing a plan for the Alameda County Public Health Department to evaluate mental health services provided to Oakland Unified School students.
Ms. Bazell received her Masters in Public Health in Health and Social Behavior from the University of California, Berkeley. She received her Bachelor of Arts with honors in Sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. While at UC Santa Cruz, she also created and directed the STAIRS program, a mentoring program that links college students with underachieving high school students through in-class and after school mentoring and tutoring.
