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Credentials
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2008 Will Solimene Award for Excellence in Medical Communication for "Tissue Banking: Advancing Cancer Care."
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2006 Will Solimene Award for Excellence in Medical Communication for "PKC Research at Joslin Diabetes Center"
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2005 Eric W. Martin Award for Excellence in Medical Writing for
"Capturing the Potential: What Stem Cell Science Offers Diabetes"
Education and Certification
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Boston University School of Medicine
Certificate in Biomedical Sciences (GPA 3.9)
Courses: Mammalian Genetics/Genomics, Medical Terminology (with anatomy and physiology), Pharmacology, Science of Biotechnology, Technical Writing for Clinical Research, Clinical Research Practicum -
Harvard Summer School
Advanced Journalism (graduate course taught by Ron Suskind) -
Northeastern University
BA in English, summa cum laude -
American Medical Writers Association
Multidisciplinary Core Certificate (10 workshops) -
Board of Editors in the Life Sciences
ELS certification
Professional Affiliations
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American Medical Writers Association
New England Chapter Web site director, 2007-2008
New England Chapter immediate past president, 2007-2008
New England Chapter president, 2006-2007
New England Chapter E-news editor, 2006-2007
New England Chapter program director, 2005-2006
Full-time Writing Experience
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Ten years in marketing communications positions with responsibility for writing and producing communications materials
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Additional five years as a senior technical writer of materials for print and the Web
Teaching Experience
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Taught writing on the college or junior-college level for four years
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While a senior technical writer, trained and mentored junior writers
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For AMWA, have led roundtable discussions on these topics:
-- Online Research: Mining Medical Information from the Internet
-- The Art of Interviewing Researchers, Clinicians, and Patients
-- Launching an E-mail Newsletter
