Resume and Experience
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Freelance Medical Writer, 1991-present, Sarasota, FL
Insured sole proprietorship
Sirion Therapeutics (previously Rx Development Resources) Tampa, FL
Director, Technology Assessment/Business Development (Sirion)
Manager, Scientific and Regulatory Communications (Sirion, RxDR)
FMQAI (Florida Medicare QIO), Tampa, FL
Senior Medical Writer
ECRI Institute, Philadelphia
Senior Health Technology Analyst
DataTactics Inc, Philadelphia
Research Analyst, Pharma Marketing Research
Cheney University of Pennsylvania
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Biomedical Research
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Yale University Medical School, Department of Cell Biology
Education
PhD, Univ of Virginia, Neuroscience
MS, Univ Calif Irvine, Psychobiology
BA, Yale University, Psychology
Special Training
Graduate-level course in statistical meta-analysis with Ralph Rosnow,
Temple University
Graduate-level course in medical cost-effectiveness analysis with David Nash,
Thomas Jefferson University
Environments and Software
Livelink, Documentum eRoom, Acrobat, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, RefMan, ProCite, ISI Writer, Project, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Photoshop, Fireworks
After giving me a series of tests, my high school guidance counselor proclaimed that I should be a medical writer. I thought, “Ridiculous!” and went on to become a scientist. But after a while, I discovered that I love researching the literature, I love writing papers and reports, but I didn’t like having to keep working on a single research project for years at a time. I did all right for a while at the lab bench, but Mrs. Hogan, you were right, wherever you are . . .