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Richland, WA, US

Richland, Washington, United States

* Develop effective strategies to communicate the highest priority institutional accomplishments to targeted audiences* Engage multiple audiences with news content designed to encourage engagement* Lead media team strategy and tactics to amplify institutional computing priorities, including initiatives in artificial intelligence, machine learning.

Richland/Kennewick/Pasco, Washington Area

Chapel Hill, NC

Manage News Section of the Journal "Genetics in Medicine."Write news briefs and summaries of key papers.Maintain knowledge of current medical genetics practice and trends. Liaise with Managing Editor and Editor in Chief.

Advise science and medical organizations and businesses; coordinate work from multiple inputs to meet project deliverables and deadlines. Plan scope, coordinate meetings, draft and finalize deliverables. Provide expertise on science and medical communications, from planning and organizing through to the finished product. Examples of work include magazine.

Research Triangle Park, NC

Liaise with scientists and physicians authoring technical publicationsProvide professional writing and editingDevelop marketing materials Develop and deliver medical writing workshops to staff scientists

Instruct biological and biomedical graduate students in scientific writing, publication and grantsmanship

Research and write about scientific computing applications and about the people and projects sponsored by the Computer Science Graduate Fellowship Program.

Write regularly on basic and clinical research, as well as cancer policy issues

Contribute articles to Science Careers

Plan, organize and implement “Science-Business Forum: University Education for Life-Science Careers,” a state-wide meeting of university educators and biotechnology business leaders. Prepare state-wide report of current master’s education in the sciences. Convene advisory committee, plan meeting agenda, invite speakers, and act as meeting co-host.

• Managed publications, media relations and advertising
• Worked closely with program officers to develop communications strategies for their programs.
• Managed external web site and supervised web administrator.
• Initiated communications internship program, recruited and supervised interns.
• Completed an overhaul of the organization’s communications plan, including web site design and implementation, creation of a searchable on-line grantee directory, a web-based article series featuring grantee.

• Identified biomedical research advances to feature in news releases, newsletters, magazine articles and broadcast-quality video.
• Arranged faculty interviews and counseled researchers on interview skills.
• Organized press conferences.

• Editor, BT Catalyst, a nationally distributed monthly newsletter that reported on North Carolina’s biotechnology industry.

Ma, Journalism

Ms, Genetics

Bs, Biology

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Honor Society Graduate