Robert Pursley Email & Phone Number

• Production manager for the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division’s peer-reviewed journal of record, the Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), responsible for:
• Managing editorial calendar with coincident deadlines for consecutive monthly issues, including internal and external reviews, manuscript edits, galley proof revisions, author approvals, agency clearances, design and.
• Coordinating all manuscript reviews, including submission acknowledgment and process documentation, reviews by editorial staff and external peer reviewers, and correspondence between editorial staff and authors
• Editing all accepted manuscripts to improve argument organization, clarity of expression, brevity, and adherence to Military Health System and AMA style guidelines, with final copy-editing of each approved article
• Collaborating with graphic designer on design and layout, selecting cover photographs, and making typographical and editorial corrections in InDesign
• Publishing each issue on health.mil via Sitecore CMS—generating and correcting all plain text files, uploading all text and graphics, embedding full 508-compliant text, and laying out each page

Washington, D.C.

• Managed external communications for a range of media and audiences in addition to coordinating program systems for approximately 50 concurrent projects led by program staff in over 15 international offices:
• Developed and edited products for significant public health research projects, effectively translating emerging data and results, for, among others, capacity statements, funding proposals, technical reports, policy.
• Adapted research products for a range of targeted messaging and audiences, including social media copy to ensure coordinated messaging through multiple digital platforms
• Superintended proposals awarded in excess of 100 million dollars in from major international donors including USAID, FCDO, SIDA, UNFPA, WHO, the World Bank, and Gates, MacArthur and Hewlett foundations
• Copy-edited manuscripts for leading peer-reviewed public health journals including The Lancet, BMJ and PLOS One
• Formulated and distributed critical internal communications for teams in 10 time zones on organizational strategy, policy implementation, specific actions, and ad hoc requests, frequently time-sensitive

• Produced weekly lecture series The Medical Center Hour for School of Medicine, Hospital, University and community audiences on medical and health topics to inform medical practice, research, and patient and community.
• Handled logistics for weekly lecture series, with advance planning, space reservations, contract negotiations, inter-departmental coordination, and speaker arrangements culminating in event production on site.
• Created and published all Center content for web site, email listserv, direct mailings, and newspaper advertisements
• Liaised with media for featured stories on TV news broadcasts, weekly cable airings, and public radio interviews
• Recorded, edited and uploaded podcasts of The Medical Center Hour and Center events to UVA site Administered office operations including monthly Center course offerings for all fourth year School of Medicine students:
• Developed new office systems, streamlined processes, and introduced new technologies

Master Of Arts - Ma, English Language And Literature

Activities and Societies: TA responsible for grading all undergraduate course work, and editorial research for scholarly publications

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Language And Literature, Studio Art

Activities and Societies: Writer, editor and publisher of Honors College bi-monthly newsletterDouble major in English and fine arts.