Experience

Truth Initiative

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Science Writer

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  As a staff science writer, I concept, write and edit a variety of communications and research pieces for Truth Initiative, America's largest non-profit public health organization dedicated to making tobacco use a thing of the past. I work closely with Truth Initiative’s Schroeder Institute to write reports and summaries of original research on topics including tobacco, vaping, opioids and public health affairs.



Self

• Switzerland
• Business Consulting and Services

• Freelance Science Writer

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  www.bushraakhatib.com



A.J. Drexel Autism Institute

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Outreach and Communications Specialist

  • Apr 2015 - Oct 2019

  Developed written content - from blog posts and social media to annual reports and one-pagers - to communicate the mission of the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute to a general audience. Explained how public health autism research at Drexel works to improve quality of life for individuals with autism of all ages.



American Physical Society (APS Physics)

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Coordinator

  • 2011 - 2015 4 years , College Park, MD , Wrote grant proposals, project reports, publications, annual reports, and educational materials for the American Physical Society, a non-profit professional society for physicists. Developed, launched, and updated project websites. Assisted in organizing national conferences and workshops.

• Science Writing Intern

  • 2010 - 2011 1 year , College Park, MD , Wrote a series of physicist profiles designed to encourage youth to pursue physics degrees.