Experience

Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Professional Education

  • Feb 2020 - Present

  Oversee a professional education team of 6 staff to manage in-person conferences, digital learning activities, exam-based certifications, and accreditation programs (ACCME and ACCENT). Work with internal teams, faculty volunteers, and corporate partners to seek new opportunities in laboratory medicine education. Manage organization level projects, program budgets, and strategic plans. Oversee a professional education team of 6 staff to manage in-person conferences, digital learning activities, exam-based certifications, and accreditation programs (ACCME and ACCENT). Work with internal teams, faculty volunteers, and corporate partners to seek new opportunities in laboratory medicine education. Manage organization level projects, program budgets, and strategic plans.



Endocrine Society

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Director, Content Strategy and Outcomes

  • Jul 2015 - Feb 2020

  Support and drive strategic content planning for Society-wide content creation, curation, and distribution. Lead Society-wide content and digital strategies. Coordinate expert member groups to identify priorities, plan programs, and deliver products to our broad audiences. Act as a subject matter expert to guide and contribute to competitive education proposals for continuing medical education and professional development activities. Design evaluation tools to assess activities and guide outcomes reporting. Show less

• Manager, Educational Research and Outcomes

  • Apr 2013 - Jun 2015

  Develop continuing medical education activities in numerous therapeutic areas of endocrinology.Research, write, review and edit complex highly technical proposals in endocrinology.Manage outcomes and evaluation reporting to committee members, staff and supporters.



AJE

• United States
• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Contract Editor

  • Mar 2012 - Jun 2014

  Edit scientific materials, manuscripts for language, grammar and use of field-specific nomenclature. Edit scientific materials, manuscripts for language, grammar and use of field-specific nomenclature.



ATCC

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Senior Technical Writer

  • Jan 2013 - Mar 2013

  Research, write, review and edit highly technical product information on various biological agents and organisms for the Biodefense and Emerging and Infectious Research program. Maintain product information and certificates of analysis on numerous categories of microbiological materials and organisms. Research, write, review and edit highly technical product information on various biological agents and organisms for the Biodefense and Emerging and Infectious Research program. Maintain product information and certificates of analysis on numerous categories of microbiological materials and organisms.



The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 700 & Above Employee

• Christine Mirzayan Science Policy Fellow

  • Jan 2012 - May 2012

  Fellow in the the National Academies, Board on Life Science, Standing Committee on Emerging Science, Washington, D.C. Research and brief the committee on current risk assessment technologies. Monitor government, industry, and academic programs studying environmental impact on human health. Write policy briefs and recommendations. Manage planning committee meetings and reports with government sponsors. Fellow in the the National Academies, Board on Life Science, Standing Committee on Emerging Science, Washington, D.C. Research and brief the committee on current risk assessment technologies. Monitor government, industry, and academic programs studying environmental impact on human health. Write policy briefs and recommendations. Manage planning committee meetings and reports with government sponsors.



Johns Hopkins Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Radiation Oncology Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Sep 2008 - Jan 2012

  Department of Molecular Radiation Sciences Developed intricate knowledge of systems biology approaches to studying cancer and tumorigenesis. Utilized toxicology and molecular biology to study anticancer therapy dose-response in human tissues. Evaluated gene environment implications in anticancer therapy for colorectal and prostate cancers. Coordinated cancer center equipment acquisition and training sessions on leading technologies. Contributed to NIH T32 grant applications and manuscript submissions in radiation oncology Show less



DEINOVE

• France
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Medical Genetics Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Aug 2007 - Mar 2008

  Unit 1001 – Molecular, evolutionary, and medical genetics Website - http://www.deinove.com/en/ Deinove is a French biotech company focused on the industrial-scale production of bioethanol. Managed a team of (6) scientists to construct systems for bioremediation and bioethanol production. Presented at company board meetings, designed research projects, and filed (3) international grants. Developed expertise in synthetic biology and molecular genetics. Unit 1001 – Molecular, evolutionary, and medical genetics Website - http://www.deinove.com/en/ Deinove is a French biotech company focused on the industrial-scale production of bioethanol. Managed a team of (6) scientists to construct systems for bioremediation and bioethanol production. Presented at company board meetings, designed research projects, and filed (3) international grants. Developed expertise in synthetic biology and molecular genetics.



University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Biochemistry Graduate Trainee

  • Sep 2002 - Aug 2007

  Thesis project: Biochemical Investigation of the Phenomenon of Radioresistance in Bacteria Using Deinococcus radiodurans and Hyper-evolved Escherichia coli Contributing researcher for United States Intellectual Patent #7,211,393—Method to Protect DNA Ends. Developed expertise in microbial systems biology and directed evolution. Investigated bioremediation and forensic DNA repair using engineered microbes. Performed genomic analysis, biomolecule purification, and enzyme activity analysis. Wrote and submitted (2) successful grant applications and (3) manuscript submissions. Managed (4) undergraduate students and multiple grant funded projects. Show less



Salisbury University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Reseach Assistant

  • Aug 1999 - May 2002

  Project: Characterization of an NADH Oxidase (NOX2) from Pyrococcus horikoshii Purified recombinant proteins and developed redox enyzme assays. Designed colorimetric assays to test ground level ozone levels using the Surface Ozone Protocol. Contributed to first author publication. Presented at regional research meetings. Project: Characterization of an NADH Oxidase (NOX2) from Pyrococcus horikoshii Purified recombinant proteins and developed redox enyzme assays. Designed colorimetric assays to test ground level ozone levels using the Surface Ozone Protocol. Contributed to first author publication. Presented at regional research meetings.