Experience

Kateric

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

• Medical Writer

  • Apr 2020 - Present



inKCetera, LLC

• Greater Atlanta Area

• Owner

  • Nov 2014 - Present

  I work with companies/journals/small businesses in the biosciences to write and develop documents. Expertise includes but is not limited to: -Virology, Bacteriology, and Infectious Diseases -Vaccine & Drug Trials -Blood Products -Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Immunology -Microparticles & Cell-Cell Communication -Dengue virus & Rotavirus -Diagnostic Tool Development Some Document Types: Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts Short News Articles Abstracts Slide Decks Book Chapters Show less



Alaka`ina Foundation Family of Companies

• United States
• Government Administration
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Technical Writer/Editor III

  • Jan 2020 - Apr 2020



TEKsystems

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Copyeditor

  • Aug 2016 - Jan 2020

  Copyedited articles accepted by peer reviewers for publication in Emerging Infectious Diseases Copyedited articles accepted by peer reviewers for publication in Emerging Infectious Diseases



Emory University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Sep 2008 - Apr 2016

  Researched dengue virus's relationship with megakaryocytes and platelets. Skills: bone marrow/primary cell culture, virus culture, virus purification using PEG concentration and ultracentrifugation, cell stainings, flow cytometry, virus quantification, ELISA development, RNA purification, realtime quantification, and western blotting. Developed slide decks, designed posters, wrote abstracts for multiple conferences, symposiums, and seminars. Researched dengue virus's relationship with megakaryocytes and platelets. Skills: bone marrow/primary cell culture, virus culture, virus purification using PEG concentration and ultracentrifugation, cell stainings, flow cytometry, virus quantification, ELISA development, RNA purification, realtime quantification, and western blotting. Developed slide decks, designed posters, wrote abstracts for multiple conferences, symposiums, and seminars.



Karna, LLC

• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Writer-Editor

  • Aug 2015 - Feb 2016

  Edited articles for style and clarity for publication into the CDC's Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report's series publications (Surveillance Summaries, Recommendations and Reports, and Supplements). Edited articles for style and clarity for publication into the CDC's Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report's series publications (Surveillance Summaries, Recommendations and Reports, and Supplements).



T3 Labs - Translational Testing and Training Laboratories, Inc.

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Microbiologist

  • Feb 2015 - Jul 2015

  Handled Staphylococcus aureus for medical device project. Collected and analyzed data. Handled Staphylococcus aureus for medical device project. Collected and analyzed data.



COR Medical Technologies

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Medical Writer

  • Nov 2014 - May 2015

  Transferred, validated, and updated healthcare-relevant information about infectious diseases and toxins into COR Medical Technology's database. Added useful links (pertaining to prophylaxis, case definitions, surveillance, diagnostics, etc) for reference for healthcare professionals. Transferred, validated, and updated healthcare-relevant information about infectious diseases and toxins into COR Medical Technology's database. Added useful links (pertaining to prophylaxis, case definitions, surveillance, diagnostics, etc) for reference for healthcare professionals.



Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Fellow

  • Jul 2005 - Sep 2008

  Developed a group C rotavirus–specific ELISA, assisted in rotavirus A strain surveillance/genotyping, Assisted in production of a heat-inactivated rotavirus for trial in nonhuman primates and gnotobiotic pigs. Skills: nested RT-PCR, sequencing, cell culture, virus culture, RNA purification, heat-inactivation, virus quantification, virus purification, protein quantification, western blotting, and gel electrophoresis. Developed a group C rotavirus–specific ELISA, assisted in rotavirus A strain surveillance/genotyping, Assisted in production of a heat-inactivated rotavirus for trial in nonhuman primates and gnotobiotic pigs. Skills: nested RT-PCR, sequencing, cell culture, virus culture, RNA purification, heat-inactivation, virus quantification, virus purification, protein quantification, western blotting, and gel electrophoresis.