Senior Director, Educational Development

• Nov 2021 - Present

Director, Educational Development - Medical Affairs

• Aug 2018 - Oct 2021

Lead strategy-planning sessions with experts/key opinion leaders (physicians) in gastrointestinal (GI) and lung malignancies to develop scientific programs and content for live meetings

Curriculum Manager, Cardiology

• Dec 2016 - Aug 2018

I support content planning and designing by liaising with the cardiology editorial board and manage internal content development from acquisition through editorial review, including reviewing and editing content assets (online learning courses, Q&As, rationales, etc), ensuring adherence of company's quality standards. I support content planning and designing by liaising with the cardiology editorial board and manage internal content development from acquisition through editorial review, including reviewing and editing content assets (online learning courses, Q&As, rationales, etc), ensuring adherence of company's quality standards.

Associate Managing Editor

• 2014 - Nov 2016

Communicated with hundreds of national and international clients to build strong working relationships, assess their scientific editing needs, coordinate project assignments to editing staff, ensure delivery of an on-time top-quality edited/translated product with an outstanding and personalized client experience Addressed and resolved client complaints within 24 hours of their arrival Managed manuscript and other technical translations from and to English Coordinated with editors and translators to ensure the best possible service experience for clientsPerformed journal submission for clients who are new to the process and researchers who are time-deprivedWrote monthly newsletters to freelance editors to provide positive feedback from clients and editing tipsPerformed deadline-driven quality assurance checks on at least 5–8 manuscripts edited by freelance editors and proactively provided feedback on their editing assignmentsMentored four new team members on handling an editing project from start to finishWorked with team members to monitor and achieve desired client conversion rate and client repeat rateWorked effectively on multiple time-critical priorities Show less

Assistant Managing Editor

• 2013 - 2014

Managed editing orders from initial inquiry through return of completed revisions, with a focus on timeliness and attention to detailReviewed documents including manuscripts, book chapters, abstracts, technical reports, slide and poster presentations edited by scientific editors and performed additional edits (basic and/or substantial) if requiredReviewed edited manuscripts to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation and syntax, and returned completed orders to clientsFacilitated communication between clients and editorsWrote journal recommendation reports based on clients’ publication goalsAssisted in interviewing and hiring new operations team members and editorsRepresented BioScience Writers in scientific conferences and meetingsEdited profiles of contract editors working for BSW Show less

Student Extern

• 2013 - 2013

Substantively edited medical/scientific manuscripts, checking for stylistic consistency, rational development of content, organization, and factual accuracy Styled manuscripts for journal submission according to journals’ instructions to authors Proofread galleys for the journal Neuro-Oncology Wrote articles for the department’s monthly physician newsletter, Oncolog Edited commentaries for the journal Breast Diseases: A Year Book Quarterly Substantively edited medical/scientific manuscripts, checking for stylistic consistency, rational development of content, organization, and factual accuracy Styled manuscripts for journal submission according to journals’ instructions to authors Proofread galleys for the journal Neuro-Oncology Wrote articles for the department’s monthly physician newsletter, Oncolog Edited commentaries for the journal Breast Diseases: A Year Book Quarterly

Graduate Assistant (Writer), Professional Program in Biotechnology

• 2012 - 2012

Interviewed faculty, researchers, and students; wrote and published several articles for the Biotechnology Program blog.

Graduate Assistant, Intensive Course in Research Writing

• 2012 - 2012

Edited scientific manuscripts of participants from different countries in a 3-week intensive course on research writing

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Course in Biomedical Writing

• 2011 - 2012

Provided feedback on crafting and content of students’ drafts Met weekly with the instructor to discuss students’ progress

Content Creator

• Feb 2011 - Jul 2011

Wrote articles; categories included vitamins, cholesterol, and pain Introduced a new content area, “Stem Cells” (www.ygoy.com/index.php/category/stem-cells) Wrote articles; categories included vitamins, cholesterol, and pain Introduced a new content area, “Stem Cells” (www.ygoy.com/index.php/category/stem-cells)

Researcher

• 2009 - 2011

Drafted profiles of biotech and healthcare companies worldwide and updated the profiles within the MedTRACK database; added new companies to the database as per the company standard operating procedure (SOP) Performed quality assurance (QA) on and edited existing company profiles within the database Drafted profiles of biotech and healthcare companies worldwide and updated the profiles within the MedTRACK database; added new companies to the database as per the company standard operating procedure (SOP) Performed quality assurance (QA) on and edited existing company profiles within the database