Curriculum Vitae
Education
MA, MPhil, Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 2007
MPH, Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 2004
AB, magna cum laude, history and science, Harvard University, 1987
Positions
2004-2005 PhD student, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY (studied social theory, cognitive psychology, decision science, health psychology)
2002-2004 Medical writer and biostatistician, NIH Traumatic Brain Injury Clinical Trials Network, Data Coordinating Center at Columbia University, New York, NY
1998-2001 Medical editor and manager of medical editing, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
1996-1997 Science editor, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
1991-1995 Newswoman, The Associated Press, Albany, NY
1990-1991 Reporter, The Daily Messenger, Canandaigua, NY
1988-1990 Freelance editor and writer
1987-1988 English instructor, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
Honors
Predoctoral fellowship, Robert Wood Johnson/National Library of Medicine Biomedical Informatics Research Training Program, specialized educational track in public health, beginning 2005
Golden Apple Award for excellence in teaching, American Medical Writers Association, 2003
Teaching appointments
Adjunct instructor, Designing and Editing Tables and Graphs, Medical Writing and Editing Certificate Program, University of Chicago, Graham School, 2003-08
Guest lecturer on statistics for journalists, Columbia Journalism School, 2005-08
Instructor, Introduction to Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, 2005-06 (See student comments such as, "She really made an otherwise dull sorry subject very interesting!")
Leadership and service
Board of directors, Council of Science Editors, 2005-08
Education committee chair, Council of Science Editors, 2003-05
Conference chair, Council of Science Editors conference The Journal's Role in Scientific Misconduct, Nov. 7-9, 2003, Leesburg, VA
Conference chair, Council of Science Editors conference Conflict of Interest in Scientific Publication, October 29-31, 2004, Oakbrook, IL
President, Ohio Valley Chapter, American Medical Writers Association, 2000-2001