Work Experience:
2006 - present
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Healing Thresholds, Inc.
- Manage a team of writers and physicians to produce a Web site dedicated to the communication of the science of autism therapies
- Write fact sheets and research summaries
- Create interest in www.HealingThresholds.com
1999-present
President and Founder, Environmental Health Consulting, Chicago, IL
- Manage a team of writers and scientists to produce a comprehensive literature review of childhood exposure to environmental contaminants
- Provide expert consultation on human health risks from environmental contaminants
- Facilitate and summarize stakeholder meetings
1998-present
Medical Writer (freelance), Various clients in the United States and Canada
- Write training modules, training CD-ROMs and Web-based training for pharmaceutical sales representatives; products include drugs for the treatment of infectious diseases, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disorders, diabetes, menopause, autoimmune disease, and respiratory tract infections
- Write continuing medical education (CME) and other educational materials for the physician and nurse audiences, including CME monographs, slide sets for CME symposia, scripts for CD-ROMs and medical conference coverage updates
- Cover medical conferences in the US on assignment to write highly specialized articles on aggressive deadline for physicians, MD/PhD researchers, and allied health professionals; disease topics covered include cardiology, psychiatry, endocrinology, infectious diseases, radiology, oncology, transplant medicine, pediatrics, primary care, hypertension, public health, women's health, and mental health
- Writing consumer health stories for magazines and web sites
- Perform and write a literature review of childhood exposure to environmental chemicals for U.S. EPA
- Write "ghost written" by-line articles for physicians
- Coordinate the planning process for the Chicago Biomedical Consortium, including symposium organization, proposal writing, and organization of numerous committees and subcommittees
1995-1998
U.S. EPA Region 5, Environmental Health Scientist, Chicago, IL
- Provided human health risk assessments on numerous contaminated sites including Superfund and Brownfield sites
- Regional expert on environmental endocrine disruptors
- Awarded several Bronze Medals for contribution to Regional efforts
Education
1988-1994
Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL
Doctor of Philosophy - Microbiology/Immunology
Graduate Student - Performed research in the area of immunology, specifically T cell regulation; studied a mouse viral model for multiple sclerosis; published three publications in peer-reviewed journals and presented numerous posters and presentations based upon research
Ludwig Maximalian University, Munich, Germany
Fulbright Scholarship - Immunology
Macalester College, St.Paul, MN
Bachelor of Arts - Biology (major -highest honors), Physics (minor), Additional concentration in French
Post-Doctoral Training
1994-1995
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Post-doctoral Fellow - Performed grant-funded research in the field of cellular immunology under Dr. Jim Miller; Published research on the topic of T cell activation
