Credentials & Experience

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Principal, Write Designs. Medical writer, instructional designer, and project manager for national and international clients, including pharmaceutical, biotech, continuing medical education, and medical training companies. 1989 to the present.

Supervisor, Cytopathology Laboratory, University of Utah Medical Center. Management of laboratory operations, staff, budget. Engaged in cancer and infectious disease diagnosis, research, and teaching. 1987 to 1989.

Cytotechnologist, Associated Regional and University Pathologists, Salt Lake City, Utah. Cytopathologic diagnosis of cancer and infectious diseases. 1986 to 1987 (full time); 1995 to 1997 (part time).

Cytotechnologist, Memorial Hospital of Sheridan County, Sheridan, Wyoming. Daily operations of cytology and histology laboratories. Cancer and infectious disease diagnosis. 1975 to 1986.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION

American Medical Writers Association (AMWA). Advanced Curriculum certificate, 1999. Core Curriculum certificate, 1993.

M.S. Degree in Communication, University of Utah. Emphasis in medical and organizational communication. 1996.

B.A. Degree in Education, University of Wyoming. Science specialty. 1984.

Cytotechnologist (CT), St. Mary’s Medical Center School of Cytopathology, Grand Junction, Colorado. 1975.

B.S. in Biology, Colorado State University. 1972.

AWARDS

California Native Plant Society Photography Contest, Fourth Place, 2009.

American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) New England Chapter, Will Solimene Award of Excellence, Print Media Category, 2000.

Educational Press Association of America, Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Educational Journalism, for “Escape Artist Octopus,” National Geographic World, January, 1989.

Wyoming Council for the Humanities, Essay Competition Winner, 1983.