I hold a PhD in Experimental Psychology.  My dissertation was about the psychology of musical performance. It tested the effect of speed on the performance of a complex coordination task. I got unpredicted results which my colleagues in the field regarded as valuable.  As a result of this work, I won the Jack Bartlett Award for Dissertation Excellence from the Department of Psychology, University of Maryland at College Park.

After many years of doing research in neuroscience and cognitive science, I decided to change my career and become a medical writer.  I recently worked for Lockheed-Martin on the National Cancer Institute contract, where I had to do research on new cancer drugs, and then write definitions in 7th-grade-level prose to be posted on cancer.gov.  In October 2007, I completed the American Medical Writers’ Association Core Certification program in medical writing for pharmaceutical companies, which included classes in writing clinical study reports, filing INDAs and reporting clinical trials.

I am always looking to improve my skills.  This year I plan to take the BELS exam.  Next year, I plan to take the RAC exam.

I also write novels.  If you are interested in my creative writing, please point your browser to www[dot]spunstories[dot]com. Please replace the word “dot” with a period.

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