Tanager Medical Writing LLC
Getting the facts out of your data
Education
American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) Writing & Editing Core Certificate
Ph. D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program, Purdue University
B. A. in Biochemistry, Chemistry Dept., University of California, San Diego
Experience
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Principal Medical Writer and Owner, Tanager Medical Writing LLC. Current (10 years)
Senior Medical Writer, PUMA Biotechnology, Los Angeles, CA (7 months)
Responsibilities: Writing and editing of Clinical Protocols, Clinical Protocol Amendments, DSUR, and Investigator Brochure.
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Medical Writer, Vivus, Inc., Mountain View, CA (2 years)
Responsibilities: Writing and editing of Clinical Study Reports, Clinical Protocols, Protocol Amendments, and Investigator’s Brochures.
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Senior Medical Writer PDL BioPharma, Inc., Redwood City, CA (3.2 years)
Responsibilities: Writing and editing of Clinical Study Reports, Clinical Protocols, protocol amendments, and Investigator’s Brochures.
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Technical Writer II Abgenix, Inc., Fremont, CA (1 year)
Responsibilities: Substantive editing of all Process Sciences publications. Project management of all documentation deliverables in close collaboration with scientists. Editing and description of data needed to support manufacturing and contract research.
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Technical Writer BD Biosciences Clontech, Palo Alto, CA, (3.3 years)
Responsibilities: Writing and editing of technical and marketing documents, project management, Catalog Assistant Editor, DNA Vector Database administrator, Technical Communications Coordinator for all protein expression and purification products.
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Senior Scientist List Biological Laboratories, Campbell, CA, (3.5 years)
Responsibilities: Writing and editing of production documentation, product literature, and certificates of analysis; Production scientist at large pharmaceutical company for GMP production of Eye Medication, research and development, and quality control analysis.
Medical Writing and Editing
- Summarizing Safety Data for a New Drug Application (April 2012)
- Global Product Development, AMWA Workshop. (2010)
- Investigational New Drug Application in eCTD Format, AMWA Workshop (April 2009)
- Investigational New Drug Applications. AMWA Core Curriculum Course (2006)
- Development of a Clinical Study Report. Drug Information Association, Professional Development Training course. (January 2006)
- Tables and Graphs: A Pharmaceutical Approach. AMWA Core Curriculum Course, Asilomar Conference (April 2005)
- Communicating Results of Routine Clinical Laboratory Tests (April 2011)
- Sentence Structure and Patterns, AMWA Workshop. (2007)
- Improving Comprehension: Theories and Research Findings. AMWA Core Curriculum Course. (2006)
- Outlining for Writers and Editors. AMWA Workshop. (2005)
- The Drug Development Process, University of California Extension, Santa Cruz. (2004)
- Editorial workshop, UC Berkeley Extension Journalism Program (2003)
Scientific and Other
- Clinical Research Training On-Line NIH course (2016)
- General Principles of Good Clinical Practice (Updated October 2015)
- Fundamentals of Ethics and Practical Applications (2014)
- Basics of Epidemiology for Medical Writers (2009)
- Correlation and Regression Analysis: AMWA Workshop (2009)
- Statistics for Medical Writers and Editors, AMWA Workshop (2007)
- Project Management Negotiation Principles and Techniques, UCSC Extension (2007)
- Annual Reports: SOPs for Developing Content that Meets FDA Requirements (2007) .
- The Editorial Process at Biomedical Journals: AMWA Workshop (2006)
- Basic Immunology for Medical Writers and Editors. AMWA Workshop and Fed. Clin. Immun. Soc. (2006)
