Resume

• 2004

  UCSF

  Spectrum News

  Freelance

  Program and project manager

  PHALLACY: Life Lessons from the Animal Penis (Avery

  2020)\nTHE TAILORED BRAIN (Basic Books

  2021)\nTHE INFORMED PARENT (Perigee

  2017)

  Self

  Editor

  writer

  Associate editor (contract) working with internationally distributed team for Univadis

  which summarizes daily the most important clinical findings for MDs; curator and writer for cardiology

  pediatrics

  a “patients will be asking” column

  and other coverage as needed.

  Univadis.com

  now part of Medscape

  Medical Lead/Medical Writer

  Medical lead/program manager for three pipelines in the rare disease space; responsible for global publications tracking and planning

  clinical and regulatory document drafting and editing

  managing consultant writers

  attending meetings

  poster and abstract development

  and communications with a global team of stakeholders

  BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

  Editor/writer

  science and medicine

  I have been a freelance health editor and journalist for 20+ years with bylines in the Washington Post

  San Francisco Chronicle

  MIT Tech Review

  Scientific American

  Undark

  Knowable

  Forbes

  Backpacker

  and others. Focus primarily on neurology and psychology

  cardiology

  pediatrics

  metabolic conditions

  and disability; also general health and biology; currently contributing to Scientific American and others.\n\n--Editor and writer across beats and in all capacities.\n--Considerable experience in web publishing and management.\n--Expert-level curation and newsletter production in specific content areas.\n--Experience organizing related workshops and conferences.\n\nBook author: The Informed Parent (Tarcher Perigee

  2016)

  Phallacy: Life Lessons from the Animal Penis (Avery/Penguin

  2020)

  The Tailored Brain (Basic

  2021).

  Freelance

  Scientific Editor

  Editor of research articles and reviews

  grants

  theses/dissertations

  essays

  commentaries

  and other materials for scientists

  in topic areas from every scientific discipline

  SF Edit

  Newsletter producer

  Curator and writer of news updates in neuroscience and autism research for a newsletter that I wrote and produced four days a week for an audience of up to 10

  000+ readers

  along with a weekend editors’ picks newsletter.

  Spectrum News

  Extensive program and project management experience

  Experience managing large and small labs engaged in multiple ongoing research projects

  including grant writing

  budgeting

  staff training

  communications

  and other logistics.\n\nAdditional experience in program management involving national and global teams of professionals across departments

  with tracking and planning of a complex series of deliverables on a quarterly basis; statewide campaigns and government and nonprofit communications planning; publications planning.\n\nAlso experienced with budget management

  planning

  and tracking; events planning and execution; and managing teams of contract and permanent staff and volunteers.

  Program and project manager

  Professor/instructor

  University of Texas at Austin

  Berkeley Extension

  Texas State University

  St. Edward's University

  Dominican University\n\nGeneral biology for majors and nonmajors

  genetics

  developmental biology

  ecotoxicology

  and human anatomy and physiology for preclinical and majors

  and physics/chemistry/biology for nonmajors.\n\nMy Google Scholar profile is here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wNaigzwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

  Universities

  UCSF

  Fact-checker

  Fact-checker

  rewrite for neurology

  cardiology

  dyslipidemia

  diabetes areas

  Med-IQ

  English

  German

  Spanish

  The University of Texas at Austin

  PhD

  Biological sciences (endocrinology

  physiology

  toxicology

  developmental biology); BA in English

• Spotted | Spectrum | Autism Research News

  Spectrum's weekly roundup of autism research papers and media mentions you may have missed.

  Spotted | Spectrum | Autism Research News

  Association board member; chair of the Fairness Committee; co-chair of the Membership Committee

  National Association Of Science Writers

  Editing

  Microscopy

  Research

  History

  Lifesciences

  Copy Editing

  English Literature

  Science

  Writing

  Biochemistry

  Scientific Writing

  Publications

  Molecular Biology

  Cell Biology

  Press Releases

  Biology

  Microbiology

  Genetics

  Publishing

  Neuroscience

  The Informed Parent: The First Four Years

  The latest scientific research on home birth

  breastfeeding

  sleep training

  vaccines

  and other key topics—to help parents make their own best-informed decisions.\n\nIn the era of questionable Internet \"facts\" and parental oversharing

  it's more important than ever to find credible information on everything from prenatal vitamins to screen time. The good news is that parents and parents-to-be no longer need to rely on an opinionated mother-in-law about whether it’s OK to eat sushi in your third trimester

  an old college roommate for sleep-training “rules

  ” or an online parenting group about how long you should breastfeed (there’s a vehement group for every opinion). Credible scientific studies are out there – and they’re “bottom-lined” in this book.\n

  The Informed Parent: The First Four Years

  The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to College Biology follows the curriculum of Biology 101 so closely that it serves as a perfect study guide

  and it's also great for AP Biology and SAT Subject Biology exams that high school students are taking in droves. Students can turn to it when their textbooks are unclear or as an additional aid throughout the semester.\n

  Complete IG to College Biology

  Thinking Person's Guide to Autism (TPGA) is the resource we wish we'd had when autism first became part of our lives: a one-stop source for carefully curated

  evidence-based information from autism parents

  autistics

  and autism professionals. \"Refreshingly free of dogma

  disinformation

  and heavy-handed agendas

  The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism is an oasis of sanity

  compassion

  and hope for people on the spectrum and those who love them.\" -- Steve Silberman

  senior writer for Wired magazine and autism/neurodiversity blogger for the Public Library of Science

  Thinking Person's Guide to Autism

  Emily J.

  BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

  Universities

  Self

  Univadis.com

  now part of Medscape

  Med-IQ

  SF Edit