| Professional Experience: |
| Freelance Writer & Information Architect, 2010-Present |
| University of Washington, 1983-2010 (retired) |
 Department of Bioengineering, Communications Manager, Aug. 2008-June 2010 |
- Led redesign of the department's 100-page Web site
- Built information architecture for Web site
- Produced print materials
- Wrote articles for Web site and print
- Coordinated the announcement of a new department chair
- Coordinated with media relations staff
- Photography
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| School of Public Health, Public Information Specialist, Jan. 2000-Aug. 2008 |
- Produced online weekly newsletter on emerging infectious diseases for Asia Pacific community of health, government, and business leaders
- Maintained Web site for APEC EINet
- Created Web site for Amauta Global Training in Health Informatics
- Wrote and edited professional journal articles, marketing materials, correspondence, and funding proposals.
- Liaison between Northwest Center for Public Health Practice (NWCPHP) and American Indian tribes and native corporations of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming
- Project manager for face-to-face training through the annual Summer Institute for Public Health Practice and the Northwest Public Health Leadership Institute.
- Coordinated promotion/marketing, grant writing, assessment, facilities, student enrollment, student support services, and continuing education credit acquisition, and conference planning
- Contributed content to NWCPHP Web site
- Oversaw project activity of NWCPHP as member of the Project Management Team
- Taught Basic Web Design (2000) and Basic Dreamweaver (2001) to physicians in Peru during two short courses for Fogarty Global Training in Health Informatics
- Presented research and in other ways represented APEC EINet and Amauta programs at international conferences and meetings
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UW Office of News & Information, Editor, University Week, Aug. 1989-Jan. 2000 |
- Planned, researched, wrote, edited and designed the award-winning University Week and UWeek Online, the weekly newspaper and Web site for the 17,000 faculty and staff of the University of Washington
- Lead project to create UWeek Online (team effort with administrators, graphic artists, programmers and other editors)
- Built and maintained relationships with news sources across campus and in media
- Planned and executed efforts to build a sense of community across the university in cooperation with University Relations and the Office of the President
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| UW Medical Affairs Office of Development, Public Information Specialist, Sept. 1983-Aug. 1989 |
- Write, edit, and design two quarterly alumni and donor newsletters for the Department of Anesthesiology and the Diabetes Research Council
- Interview medical researchers to prepare articles and case statements
- Write case statements and grant proposals to individuals, corporations, and foundations
- Member of the campus-wide Development Library Committee
- Member of the board for CASE District VIII
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| Prior to September 1983 I was an medical editor and reporter for daily newspapers in Bellingham, WA and Kansas City, KS. |
| Training: |
- Web Technology Solutions Certificate Program
- Northwest Public Health Leadership Institute Scholar
- Process Improvement
- Rapid Instructional Design
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| Academic Degrees: |
- MA, Audiology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
- MA (Journalism), MA (Audiology), Journalism, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
- BA, Political Science (International Relations), University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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| Professional Associations: |
- National Association of Science Writers
- Society of Professional Journalists
- Writers Guild of America
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
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| Selected Honors: |
- Nominee, UW Distinguished Staff Award
- First Place, Feature writing, Washington Press Association
- First Place, Headline writing, Washington Press Association
- Silver, Tabloid Newspaper, CASE, District VIII
- Full Graduate School Scholarship, Catholic Press Association
- Reader's Digest Travel Grant
- Fellow, Third International Communications Seminar, Yugoslavia
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| Presentations: |
- Instructor, "Basic Dreamweaver" (2-day course), Amauta Global Training in Health Informatics, Lima, Peru, May 21-June 1, 2001
- Instructor, "Basic Web Design" (2-day course), Amauta Global Training in Health Informatics, Lima, Peru, May 21-June 1, 2000
- Ninth International Congress World Federation of Public Health Associations, "APEC Emerging Infections Telecommunication Survey," Beijing, China, Sept. 2-6, 2000
- Regional Action Conference for Surveillance and Response to Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Southeast Asia, Workshop Chief, "Recommendations of the Workshop to Establish a Regional Protocol for Information Systems," Sept. 11-15, 2000
- Delegate, Industrial Science and Technology Working Group (ISTWG) of APEC, Hanoi, Vietnam, April 20-29, 2001
- Delegate, Industrial Science and Technology Working Group (ISTWG) of APEC, Pattaya, Thailand, March 13-14, 2000
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