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Key communications liaison between the External Relations and Research & Development (R&D) teams of a nonprofit product development partnership focused on accelerating development of a safe and effective vaginal microbicide for prevention of HIV. 

• Wrote and edited documents on progress of preclinical research for stakeholders including Board of Directors, donors and Scientific Advisory Board (SAB).
• Managed and organized annual meeting of SAB, including producing PowerPoint presentations for organization's management team.
• Wrote and edited organization's annual report to the SAB on the status of product development.

Directed operations of Information Clearinghouse for the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), under Lockheed Martin’s contract with the National Library of Medicine. Led 24-member staff including Call Center Manager and team; Inquiry Response and Training Supervisor and correspondence specialists; Materials Development Manager and publications team; and Library Coordinator.

• Accountable to NIH client for quality of publications, exhibits, and responses to public inquiries in the form of e-mail, postal mail, and Live Chat via the Internet.
• Responsible for $3 million annual budget for Information Clearinghouse and primary contact with customer at NIH.
• Contributor to Lockheed's proposal to NIH for contract renewal.

Directed 11-person communications team under contract to support the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Bureau for Global Health (GH). Oversaw development and creation of print, Web, and multimedia communications materials for GH’s Office of HIV/AIDS; Office of Population and Reproductive Health; and Office of Health, Infectious Diseases, and Nutrition. 

• Managed team of 10 staff editors and graphic designers who produced print publications including reports to Congress, such as The President’s Malaria Initiative: Progress Through Partnerships: Saving Lives in Africa;  Highly Vulnerable Children: Causes, Consequences and Actions;  and The Power of Partnerships: The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief; issue briefs, success stories, fact sheets, and country profiles.
• Oversaw Web group that generated and maintained content for GH’s intranet and external Web sites (http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/), including the portal for The President’s Malaria Initiative (http://www.pmi.gov), and electronic newsletters for the public on global health, reproductive health, and malaria.
• Directed meetings coordinator who organized USAID booth/presence at major domestic and international conferences, such as The XVII International AIDS Conference.

Managed and directed Contemporary OB/GYN, a monthly medical journal for ob/gyns. While maintaining print publication's #1 ranking in readership, led expansion into industry-supported CME/CE, including monographs, newsletters, CD-ROMs, live symposia and a Web site.  

• Developed, monitored, and controlled communications program’s $2 million annual budget.
• Oversaw editorial board of academic scientists and interacted with them and physician-authors on daily basis.
• Managed on-site editorial team and freelancers producing industry-supported programs.

Designed and created Thomson Medical Economics Company’s first Web site, under the Contemporary Urology banner. Developed vision for Web site, built prototype, and convinced corporate management to launch site. Led Contemporary Urology’s editorial staff, budget, and physician editorial board. Responsible for staff selection and leadership, short- and long-range editorial planning, and budgeting. 

Created and launched Contemporary Oncology, a monthly journal for oncologists. Recruited physician editorial board and recruited and trained editorial staff. Successfully led editorial and graphic design team through an accelerated development process that resulted in creation and issuance of journal’s first issue in just 9 months.

Wrote, edited, and produced print and electronic communications aimed at marketing Prudential’s managed health care system to employers, employees, and physicians. Wrote newsletters and brochures and produced slide shows and videotapes on health insurance programs.

Wrote, edited, and produced medical benefits brochures and monthly, bimonthly, and quarterly health insurance newsletters and other publications. Developed a line of consumer literature for the corporation's health awareness program. Wrote newsletters for subscribers to corporation's health insurance plans.

Researched and wrote feature-length investigative articles on a variety of medical and lifestyle topics for daily newspaper.