Mediwriter Services
Environmental,
Medical, & Pharmaceutical Communications
Wilmington, NC
Mary
Clark, PhD
Where I was trained . . .
·
Ph.D. in Marine Science. North Carolina State
University, Raleigh, North
Carolina. 1997. Dissertation research in conjunction with Smithsonian Environmental
Research Center, Edgewater,
Maryland. Research was funded through:
o Smithsonian
Institution Fellowship.
o American Museum of Natural
History Grant.
o North Carolina State
University Alumni Association Fellowship.
·
Master of Technical and Scientific
Communication. Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
1984.
·
BA, Biology. Chemistry and English
minors. University of Delaware,
Newark, Delaware. 1983.
Communications experience I've had . . .
- Medical/Pharmaceutical
- Freelance
Writer, 1990-present.
Prepared medical manuscripts,
poster presentations, product monographs, public education briefs, and pharmaceutical
regulatory documents. Projects have covered pulmonary, oncology, vascular,
gastroenterology, immunology, pain-management, CNS, orthopedics,
anti-infective, and pharmacokinetics areas.
- Medical
Communicator, ICI
Pharmaceuticals Group (now AstraZeneca,
Inc.), Wilmington, Delaware,
1984-1989.
Developed a broad repertoire of
writing styles, e.g., to accommodate readers as diverse as cardiologists, sales
representatives, and patients. Areas included cardiovascular, infectious
disease, metabolic disease, and CNS.
Projects
covered a wide spectrum of audiences and formats, i.e., researched, wrote,
and/or edited manuscripts for medical journals and patient magazines, product monographs,
speeches, sales briefs, poster presentations, proposals, and regulatory
documents.
- Scientific/Environmental
o Freelance Writer, 1990-present. Edited various manuscripts for ecology journals, and contributed to an encyclopedia of oceanography.
- Researcher/Graduate
student, Smithsonian
Environmental Research Center,
Edgewater, Maryland, and North Carolina State University, Raleigh,
1989-1997. During the course of my doctoral research, I prepared
slide presentations for professional conferences, fellowship/grant
proposals, and ecological journal articles (see below).
- Editorial Consultant, University of Delaware, Newark, 1986-87. Edited biology laboratory manuals.
Teaching I've done in various settings . . .
· Large university lecture hall: oceanography --- Substitute Instructor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh,1992-1994. Taught biological oceanography segment of Introductory Oceanography (90 students/lecture).
·
Mid-size
university class/laboratory: ecology -- Part-time University Instructor, University of North
Carolina at Wilmington, 1998-2000. Taught upper-level undergraduate ecology lecture and lab
(30 students/class).
· University laboratory: biology/physiology -- Laboratory Instructor, Miami University and University of Delaware, 1982-1984 (30 students/lab).
· Small/mid-size corporate workshops: writing/editing -- Medical Communicator, ICI Pharmaceuticals Group (now AstraZeneca, Inc.), Wilmington, Delaware, 1984-1989. Developed and presented in-house writing/editing training workshops (10-30 attendees/workshop).
My field research in marine science/oceanography . . .
· Researcher/Graduate student, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland, and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1989-1997.
o
Five seasons of field research on the foraging
ecology of blue crabs in the central Chesapeake Bay. Through the set-up and
execution of this project, I became adept at evaluating experimental design and
procedures--skills applicable across biological research disciplines. This
project also entailed heavy involvement in microelectronics and statistical
programming (SAS).
This is one of my crabs
"dressed" up with an ultrasonic transmitter for tracking.
o Presented research findings, through slide/lecture presentations, for meetings of the American Society of Zoologists (now, the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology), the Society of Marine Benthic Ecology, the Duke University Marine Research Symposium, the Smithsonian Institution, and various groups at North Carolina State University.
o My research was published in the following peer-reviewed environmental journals: Marine Ecology Progress Series, the Journal of Marine Biology and Ecology, and Ecography. These articles can be viewed on the Smithsonian web site at :
§ Clark ME, Wolcott TG, Wolcott DL Hines AH. Foraging and agonistic activity co-occur in free-ranging blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus): observation of animals by ultrasonic telemetry. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 1999;233:143-160.
§ Clark ME, Wolcott TG, Wolcott DL Hines AH. Intraspecific interference among foraging blue crabs Callinectes sapidus: interactive effects of predator density and prey patch distribution. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 1999;178:69-78.
§ Clark ME, Wolcott TG, Wolcott DL Hines AH. Foraging behavior of an estuarine predator, the blue crab Callinectes sapidus in a patchy environment. Ecography. 2000;23:21-31.
Other skills/experiences that come in handy in the field . . .
· SCUBA diver: NAUI-certified through Smithsonian Institution.
· Research cruise experience: Research cruise/submersible dive on R/V Seward Johnson/Johnson Sea Link, 1989.
· Lifeguard: Red-cross certified. Worked at pools in Wilmington, Delaware -- "way back" in the 80's!
· Boats: Lots of experience with small motor boats, as well as kayaks/canoes.
Professional/honor societies that will have me .
. .
· Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
· Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering
· American Medical Writers Association
· Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology
· American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
For information: mailto:m_clark@mediwriter.com