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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Medical Journalism Program
Master of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication
Expected graduation: May 2008
University of Georgia, Athens
Bachelor of Science in Microbiology, May 2006
Magna Cum Laude and with High Honors
Cumulative GPA: 3.81
The Chapel Hill Herald, Chapel Hill, NC
February 2007 - present
Endeavors magazine, Chapel Hill, NC
January 2007 - present
The Red & Black, Athens, GA
August 2005 - April 2006
Developed reporting and writing skills while covering health, science and medical articles such as glaucoma awareness, wildlife conservation, and HIV/AIDS drug research
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
News Services
Science Writing Intern, May - August 2007
Wrote and edited science and health press releases
and research briefs
Pitched stories to the media about research at UNC
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Assistant, August 2006 - present
Conduct mass communication research projects
involving medical advertising and marketing
Health Resources Group, LLC, Savannah, GA
Office Assistant, June - August 2006
Carried out managed care research project surveying
hospitals and physician practices about
Medicare
Georgia Museum of Natural History, Athens, GA
Educational Outreach Intern, June - August 2005
Wrote quarterly newsletter featuring museum
trips and outreach programs
Led tours and organized displays for the
Discovery Room, a children's science exhibit
University of Georgia, Research Internships
Department of Microbiology, Athens, GA
February - August 2005
Purified an enzyme used in degradation of
environmental contaminants
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, GA
May - September 2004
Isolated chemical compounds in marine sponge species
Roy H. Park Fellowship, graduate school and thesis funding
QuarkXpress, Adobe InDesign, MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Cooking Southern dishes and desserts, reading and walking |
