Education:

B.A. Speech, Hearing & Language Sciences. University of Miami (FL).

M.S. Information Studies (Special, Academic, Technology Implementation). College of Information & Communication. Florida State University (FL).

Current Position:

Medical & Military Health, Researcher/Writer; Grant Sources Researcher/Mgt; National Speaker at Military Health Matters, LLC. (Sole Proprietorship)

Previous Positions:

• Writer at National Military Health Examiner
• Information Analyst at LifeExtension Foundation
• Associate Annotator at Butler Hill Group
• Director of Library Services at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

Skills & Abilities

• MEDICAL WRITING/EDITING

(Medicine/Health, Military Medicine, Health Literacy)

* Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (Military, Civilian)

* Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), particularly "Mild" Traumatic Brain Injury (Military, Civilian).

* Polytrauma-Military

* Suicide/Suicide Prevention Resources

* Health Literacy Materials (in all formats, bilingual)

* CME Materials (Medicine)

• GRANTS: RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT

* Funding Searches/Matching Services (using a variety of research tools and information from my extensive database of sources).

* Supporting Research, Expert Literature Reviews for RFPs, Grant Applications, other Funding Resource Applications.

* Needs Assessment

* Program Development Assistance

* Proposal Critique and Review

* Grant Management, Monitoring/Evaluation.

• RESEARCH/DATA ANALYTICS

* Database Searching

* Intelligence Analytics

* Knowledge Management

• SPEAKER SERVICES

* CE Medical/Health

* Military Family Life, Dynamics of Military Families, Deployment/Redeployment, Coping

* Medical Terminology, Literature review-basic and advanced training (getting it right the first time for those grant applications).

* Building a professional website, for pennies/in no time!

• HEALTH INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS TRAINING

* Training, curriculum, and materials (print/electr)

* Consumer/patient health

* Clinical (CE Credits)

* Bilingual (Eng/Spa)

* Clinicians: (civilian mental health providers, clinical health), newly providing services to the military & veterans.

* Military members, Veterans, Families.

• WEB CONTENT/GRAPHICS

* Site design particularly for individuals with brain injuries, PTSD, poly-traumas, vision/hearing deficits, aging populations. New web content, content updates.

* Social Media Implementation - best practices.

• TECHNOLOGY EXPERTISE

* Windows/Mac, Adobe, SharePoint.

* Database development; basic HTML/CSS skills;

* Graphic Design

Specialties

• Medical Writing/Editing.
• Research (Medical, Complex Research).
• Grant Research/Management.
• Speaking (CME, Military Family Life).
• Health Information Literacy Skills Training (Clin/Patient).
• Knowledge Management.
• Web Site/Portal Design/Implementation.
• Web Content.
• Training-Technology.
• Data Mining and Analytics.
• Social Media/Marketing.
• Virtual Services.
• Library Administration: Disaster planning, cataloging/classification, new facility planning/design, relocation.

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