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Medical Writer / Business Intelligence

Profile Summary

As the medical writer and sole trader of DEKAOKTO solutions. I offer MedComms services, including publication, market research, and conference support medical writing. Under medical affairs and consulting service providers, my clients include those in biotech, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and medical device sectors. Previously at HealthManagement.org, I wrote engaging hospital management, imaging, and technology-related content. In consulting, I worked with pharmaceutical, medical device, and healthcare clients to critically inform their product development strategies. In academia, I focused on identifying novel therapeutic targets, biomarker discovery, and re-purposing drugs for new disease indications in preclinical and human studies. Contact me to learn more.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Cell Biology
• ☆ Cell-Based Assays
• ☆ Cell Signaling Pathways
• ☆ Neuroscience
• ☆ Neurochemistry
• ☆ Neuroanatomy
• ☆ Neuropharmacology
• ☆ Molecular Neuroscience
• ☆ Neurobiology
• ☆ Systems Neuroscience
• ☆ Cell Culture
• ☆ Primary Cells
• ☆ Drug Development
• ☆ Drug-Drug Interactions
• ☆ Preclinical Research
• ☆ Preclinical Pharmacology
• ☆ In vitro Preclinical Toxciology
• ☆ In vivo Preclinical Toxicology
• ☆ Drug Efficacy Testing
• ☆ Medical Devices
• ☆ Medical Device Regulatory Consulting
• ☆ European Medical Device Regulation (MDR)
• ☆ EU In vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR) Compliance
• ☆ In vitro Diagnostics
• ☆ Biomarker Analysis
• ☆ Medical Imaging/Radiology
• ☆ Neurology
• ☆ Stroke & Cerebrovascular Disease
• ☆ Pain Management
• ☆ Inflammation
• ☆ Pharmaceutical Technology
• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Meta-Research
• ☆ Technology Scouting
• ☆ Fact Checking
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Gap Analysis
• ☆ Medical Writing
• ☆ Medical Content Writing
• ☆ Continuing Medical Education (CME) Materials
• ☆ Healthcare Communications
• ☆ Patient Education Materials
• ☆ Research Summaries & Abstracts
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ SOP & Protocol Writing
• ☆ White Papers
• ☆ Case Studies
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Literature Review
• ☆ Traditional/Narrative Literature Review
• ☆ Copywriting
• ☆ Blog Posts
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Grant Writing
• ☆ Business Intelligence

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing

Research Market Research, Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis

Work Experience

Staff Editor

HealthManagement.org

September 2021 - May 2022

Project Architect

PreScouter, Inc.

April 2018 - July 2021

Research Health Scientist

US Department of Veterans Affairs

April 2019 - March 2021

Research Assistant Professor

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

December 2016 - March 2019

Research Associate

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

August 2015 - November 2016

Postdoctoral Scholar

University of Kentucky

August 2012 - June 2015

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Iowa

January 2006 - December 2010

Education

Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary Studies - Neurobiology )

University of Iowa

- December 2010

B.S. (Biology & Psychology)

Loyola University Chicago

- May 1997

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Jennifer A. Schreiber, Nuzhath F. Tajuddin, Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Karl Kevala, Hee‐Yong Kim, Michael A. Collins(2021). Moderate blood alcohol and brain neurovulnerability: Selective depletion of calcium‐independent phospholipase A2, omega‐3 docosahexaenoic acid, and its synaptamide derivative as a potential harbinger of deficits in anti‐inflammatory reserve . Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 45. (12). p. 2506--2517. Wiley

Bayarmagnai Weinstein, Alan R. da Silva, Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Tanima Bose, Gwang Jin Kim, Paola A. Correa, Santhi Pondugula, YoonJung Lee, Jihoo Kim, David O. Carpenter(2021). Precision Mapping of COVID-19 Vulnerable Locales by Epidemiological and Socioeconomic Risk Factors, Developed Using South Korean Data . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18. (2). p. 604. {MDPI} {AG}

Dimitrios Kouzoukas, Bayarmagnai Weinstein, Alan Ricardo da Silva, Tanima Bose, Gwang Jin Kim, Paola A. Correa, Santhi Pondugula, YoonJung Lee, Jihoo Kim, David Carpenter (2021). Precision Mapping of COVID-19 Vulnerable Locales by Epidemiological and Socioeconomic Risk Factors, Developed Using South Korean Data . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Kouzoukas DE, Schreiber JA, Tajuddin NF, Kaja S, Neafsey EJ, Kim HY, Collins MA(2019). PARP inhibition blocks alcohol-induced neurodegeneration and neuroinflammatory cytosolic phospholipase A2 elevations . Neurochemistry international.

(2019). MIF mediates bladder pain, not inflammation, in cyclophosphamide cystitis .

Ma, F., Kouzoukas, D.E., Meyer-Siegler, K.L., Hunt, D.E., Leng, L., Bucala, R., Vera, P.L.(2019). MIF mediates bladder pain, not inflammation, in cyclophosphamide cystitis . Cytokine: X. 1. (1).

Kouzoukas, D.E., Schreiber, J.A., Tajuddin, N.F., Kaja, S., Neafsey, E.J., Kim, H.-Y., Collins, M.A.(2019). PARP inhibition in vivo blocks alcohol-induced brain neurodegeneration and neuroinflammatory cytosolic phospholipase A2 elevations . Neurochemistry International. 129.

Pedro L. Vera, David M. Preston, Robert M. Moldwin, Deborah R. Erickson, Behzad Mowlazadeh, Fei Ma, Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Katherine L. Meyer-Siegler, Magnus Fall(2018). Elevated Urine Levels of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Inflammatory Bladder Conditions: A Potential Biomarker for a Subgroup of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome Patients . Urology. 116. p. 55--62. Elsevier {BV}

Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Ramesh C. Bhalla, Nicholas J. Pantazis(2018). Activation of cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase blocks alcohol-mediated cell death and calcium disruption in cerebellar granule neurons . Neuroscience Letters. 676. p. 108--112. Elsevier {BV}

Kouzoukas, D.E., Bhalla, R.C., Pantazis, N.J.(2018). Activation of cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase blocks alcohol-mediated cell death and calcium disruption in cerebellar granule neurons . Neuroscience Letters. 676. p. 108-112.

(2018). Clonidine as a preoperative sedative . Special Care in Dentistry.

Henry, R.G., Raybould, T.P., Romond, K., Kouzoukas, D.E., Challman, S.D.(2018). Clonidine as a preoperative sedative . Special Care in Dentistry. 38. (2). p. 80-88.

Pedro L. Vera, David M. Preston, Robert M. Moldwin, Deborah R. Erickson, Behzad Mowlazadeh, Fei Ma, Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Katherine L. Meyer-Siegler, Magnus Fall(2018). Elevated Urine Levels of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Inflammatory Bladder Conditions: a Potential Biomarker for a Subgroup of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome Patients . Urology.

Vera, P.L., Preston, D.M., Moldwin, R.M., Erickson, D.R., Mowlazadeh, B., Ma, F., Kouzoukas, D.E., Meyer-Siegler, K.L., Fall, M.(2018). Elevated Urine Levels of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Inflammatory Bladder Conditions: A Potential Biomarker for a Subgroup of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome Patients . Urology. 116. p. 55-62.

Fukushiro-Lopes, D.F., Hegel, A.D., Rao, V., Wyatt, D., Baker, A., Breuer, E.-K., Osipo, C., Zartman, J.J., Burnette, M., Kaja, S., et al.(2018). Preclinical study of a Kv11.1 potassium channel activator as antineoplastic approach for breast cancer . Oncotarget. 9. (3). p. 3321-3337.

(2017). Macrophage migration inhibitory factor mediates protease-activated receptor 4-induced bladder pain through urothelial high mobility group box 1 . Physiological reports.

Ma F, Kouzoukas DE, Meyer-Siegler KL, Westlund KN, Hunt DE, Vera PL, BMC physiology, 2017, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 6, 2017 .

(2017). Disulfide high mobility group box-1 causes bladder pain through bladder Toll-like receptor 4 . BMC Physiology.

Ma, F., Kouzoukas, D.E., Meyer-Siegler, K.L., Westlund, K.N., Hunt, D.E., Vera, P.L.(2017). Disulfide high mobility group box-1 causes bladder pain through bladder Toll-like receptor 4 . BMC Physiology. 17. (1).

(2017). Preclinical study of a Kv11.1 potassium channel activator as antineoplastic approach for breast cancer . Oncotarget.

Ma, Fei, Kouzoukas, Dimitrios E., Meyer-Siegler, Katherine L., Hunt, David E., Leng, Lin, Bucala, Richard, Vera, Pedro L.(2017). Macrophage migration inhibitory factor mediates protease-activated receptor 4-induced bladder pain through urothelial high mobility group box 1 . Physiological Reports. 5. (24). p. e13549--n/a.

Ma, F., Kouzoukas, D.E., Meyer-Siegler, K.L., Hunt, D.E., Leng, L., Bucala, R., Vera, P.L.(2017). Macrophage migration inhibitory factor mediates protease-activated receptor 4-induced bladder pain through urothelial high mobility group box 1 . Physiological Reports. 5. (24).

Dimitrios Kouzoukas, Fei Ma, Katherine Meyer-Siegler, Karin Westlund, David Hunt, Pedro Vera(2016). MP28-14 PROTEASE-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 4 INDUCES BLADDER PAIN THROUGH DISULFIDE HIGH MOBILITY GROUP BOX-1 ACTING ON RECEPTORS FOR ADVANCED GLYCATION ENDPRODUCTS . The Journal of Urology. 195. (4). p. e376. Elsevier {BV}

Fei Ma, Dimotrios E. Kouzoukas, Magnus M. Fall, Robert Moldwin, David M. Preston, Deborah R. Erickson, Barbara Kahn, Katherine Meyer-Siegler, Pedro L. Vera(2016). MP72-01 URINE LEVELS OF MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITORY FACTOR ARE INCREASED IN PATIENTS WITH BLADDER INFLAMMATION . The Journal of Urology. 195. (4). p. e952. Elsevier {BV}

Fei Ma, Dimotrios E. Kouzoukas, Magnus M. Fall, Robert Moldwin, David M. Preston, Deborah R. Erickson, Barbara Kahn, Katherine Meyer-Siegler, Pedro L. Vera(2016). MP72-01 URINE LEVELS OF MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITORY FACTOR ARE INCREASED IN PATIENTS WITH BLADDER INFLAMMATION . The Journal of Urology. 195. (4). p. e952.

Kouzoukas, D.E., Ma, F., Meyer-Siegler, K.L., Westlund, K.N., Hunt, D.E., Vera, P.L.(2016). Protease-activated receptor 4 induces Bladder pain through high mobility group box-1 . PLoS ONE. 11. (3).

Kouzoukas DE, Ma F, Meyer-Siegler KL, Westlund KN, Hunt DE, Vera PL, PloS one, 2016, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. e0152055 .

Kouzoukas, D.E., Ma, F., Meyer-Siegler, K.L., Westlund, K.N., Hunt, D.E., Vera, P.L.(2016). Protease-activated receptor 4 induces Bladder pain through high mobility group box-1 . PLoS ONE. 11. (3).

Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Katherine L. Meyer-Siegler, Fei Ma, Karin N. Westlund, David E. Hunt, Pedro L. Vera, Praveen Thumbikat(2015). Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Mediates PAR-Induced Bladder Pain . PLoS ONE. 10. (5). p. e0127628. Public Library of Science ({PLoS})

Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Katherine L. Meyer-Siegler, Fei Ma, Karin N. Westlund, David E. Hunt, Pedro L. Vera(2015). MP21-17 MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITORY FACTOR MEDIATES PROTEASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR-INDUCED BLADDER PAIN . The Journal of Urology. 193. (4). p. e239. Elsevier {BV}

Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Katherine L. Meyer-Siegler, Fei Ma, Karin N. Westlund, David E. Hunt, Pedro L. Vera(2015). {MP}21-17 {MACROPHAGE} {MIGRATION} {INHIBITORY} {FACTOR} {MEDIATES} {PROTEASE} {ACTIVATED} {RECEPTOR}-{INDUCED} {BLADDER} {PAIN} . The Journal of Urology. 193. (4). p. e239.

Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Katherine L. Meyer-Siegler, Fei Ma, Karin N. Westlund, David E. Hunt, Pedro L. Vera(2015). Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Mediates {PAR}-Induced Bladder Pain . {Plos} {One}. 10. (5). p. e0127628.

Kouzoukas, D.E., Meyer-Siegler, K.L., Ma, F., Westlund, K.N., Hunt, D.E., Vera, P.L.(2015). Macrophage migration inhibitory factor mediates PAR-induced bladder pain . PLoS ONE. 10. (5).

Kouzoukas, D.E., Li, G., Takapoo, M., Moninger, T., Bhalla, R.C., Pantazis, N.J.(2013). Intracellular calcium plays a critical role in the alcohol-mediated death of cerebellar granule neurons . Journal of Neurochemistry. 124. (3). p. 323-335.

Kouzoukas, Dimitrios E., Li, Guiying, Takapoo, Maysaam, Moninger, Thomas, Bhalla, Ramesh C., Pantazis, Nicholas J.(2013). Intracellular calcium plays a critical role in the alcohol-mediated death of cerebellar granule neurons . Journal of Neurochemistry. 124. (3). p. 323-335.

Kouzoukas, D. E., Li, G., Takapoo, M., Bhalla, R., Pantazis, N. J.(2008). A rapid alcohol-induced rise in intracellular calcium may be an early step leading to the death of cerebellar granule neurons in culture . Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research. 32. (6). p. 44A.

Kouzoukas, Dimitrios Elias, Li, Guiying, Takapoo, Maysam, Bhalla, Ramesh, Pantazis, Nicholas J.(2008). Nitric oxide (NO) signaling modulates intracellular calcium Ca2+ (i) and prevents alcohol-induced neuronal death in cerebellar granule cell (CGN) cultures . Faseb Journal. 22.

Kouzoukas, D. E., Li, G., Takapoo, M., Bhalla, R., Pantazis, N. J.(2008). Nitric oxide ameliorates alcohol-induced neuronal death in cerebellar granule neuron cultures by modulating intracellular calcium release . Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research. 32. (6). p. 43A.

Kouzoukas, D., Li, G., Pantazis, N. J.(2007). Contrasting effects of calcium and nitric oxide (NO) signaling on alcohol-induced neuronal death: Calcium enhances while no reduces death . Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research. 31. (6). p. 101A.

Robinson, R.G., Paradiso, S., Mizrahi, R., Fiedorowicz, J.G., Kouzoukas, D.E., Moser, D.J.(2007). Neuropsychological correlates of normal variation in emotional response to visual stimuli . Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 195. (2). p. 112-118.

Robinson, R.G., Paradiso, S., Mizrahi, R., Fiedorowicz, J.G., Kouzoukas, D.E., Moser, D.J.(2007). Neuropsychological correlates of normal variation in emotional response to visual stimuli . Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 195. (2). p. 112-118.

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Bayarmagnai Weinstein, Alan R. da Silva, Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Tanima Bose, Gwang-Jin Kim, Paola A. Correa, Santhi Pondugula, Jihoo Kim, David O. Carpenter(2020). A methodological blueprint to identify COVID-19 vulnerable locales by socioeconomic factors, developed using South Korean data . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory