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Experienced Science Writer and Educator

Profile Summary

I have successfully written funded grant projects, scientific manuscripts, abstracts and more. In addition, I have been teaching science writing skills for over a decade. I have a PhD in Neuroscience with experience in a wide array of subjects including, but not limited to Neuroendocrinology, addiction, sex differences, gestational programming, stress, obesity, reproductive function, infertility, etc.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Epigenetics
• ☆ Neuroscience
• ☆ Behavioral Neuroscience
• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ SOP & Protocol Writing
• ☆ Textbook Content Writing
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Audio Transcription
• ☆ Course Content Writing
• ☆ Grant Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing Medical Writing, Newswriting, Audio Transcription, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Image Processing, Image Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Processing

Work Experience

Associate Professor

Susquehanna University

August 2009 - Present

Assistant Professor in Residence

Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

August 2007 - July 2009

Postdoctoral Fellow

Emory University School of Medicine

August 2005 - July 2007

Postdoctoral Fellow

Georgia State University Neuroscience Institute

September 2003 - July 2005

Education

PhD (Neuroscience)

University of Florida College of Medicine

August 1998 - August 2003

BS/Behavioral Neuroscience and Biochemistry (Biological Sciences)

Lehigh University

August 1994 - May 1998

Certifications

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  January 2023 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Nentwig, T.B., Wilson, D.E., Rhinehart, E.M., Grisel, J.E.(2019). Sex differences in binge-like EtOH drinking, corticotropin-releasing hormone and corticosterone: effects of β-endorphin . Addiction Biology. 24. (3). p. 447-457.

(2018). Sex and β-Endorphin Influence the Effects of Ethanol on Limbic Gabra2 Expression in a Mouse Binge Drinking Model . Frontiers in genetics.

Brozek, J.M., Schneider, J.E., Rhinehart, E.(2017). Maternal programming of body weight in syrian hamsters . Integrative and Comparative Biology. 57. (6). p. 1245-1257.

McGonigle, C.E., Nentwig, T.B., Wilson, D.E., Rhinehart, E.M., Grisel, J.E.(2016). β-endorphin regulates alcohol consumption induced by exercise restriction in female mice . Alcohol. 53. p. 51-60.

Rhinehart, E.M.(2016). Mechanisms linking energy balance and reproduction: Impact of prenatal environment . Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation. 25. (1). p. 29-43.

Schneider, J.E., Brozek, J.M., Keen-Rhinehart, E.(2014). Our stolen figures: The interface of sexual differentiation, endocrine disruptors, maternal programming, and energy balance . Hormones and Behavior. 66. (1). p. 104-119.

Keen-Rhinehart, E., Ondek, K., Schneider, J.E.(2013). Neuroendocrine regulation of appetitive ingestive behavior . Frontiers in Neuroscience. (7 NOV).

Schneider, J.E., Wise, J.D., Benton, N.A., Brozek, J.M., Keen-Rhinehart, E.(2013). When do we eat? Ingestive behavior, survival, and reproductive success . Hormones and Behavior. 64. (4). p. 702-728.

Teubner, B.J.W., Keen-Rhinehart, E., Bartness, T.J.(2012). Third ventricular coinjection of subthreshold doses of NPY and AgRP stimulate food hoarding and intake and neural activation . American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 302. (1).

Bartness, T.J., Keen-Rhinehart, E., Dailey, M.J., Teubner, B.J.(2011). Integrative and translational physiology: Integrative aspects of energy homeostasis and metabolic diseases neural and hormonal control of food hoarding . American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 301. (3).

Keen-Rhinehart, E., Dailey, M.J., Bartness, T.(2010). Physiological mechanisms for food-hoarding motivation in animals . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 365. (1542). p. 961-975.

Keen-Rhinehart, E., Desai, M., Ross, M.G.(2009). Central insulin sensitivity in male and female juvenile rats . Hormones and Behavior. 56. (3). p. 275-280.

Keen-Rhinehart, E., Michopoulos, V., Toufexis, D.J., Martin, E.I., Nair, H., Ressler, K.J., Davis, M., Owens, M.J., Nemeroff, C.B., Wilson, M.E.(2009). Continuous expression of corticotropin-releasing factor in the central nucleus of the amygdala emulates the dysregulation of the stress and reproductive axes . Molecular Psychiatry. 14. (1). p. 37-50.

Keen-Rhinehart, E., Eisen, A., Eaton, D., McCormack, K.(2009). Interactive methods for teaching action potentials, an example of teaching innovation from neuroscience postdoctoral fellows in the fellowships in research and science teaching (FIRST) program . Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. 7. (2).

Keen-Rhinehart, E., Bartness, T.J.(2008). Leptin inhibits food-deprivation-induced increases in food intake and food hoarding . American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 295. (6).

Song, C.K., Vaughan, C.H., Keen-Rhinehart, E., Harris, R.B.S., Richard, D., Bartness, T.J.(2008). Melanocortin-4 receptor mRNA expressed in sympathetic outflow neurons to brown adipose tissue: Neuroanatomical and functional evidence . American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 295. (2).

Keen-Rhinehart, E., Bartness, T.J.(2007). MTII attenuates ghrelin- and food deprivation-induced increases in food hoarding and food intake . Hormones and Behavior. 52. (5). p. 612-620.

Keen-Rhinehart, E., Bartness, T.J.(2007). NPY Y1 receptor is involved in ghrelin- and fasting-induced increases in foraging, food hoarding, and food intake . American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 292. (4).

Keen-Rhinehart, E., Kalra, S.P., Kalra, P.S.(2005). AAV-mediated leptin receptor installation improves energy balance and the reproductive status of obese female Koletsky rats . Peptides. 26. (12). p. 2567-2578.

Keen-Rhinehart, E., Bartness, T.J.(2005). Peripheral ghrelin injections stimulate food intake, foraging, and food hoarding in Siberian hamsters . American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 288. (3 57-3).

Day, D.E., Keen-Rhinehart, E., Bartness, T.J.(2005). Role of NPY and its receptor subtypes in foraging, food hoarding, and food intake by Siberian hamsters . American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 289. (1 58-1).

Keen-Rhinehart, E., Kalra, S.P., Kalra, P.S.(2004). Leptin-receptor gene transfer into the arcuate nucleus of female fatty Zucker rats using recombinant adeno-associated viral vectors stimulates the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis . Biology of Reproduction. 71. (1). p. 266-272.

Rhinehart, E.K., Kalra, S.P., Kalra, P.S.(2004). Neuropeptidergic characterization of the leptin receptor mutated obese Koletsky rat . Regulatory Peptides. 119. (1-2). p. 3-10.

German, I., Roper, M.G., Kalra, S.P., Rhinehart, E., Kennedy, R.T.(2001). Capillary liquid chromatography of multiple peptides with on-line capillary electrophoresis immunoassay detection . Electrophoresis. 22. (17). p. 3659-3667.

BOOK

Desai Dr., M., Keen-Rhinehart, E., Ross, M.G.(2009). Perinatal appetite programming . Early Life Origins of Human Health and Disease. p. 142-163.