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Medical and Scientific Writer with Broad Research and Writing Experience

Profile Summary

I have over 7 years of experience as a medical and scientific writer. I hold a PhD in Chemical Biology from Harvard University, and since completing my research there, I have gained experience writing about many topics in medicine, microbiology, and agricultural science. In my previous staff position as a Medical Learning Specialist, I designed and created medical courses for pharmaceutical company employees and supervised a team of medical writers and illustrators. My writing and editing experience also includes medical journalism, writing web content about biotech and food safety, writing training modules for nurses and clinical lab employees, editing research manuscripts, and consulting on experimental design. I have also served as a journal peer reviewer. In addition to my writing experience, I worked in scientific research for more than seven years in the fields of infectious disease, public health, and agriculture. I received my bachelor’s degree from Cornell University's plant sciences program and worked on research projects in agricultural science and crop genetics. My PhD work was in the field of infectious disease. Samples of my writing can be found at the below links, and additional samples are available upon request. https://mdforlives.com/blog/hypertension-among-pregnant-women/ https://mdforlives.com/blog/starting-early-with-microbiome-health/ https://www.medpagetoday.com/resource-centers/focus-ovarian-cancer/non-guideline-adherent-cancer-care-hiv-positive-women-may-lower-survival/1544 https://www.eurofinsus.com/food-testing/resources/sports-supplement-purity-choosing-a-certification-program/ https://www.idexxcurrents.com/en/latest/how-to-communicate-legionella-risk-to-customers-and-the-community/ https://www.eurofinsus.com/food-testing/resources/food-safety-testing-understanding-microbiological-method-validation-verification-and-fitness-for-purpose/

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Agriculture
• ★ Medical Sciences
• ☆ Plant Pathology
• ☆ Plant Breeding & Genetics
• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Microbiome Research
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Plant Biotechnology
• ☆ Horticulture
• ☆ Food Microbiology
• ☆ Food Safety
• ☆ Chemical Biology
• ☆ Drug Development
• ☆ Small Molecule Drug Development
• ☆ Hematology
• ☆ Hematology-Oncology
• ☆ Infectious Disease
• ☆ Viral Diseases
• ☆ COVID-19
• ☆ Bacterial Diseases
• ☆ Antibiotic Resistance Research
• ☆ Antibiotic Stewardship
• ☆ HIV/AIDS Treatment
• ☆ Tropical Medicine
• ☆ Malaria
• ☆ Public Health
• ☆ Rare Diseases
• ☆ Amyloidosis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Medical Writing
• ☆ SEO Medical Writing
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Medical Writing, Technical Writing, Copywriting, Newswriting, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Meta-Research, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Data Visualization

Work Experience

Owner and Principal Writer

Striga Scientific, LLC (self-employed)

January 2021 - Present

Scientific Writer and Independent Researcher

Self-employed

April 2016 - December 2020

Medical Learning Specialist

Eagle Productivity Solutions - serving pharma and biotech

July 2019 - September 2020

Medical Writer

Eagle Productivity Solutions - serving pharma and biotech

April 2018 - June 2019

Research Associate

Harvard Chan School of Public Health - Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease

April 2015 - July 2015

PhD Candidate/Researcher

Harvard University

August 2009 - March 2015

Teaching Fellow

Harvard University

September 2010 - December 2010

Intern

Native Seeds/SEARCH Seed Bank

December 2008 - May 2009

Research Assistant

Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation - Plant Breeding Department

December 2008 - May 2009

Laboratory Technician

Cornell University - Depatment of Plant Genetics

January 2008 - May 2008

Education

PhD - Chemical Biology

Harvard University

August 2009 - March 2015

BS - Plant Sciences

Cornell University

September 2004 - January 2008

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Ilana Goldowitz, Jyotsna Chawla, Jenna Oberstaller, Min Zhang, Camilla Valente Pires, Francesca Navarro, Lauriane Sollelis, Chengqi C. Q. Wang, Andreas Seyfang, Jeffrey Dvorin, et al.(2023). Phenotypic Screens Identify Genetic Factors Associated with Gametocyte Development in the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum . Microbiology Spectrum. 11. (3). American Society for Microbiology

Ilana Goldowitz, Nicolas M B Brancucci, Kathrin Buchholz, Kristine Werling, Matthias Marti(2015). An assay to probe Plasmodium falciparum growth, transmission stage formation and early gametocyte development . Nature Protocols. 10. (8). p. 1131--1142. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Ilana Goldowitz, Dingyin Tao, Ceereena Ubaida-Mohien, Derrick K. Mathias, Jonas G. King, Rebecca Pastrana-Mena, Abhai Tripathi, David R. Graham, Eli Moss, Matthias Marti, et al.(2014). Sex-partitioning of the Plasmodium falciparum Stage V Gametocyte Proteome Provides Insight into falciparum-specific Cell Biology . Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 13. (10). p. 2705--2724. Elsevier {BV}

Ilana Goldowitz, Bradley I. Coleman, Kristen M. Skillman, Rays H.Y. Jiang, Lauren M. Childs, Lindsey M. Altenhofen, Markus Ganter, Yvette Leung, Björn F.C. Kafsack, Matthias Marti, et al.(2014). A Plasmodium falciparum Histone Deacetylase Regulates Antigenic Variation and Gametocyte Conversion . Cell Host & Microbe. 16. (2). p. 177--186. Elsevier {BV}

Ilana Goldowitz, Johan Ankarklev, Nicolas M.B. Brancucci, Pierre-Yves Mantel, Matthias Marti(2014). Sex: How Malaria Parasites Get Turned On . Current Biology. 24. (9). p. R368--R370. Elsevier {BV}

Ilana Goldowitz, Pierre-Yves Mantel, Anh N. Hoang, Daria Potashnikova, Bashar Hamza, Ivan Vorobjev, Ionita Ghiran, Mehmet Toner, Daniel Irimia, Alexander R. Ivanov, et al.(2013). Malaria-Infected Erythrocyte-Derived Microvesicles Mediate Cellular Communication within the Parasite Population and with the Host Immune System . Cell Host & Microbe. 13. (5). p. 521--534. Elsevier {BV}

M. Zeid, J.K. Yu, I. Goldowitz, M.E. Denton, Denise E. Costich, C.T. Jayasuriya, M. Saha, R. Elshire, D. Benscher, F. Breseghello, et al.(2010). Cross-amplification of EST-derived markers among 16 grass species . Field Crops Research. 118. (1). p. 28--35. Elsevier {BV}

OTHER

Ilana S. Goldowitz, Joshua Goldowitz(2006). Phytoremediation of Lead-Contaminated Soil in the Urban Residential Environment Using Seed Mustard . Contaminated Soils, Sediments and Water. p. 271--276. Springer-Verlag