Technical Writer resume |

Rania Hanna

EDUCATION

Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA2008-2012

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

University of the People

WORK EXPERIENCE

Research Analyst and Science Writer

2014-Present

Physician Insurers Association of America

Write medical-related reports for research journal publication.
Understand and use medical terminology as required.
Technical writing and editing of database reference manual, including software user documentation.
Perform SQL searches, literature searches on medical issues and write up journal articles, newsletters, and web content for publication. I analyze medical data for trends in medical liability, and write up reports for publication.
Send out monthly medically-oriented Research Notes to member companies regarding research in the Medical Professional Liability (MPL) field.
Experience with Microsoft Office and Adobe InDesign.

Technical Writing Internship

2015

TDM Business Toole Suite

Freelance Writing and Editing

2009-2014

Science Writer

Work with clients, researching scientific literature and writing research papers on neurobiological and neuropsychological topics, biological research theses, research comparatives, and general articles.
Write, submit and publish to online research journals.

Children’s Neuroscience Book

Wrote a neuroscience book for children, which is in the process of being illustrated and published; a publisher may be interested in the work.
Developed very strong skills in distilling scientific information that a given audience can understand.

Science Blogger

Maintain a neuroscience/psychology blog, where I post original articles for the general public, as well as for those with a scientific background.
Aim with my blog is to promote science literacy in ways that are succinct and enjoyable to read, while still being highly informative.
Blog link: neuravinci.com.

Impulse, Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal Peer-Reviewer

Learned about the peer review process, including editing, scientific analysis, timeliness, and also how to receive criticism of my own work.
Enhanced my editing and journalism skills, as well as my overall communication and collaboration abilities.

Research and Teaching

The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 2013-2014

Gained collaborative skills, working in a setting where communication and facilitation between other lab members was a key point.
Increased skills in data collection and analysis, as well as in analytical thinking.
Cultivated organization skills.
Learned to better multi-task, while still maintaining a very strong attention to detail.
Developed better ways to be organized with information, and strengthened my ability to analyze data and conduct research.
Learned how to consolidate technical information from various sources into research papers for a scientific audience, as well as for a general audience.
Developed my quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis abilities.

Lehigh Valley High School Neuroscience Instructor, 2012-2013

Created and implemented a neuroscience course from scratch, developing communication and leadership skills.
Learned how to organize information and communicate effectively to others who may not have the range of science understanding that I have.
Practiced communicating to my superiors and distilling information to them regarding science, both in written and oral form.

Lehigh University Research Assistant, 2012-2013

Learned how to coordinate meetings, keep study files organized and easily accessible, as well as consolidate written material into succinct papers.
Gained better independent-working skills, while still learning to collaborate effectively with several other researchers, and dozens of research participants.
Learned how to organize data, as well as analyze for trends and correlations.
Developed Microsoft Office skills.
Enhanced my capabilities in performing background analysis and synthesis of scientific literature in order to design research studies. I then executed several research studies independently, and also collaboratively.
Wrote summaries of research articles, including methodology and results, and presented the information to my superiors in written and oral form. I also used this work as platforms for designing and implementing my own studies.

Moravian College Research Assistant, 2009-2012

Developed my self-discipline, as well as learned how to better manage my time.
Strengthened my analysis skills, editing and proofreading capabilities, and quantitative/qualitative data collection skills.
Organized several years’ worth of data into spreadsheets.
- This called for immense reasoning and organizational skills, as well as strong analytical skills.
Developed my oral presentation skills, eventually getting the chance to present my research to Dr. Peter Agre, Nobel Prize Laureate.
Created weekly progress reports and presented them to superiors.