From
Scientist to Freelance Writer
 As
a freelance writer, Dr. Wilcox has mostly written feature
articles for the general public, research news
stories for clinicians and scientists, and brochures
and Web site text for medical practices. Before
that, she did research as a faculty member at
Brown University Medical School and as a post-doctoral
fellow at Yale University School of Medicine.
Multifaceted Writing
Dr. Wilcox has regularly contributed stories
to the Schizophrenia Research Forum,
The Brown University Geriatric Psychopharmacology
Update, and The Brown University Psychopharmacology
Update. The latter earned a 2006 Apex Award
for Publication Excellence in Newsletter Writing
with her as lead medical writer.
Her writing for consumer publications includes
feature articles on health topics for The
Providence Journal, Plus magazine,
and the newsletter Love and Sex over fifty-five.
Dr. Wilcox has covered women’s issues for
the Rhode Island National Organization for Women
newsletter and mental health research for the
NARSAD Web site.
Other work by this versatile writer ranges from
medical book chapters to a humor piece in The
Saturday Evening Post, from scientific journal
articles and policy pieces to published poetry.
It includes the creation of brochure and Web site
text for the Rhode Island Neurosurgical Institute
and the Neurosurgery Foundation.
Dr. Wilcox appreciates the editing side of publishing.
At Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, she
co-edited two volumes on military psychiatry for
the Textbook of Military Medicine series.
To see samples of her work, please click
here.
Well-Grounded Writing
Her professional experience at medical schools
and hospitals helps Dr. Wilcox guide readers through
the maze of conflicting health information. At
the Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences, she did research on medical decision-making
and taught cardiac rehabilitation patients while
earning a doctorate in medical psychology.
As a post-doc at Yale Medical School and an assistant
professor at Brown University, Dr. Wilcox identified
factors that help older people recover from a
stroke, heart attack, or broken hip. At Rhode
Island Hospital, she studied how physicians take
care of their own health. Much of her research
focused on disabilities, an interest that led
to her six years of service on the Rhode Island
Governor’s Commission on Disabilities. |
