PUBLICATION EXPERIENCE

• As principal of Harper Medical Communications, Inc., Karen Harper, Pharm.D. has 10 years of medical writing experience for the pharmaceutical industry.

• Dr. Harper has authored numerous articles published in peer-reviewed medical journals such as:

    The American Journal of Cardiology

    The Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

    The European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

    Journal of the American College of Cardiology

    Journal of the American Medical Association

• As past Senior Assistant Editor of The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Dr. Harper has experience with the peer-review process and is knowledgeable of publication guidelines of medical journals. Dr. Harper is also knowledgeable of what it takes to get journal articles published and what editors at journals look for in a manuscript submission.

• Dr. Harper is an active member of the American Medical Writers Association.

PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

• As a Clinical Research Scientist at a start-up pharmaceutical company, Dr. Harper gained experience in clinical research and in medical writing for regulatory submissions.

• Dr. Harper is knowledgeable of the drug development process and strategic marketing objectives of pharmaceutical companies.

• Dr. Harper has considerable experience with marketing departments of pharmaceutical companies, advertising agencies, public relations firms, and communication companies.

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

While an assistant professor of pharmacology, Dr. Harper provided clinical consultations on current drug therapy at the patient's bedside, played an "integral role" of an internal medicine team, and taught cardiovascular drug therapy in the classroom.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND (of Dr. Karen Harper, principal of Harper Medical Communications, Inc.)

• Received the Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Pharmacy.

• Completed a fellowship in cardiovascular pharmacotherapy from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

• Graduated from Duke University, cum laude, with a B.A. in French Literature/Zoology.

• Recipient of the Angier B. Duke Scholarship while an undergraduate at Duke (provided tuition to Duke and a summer study program at Oxford University in England).

• Studied 19th century English Literature at Oxford University in England.

"It is at Oxford where I learned to write" Dr. Karen Harper

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