Paola Dolcemascolo, M.S.
790 Andover Road- Union, NJ 07083
Home Phone: 908-688-0603 Mobile Phone: 908-868-7597
Email:
EDUCATION
New York University, New York, NY, September 2002
§ M.S., Biology
Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, May 2000
§ B.S., biology
§ Minor in Classical Studies
§ Graduated with College Honors.
AWARDS, TITLES, HONORS
§ English Tutor National Certification
§ Rutgers Honors Society
§ Golden Key Honors Society
§ Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society
§ National Biology Honors Society
§ Charles Sabbat Biology Award
§ McCraken Fellowship
EXPERIENCE
2003-Ongoing Essex County College Newark, NJ
Adjunct Professor of Biology
§ Teach Human Anatomy and Physiology Lecture and Lab to undergraduates.
§ Teach General Biology Lecture and Lab to undergraduates.
2003-2005 William Paterson University Wayne, NJ
Adjunct Professor of Biology
§ Teach Human Anatomy and Physiology Lab to undergraduate students.
2002-Ongoing
Freelance Italian Tutor
§ Taught basic, intermediate, and advanced levels of Italian in both one-on-one sessions and to small groups.
2002-Ongoing Rood Research New York, NY
Freelance Medical Market Researcher/Transcriptionist/Writer/Editor/Translator
§ Conduct in-depth telephone interviews with doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals for medical market research.
§ Transcribe interviews from recordings.
§ Compose written synopses and analyses of interviews to be used in compiling medical market research deliverables for specific products and procedures which have included research on fixed dose combination drugs, new lyophilized chemotherapeutic agents and new peripheral percutaneous intervention anticoagulants.
§ Edit summary reports and medical market research deliverables for presentation to clients.
§ Direct projects dealing with European Union pharmaceutical market which include recruiting physicians for interviews, conducting interviews in Italian, transcribing interviews, translating interviews into English and composing synopses and analyses of interviews.
2001-2003 New York University New York, NY
Graduate Teaching Fellow/Adjunct
§ Taught undergraduate classes in human genetics and general science classes covering the topics of Astronomy, Geology, Microbiology, Ecology, Physical Anthropology, Zoology, and Molecular Biology.
§ Assisted in the writing, editing and proofreading of the lab manuals used in these classes.
2000-2002 New York University New York, NY
Graduate Laboratory Assistant
§ Performed laboratory work in a molecular evolution/developmental genetics lab to further experiments using techniques such as PCR, gel electrophoresis, antibody staining, and genetic crosses of the nematode C. elegans
§ Performed work in a microbiology/parasitology lab with strains of Entamoeba histolytica which consisted of genomic DNA and restriction-digested DNA analysis.
§ Aided in general lab maintenance, and in replenishing and pruning chemical, bacterial and organismal stocks, ordering primers
§ Composed written reports detailing the background information, progress and problems regarding all experiments; wrote and edited experiment protocols.
§ Assisted in writing and editing grant proposals and journal article manuscripts according to AMA guidelines.
1998-Ongoing
Freelance Italian Translator
§ Translate legal documentation, computer program installation instructions, manuals for electronic equipment, medical equipment, and other types of user manuals from Italian to English and from English to Italian.
§ Translate textbooks for various subjects, including all areas of Biological and Medical sciences, Literature, History, and others, from Italian to English and from English to Italian.
§ Translate resumes and university theses from Italian to English and English to Italian.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
§ Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Professional, the Internet, and email programs.
§ Mother tongue Italian and English
§ Excellent knowledge of AMA guidelines