2007-08 Chapter Officers' Bios

Jane Krauhs, PhD, ELS
Professional Liaison

Professional title & affiliation

Senior Scientist
Wyle Laboratories, Inc. Life Sciences Systems and Services

Professional background

Jane Krauhs changed careers from neurocytologist to technical writer in 1982, when she went to work for a NASA contractor at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas. She has worked as a writer and editor on a number of projects in space medicine, including a NASA Web site of space life sciences experiments. Currently she works mainly as an author’s editor of journal articles, research proposals, and NASA management documents. Some of the scientific disciplines in which JSC scientists work are nutritional biochemistry, exercise physiology, immunology, pharmacokinetics, toxicology, and virology.

Other Professional Affiliations/Offices Held

• AMWA
• Budget and Finance Committee – 1992-93, 1994-96, 2003-04
• Fellowship Committee – 2003-04
• Treasurer – 1997-2003
• Constitution and Bylaws Committee – 2000-2003
• AMWA SW Chapter
• Board of Directors Member-at-Large – 1985-86, 1995-97
• Treasurer – 1986-90, 1993-94
• President – 1991-92
• Program Chair – 1990-91
• National Management Association (NMA) Texas Gulf Coast Council
• President – 1999-2000 
• Secretary – 1997-98
• NMA Wyle Life Sciences Chapter
• President – 1996-97
• Treasurer – 1993-94

Education

• BS, zoology, Duke University, Durham, NC
• MS and PhD, zoology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Training/Courses/Certifications

• Core and Advanced Curricula, AMWA
• Certification, Board of Editors in the Life Sciences

Publications

• Krauhs JM. Words and You. Regular feature in the Wyle Laboratories Life Sciences Systems and Services newsletter, Wyle Chronicles, 1999-2004.
• Krauhs JM. Time for evidence-based medical writing. American Medical Writers Association Journal 17(3):21-29, 2002.
• Leach CS, Alfrey CP, Suki WN, Leonard JI, Rambaut PC, Inners LD, Smith SM, Lane HW, Krauhs JM. Regulation of body fluid during short-term spaceflight. J Appl Physiol 81:105-116, 1996.
• Krauhs JM. Extend your confidence limits. Technical Communication 40(4):742-743, 1993.
• Krauhs JM, Frey MAB, Putcha L. Space-age research adds to progress in medicine. American Medical Writers Association Journal 4(2):6-12, 1989.
• Krauhs JM. Structure of rat aortic baroreceptors and their relationship to connective tissue. J Neurocytol 8:401-414, 1979.

In her own words

A ditty from my father, F. G. Morrison:

Only is a vital word
In writing, let us face it,
But let us use it only when
We’re sure of where to place it.