2008-09 Chapter Officers' Bios

Jeannie F. Woodruff, PhD
Director-at-Large/Publicity Chair

Professional title & affiliation

Coordinator, Department Publications
Department of Symptom Research
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson  Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Professional background

Jeanie has been a scientific editor since coming to M. D. Anderson in 2002. She spent the previous 20 years in the oil and gas industry, where she learned manuscript editing, graphic design, and image generation for publications and presentations and web design and production. The need to prepare complicated documents and presentations has led to proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Reference Manager.

In her position in the Department of Symptom Research, Jeanie serves as the scientific editor and the primary coordinator for manuscript preparation and submission, including substantive text editing and formatting, image production, literature searches, and background writing. She assists the department chairman with special projects and presentations, grant and protocol production, and content development for the department’s website and newsletter.

Other professional affiliations/offices held

• AMWA member since 2002

Training/courses/certifications

• Editor in the Life Sciences (BELS)
• AMWA Advanced Curriculum certification (E/W) – in progress
• AMWA Core Curriculum certification (E/W)

Quotes

"When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong."

– Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)

"What is required is not a lot words, but effectual ones."