TRACY HAMPTON, PhD

98 Blacksmith Shop Rd

Falmouth, MA 02540

312-339-9067

thampton@nasw.org

OBJECTIVE

Maintain a challenging and interactive journalism/communications career utilizing my creative abilities to work with scientists, medical professionals, and the public; to organize, interpret, and clearly present news; and to foresee implications and future directions in medicine and research

SUMMARY

Diverse experience in biomedical research, writing, and communication (including broadcast and print journalism), and an extensive education in cancer genetics and immunology

FREELANCE EXPERIENCE

Journal of the American Medical Association, Chicago, IL (http://www.jama.com)

January, 2009 - present

*Write medically focused articles for the news section of the journal

American Society of Nephrology, Washington, DC

March, 2008 - present

*Consult with study authors and write press releases for the ASN’s journals and conferences; assist journalists who are interested in these press releases; create needs assessments/literature reviews for continuing medical education programs

Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ

October, 2007 - present

*Write press releases for various journals, including CANCER, the Journal of Hospital Medicine, the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, and Respirology

WCAI Radio, a National Public Radio station, Woods Hole, MA  (http://www.wgbh.org/cainan)  

February, 2011 - present

* Fill in for local hosts during All Things Considered and other news program

Other current and recent freelance clients

Cape Cod Life magazine, the Cape Cod Times, ReachMD (a satellite radio station for physicians), PeerView Academic Network, The New England Healthcare Institute, Civic Ventures, MDLinx, Clinical Care Options, Edelman, Weber Shandwick, Projects In Knowledge, ViralEd

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Journal of the American Medical Association, Chicago, IL (http://www.jama.com)

October, 2003 - December 2008

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

*Reported/wrote articles on medical research and regulations for the news section of the journal

WCAI Radio, a National Public Radio station, Woods Hole, MA      

March, 2001 - September, 2003

SCIENCE/MEDICAL WRITER AND REPORTER

*Produced and voiced weekly science features on health, the environment, and research (links: WGBH health and WGBH science)

Massachusetts General Hospital Office of Public Affairs, Boston, MA       

March, 2001 - February, 2002

FREELANCE WRITER

Harvard Medical School’s Office of Public Affairs, Boston, MA   

Fall 2000

SCIENCE WRITING INTERN

KUNC Radio, a National Public Radio member station, Greeley, CO        

Summer 2000

AAAS SCIENCE FELLOW

EDUCATION

Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2000

Stanford University, Stanford, CA               

*Studied how a particular genetic abnormality causes leukemia in children

PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, 1999

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL              

*Conducted cancer vaccine and gene therapy research in mice

BA, Biology, Magna Cum Laude, 1994

Amherst College, Amherst, MA                 

*Investigated a means to disrupt gene expression via molecular biology techniques

RESEARCH MANUSCRIPTS

-Feldman, BJ, Hampton, T, and Cleary, ML. A Carboxy-Terminal Deletion Mutant of Notch1 Accelerates Lymphoid Oncogenesis in E2A-PBX1 Transgenic Mice. Blood, 2000.

-Hampton, TA, Conry, RM, Khazaeli, MB, Curiel, DT, LoBuglio, AF, and Strong, TV. SEREX analysis for tumor antigen identification in a mouse model of adenocarcinoma. Can Gen Ther, 2000.

-Shah-Mahoney, N, Hampton, T, Vidaver, R, and Ratner, D. Blocking the ends of transforming DNA enhances gene targeting in Dictyostelium. Gene, 1997.

-Strong, TV, Hampton, T, Luoro, I, Bilbao, G, and Curiel, D.  Incorporation of beta-globin untranslated regions into a Sindbis virus vector for augmentation of heterologous mRNA expression. Gene Therapy, 1997.