• Worked for over 20 years in communicating complex scientific information to lay audiences
• Pioneered risk communication as a communicator and research scientist at a major national laboratory
• Developed the risk communication plan for the most sophisticated cancer cluster investigation in the nation's history
• Wrote one of the first state-level risk communication plans for bioterrorism and other public health emergencies
• Conducted research on the mental models approach to risk communication
• Earned a degree in scientific and technical communication from the University of Washington
• Earned a certificate in regulatory analysis emphasizing environmental, safety, and health regulations from Harvard.

I also wrote the first edition of the the book, Risk Communication: A Handbook for Communicating Environmental, Safety, and Health Risks and co-wrote the second, third, and fourth editions.

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