CHING-LING C. CHEN, Ph.D.

** ***** **** ****, *********, NY 10583

914-***-**** (mobile), 914-***-**** (home)

Email: abm3ol@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: To seek a scientific/medical director or associate

scientific/medical director position in medical communication/education

companies or pharmaceutical companies

Education

Ph.D. Biochemistry, Columbia University, New York

M.Ph. Biochemistry, Columbia University, New York

M.S. Chemistry, California State University, Sacramento

Professional Positions

Feb 2007-Feb 2010 Medical Writer, KnowledgePoint 360, Secaucus, NJ

Responsibilities included:

. Preparation of review and primary manuscripts,

abstracts, slide decks, and posters for pharmaceutical

client's publication and presentation

. Communication with pharmaceutical clients for project

planning and progress for publications

. Coordinate with thought leaders to develop manuscripts

for publications

. Review freelance writer's work

. Overseeing the account and project development in

publication planning

. Preparation of CME-related slide kits, clinical

insights, news releases for websites, and development of

needs assessments for new CME projects

. Work in diverse therapeutic areas, including diabetes,

obesity, cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases,

leg disorders, respiratory diseases, pain management,

and oncology

Nov 2006-Dec 2006 Freelance Medical Writer, On Assignment Lab Support,

White Plains, NY

Assigned to work for Advanced Viral Research Corp, Yonkers,

NY

Writing responsibilities: monographs and investigator

brochures

July 2004-Feb 2007 Program Manager, Spectronix Systems, Inc.,

Scarsdale, NY

Responsibilities: writing and submission of protocols, SBIR

proposal and contract applications, news release and

progress reports

Aug 2004-Aug 2005 Adjunct Professor, Department of Urology, Weill

Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

Jan 2003-Dec 2005 Member of Editorial Board, Endocrinology

Jan 2001-Dec 2004 Adjunct Faculty, the Rockefeller University, New

York, NY

Nov 1982-Jun 2004 Staff Scientist/Scientist/Senior Scientist, Center

for Biomedical Research, Population Council, 1230 York

Avenue, New York, NY

Responsibilities: see below Summary of Professional

Experiences and Achievement

Jan 1983-Dec 2000 Assistant Professor, the Rockefeller University, New

York, NY

Jan 1980-June 1982 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Reproductive

Sciences, Columbia University, NY

Summary of Professional Experiences and Achievement

. Served as a Lab Head of a molecular endocrinology laboratory;

responsibilities including conducting multiple research projects,

submitting grant applications and progress reports, supervising

personnel, and fundraising and managing budget expenditure

. Developed grant applications and received multiple grant awards from NIH

and other funding agencies (please see list under Grant Awards)

. Experienced in writing primary and review manuscripts, abstracts, summary

reports, monographs, posters, and PowerPoint slide kits for journal

publication and conference presentations

. Published 43 peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals, and invited to

write 18 chapters and review articles for biomedical books

. Served as an editorial board member for Endocrinology as well as a

reviewer for several biomedical journals and meeting abstracts

. Invited as a speaker to national and international symposia, and

presented scientific findings (slides and posters) in over 50 biomedical

conferences

. Conducted research projects related to reproductive health of men and

women, menopause, fertility, human diseases, hormone and drug

development, endocrinology, neurobiology, and biotechnology

Grant Awards

2005-2006 R03 Research Grant Award, National Institute of Health (NIH),

Principal Investigator (P.I.)

1997-2002 U54 Grant Award for Specialized Population Research Center,

NIH, Subproject P.I.

1997-2001 R01 Research Grant Award, NIH, P.I.

1998-2001 Grant Award for Contraceptive Research and Development

Twinning Program, P.I.

1992-1997 P50 Grant Award for Specialized Population Research Center,

NIH, Subproject P.I.

1989-1993 R01 Research Grant Award, NIH, P.I.

1987-1988 Small Instrumentation Grant Award, NIH, P.I.

1985-1988 R01 Research Grant Award, NIH, P.I.

1981-1982 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Lalor Foundation

Professional Services

2003-2005 Editorial Board, Endocrinology

1983-2007 Ad Hoc Reviewer for Endocrinology, Molecular Endocrinology,

Biology of Reproduction, Journal of Endocrinology, Journal of

Andrology and Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Ad Hoc Review Panelist for NIH Biochemical Endocrinology Study

Section, Lalor Foundation, Testis Workshop, and Society of

Chinese Bioscientists

Therapeutic Experiences

Infectious diseases and antimicrobial drugs, and oncology

Diabetes, and its related obesity, dyslipidemia, and cardiovascular disease

Progesterones and estrogens on menopause and woman reproductive health

Androgens on male fertility and prostate cancer

Hormone-related diseases such as breast cancer, prostate cancer, and

infertility

Contraceptive drug research and development

Opiate peptides and pain management on leg disorders, pituitary, brain and

adrenal functions

RNA therapy on cancer cells and fertility

Computer Skills

Microsoft word, Excel and Power Point, and Adobe Photoshop for preparation

of manuscript publication, and monographs, slide kits and posters for

conference presentations; Internet literature search and bibliography

preparation

Publications (available upon request)

43 Peer Reviewed Papers,

18 Books Chapters and Reviews,

53 Abstracts presented in the national and international conferences

Selected publications:

1. Chen C-LC, Feigelson P, Cyclohexamide inhibition of hormonal induction

of (2u globulin mRNA, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1979; 76:2669-73.

2. Chen C-LC, Dionne FT, Roberts JL, Regulation of proopiomelanocortin

mRNA levels in rat pituitary by dopaminergic compounds, Proc Natl Acad

Sci USA 1983; 80:2211-15.

3. Gee C, Chen C-LC, Roberts JL, Thompson R, Watson S, Identification of

pro-opiomelanocortin neurons in rat hypothalamus by in situ cDNA-mRNA

hybridization, Nature 1983; 306:374-76.

4. Evinger MJW, Chen C-LC, Schacter B, Roberts JL, Peptide hormone gene

expression in the brain, In: Gene Expression in Brain. (C Zomzely-Neurath

and WA Walker, eds.), John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1984; pp. 23-56.

5. Chen C-LC, Chang C-C, Krieger DT, Bardin CW, Expression and regulation

of proopiomelanocortin-like gene in the ovary and placenta: Comparison

with the testis, Endocrinology 1986; 118:2382-9.

6. Chen C-LC, Regulation and expression of proopiomelanocortin gene and

their physiological functions in reproductive tissues, Frontiers in

Neuroendocrinology 1988; 10: 99-116.

7. Mizumachi M, Voglmayr JK, Washington DW, Chen C-LC, Bardin CW,

Superovulation of ewes immunized against the human recombinant inhibin (-

subunit associated with increased pre- and post-ovulatory FSH level,

Endocrinology 1990; 126:1058-63.

8. Lopez-Calderon A, Ariznavaretta C, Chen C-LC, Influence of chronic

restraint stress on proopiomelanocortin mRNA and (-endorphin in rat

hypothalamus, J Mol Endocrinol 1991; 7:197-204.

9. Schlegel PN, Matthews GJ, Cichon Z, Aulitzky WK, Cheng CY, Chen C-LC,

Saso L, Goldstein M, Janne OA, Bardin CW, Vaughan ED Jr, Clusterin

production in the obstructed rabbit kidney: Correlation with loss of

renal function, J Am Soc Nephrol 1992; 3:1163-71.

10. Chen C-LC, Feng Z-M, Morris PL, Bardin CW, Controls for inhibin subunit

genes and their consequences in the testis, In: Molecular and Cellular

Biology of Reproduction, Serono Symposia. (G. Spera, L. Fabbrini, L.

Gnessi, C.W. Bardin, eds.), Raven Press, New York, 1992; vol. 90, pp. 97-

108.

11. Chen C-LC, Editorial: Inhibin and activin as paracrine/autocrine

factors, Endocrinology 1993; 132:4-5.

12. Feng Z-M, Madigan MB, Chen C-LC, Expression of type II activin receptor

genes in the male and female reproductive tissues of rat, Endocrinology

1993; 132:2593-600.

13. Rosemblit N, Feng Z-M, Chen C-LC, Analysis of the rat clusterin gene

promoter and the cyclic AMP-regulated mRNA stability in testicular cells,

J Mol Endocrinol 1996; 16:287-96.

14. Feng Z-M, Wu AZ, Chen C-LC, Testicular GATA-1 factor upregulates the

promoter activity of rat inhibin (-subunit gene in MA-10 Leydig tumor

cells, Mol Endocrinol 1998; 12:378-90.

15. Zhang Z, Wu AZ, Feng Z-M, Mruk D, Cheng CY, Chen C-LC, Gonadotropins

via cAMP negatively regulate GATA-1 gene expression in testicular cells,

Endocrinology 2002; 143:829-836.

16. Shi H-J, Wu AZ, Santos M, Feng Z-M, Chen Y-M, Zhu K, Chen C-LC, Cloning

and characterization of a novel rat spermatid protein SSP411 containing a

thioredoxin-like domain, J Androl 2004; 25:479-497.

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