Medical Writer : Resume CV

[Gunjan]

CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr. Gunjan Agarwal
Ph.D (Microbiology)
Email: [EMAIL="gunjan777 AT yahoo.com"]gunjan777 AT yahoo.com

Degree Institution/School Year of Passing Division:
Ph.D (Microbiology) All India Institute Of Medical Science, New Delhi2004-M.Sc (Microbiology) Kurukshetra University, Haryana 19971st
B.Sc (Microbiology) Institute of Home Economics, Delhi University 19951st

Educational Qualifications
Positions and Employment
Ø June 2009-till date – Freelance medical writer at Chillibreeze writer’s association.
Ø January 2009 – May 2009 – Medical writer at i3 Statprobe, Mumbai.
Ø June 2008 - January 2009 – Freelance medical writer at Chillibreeze writer’s association.
Ø December 2007 - June2008 - Medical writer at Outline System India Pvt Ltd, Gurgaon.
Ø July 2006 - December 2007 - Senior Medical writer at Tata Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd, Noida.
Ø February 2006 - July 2006 - Medical writer at Eli Lilly & Co (India) Pvt Ltd, Gurgaon.
Ø August 2005 - February 2006 - Senior Research Fellow at Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. The project entitled “High dose and low dose azithromycin in cystic fibrosis: an intervention study to evaluate effect on disease parameters”.
Ø January 2005 - July 2005 - Research Associate at Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. The project entitled “Role of cell regulatory genes in breast cancer patients”.
Ø September 2003 – December 2004 - Presented guest lecturers at Institute of Home Economics, Delhi University and had written research papers.
Ø August 1998 - August 2003 - Ph.D (Microbiology) at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. The thesis entitled “Molecular characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from cystic fibrosis patients”.

Technical Expertise
Ø Medical writing
Years of writing experience:10 years
Have the following capabilities:
Ability to review document guidelines, templates, journal requirement and/or research literature to understand the document content.
Obtain, compile, organize and interpret the appropriate data, background information and other material needed to compose a document.
Contribute therapeutic, regulatory and technical expertise, and comprehension.
Ensure document consistency and comprehension
Production of documents as per ICH-GCP guidelines

Therapeutic areas of writing expertise
Microbiology
Diabetes
Oncology
Neurosciences
Respiratory and infectious diseases
Inflammatory diseases

Commercial Documents
Manuscript
Review article
Correspondence letter
Slide kits for oral and poster presentation
Manuscript slide kit
Conference abstract
Monogram
One page manuscript summary
Presenting key take-away points, objectives, and conclusions of symposia , conferences, and meetings
Presentation of promotional items for pharmaceutical marketing

Regulatory Documents
Clinical study report
Clinical trial registry summary
Protocol
Investigator’s brochure
Patient narratives

Microbiology
· Isolation, characterization, identification, and enumeration of cyanobacteria
· Extraction and estimation of cyanobacterial pigments including chlorophyll a, carotenoids, and phycobiloproteins
Measurement of protein and carbohydrate content, nitrate reductase, glutamine synthetase, and nitrogenase activity of cyanobacteria by acetylene reduction measurement
Identification of P.aeruginosa by biochemical tests, gram stain, and microscopy
Identification of different colony morphological types of P. aeruginosa
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacterial pathogens by agar/broth dilution and E test strips
Characterization of extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) including its detection by double disk diffusion and Etest method
Determination of the isoelectric point of ESBL protein using isoelectric focusing technique
Phenotypic characterization of P. aeruginosa isolates including,
Auxotrophy
Extraction and estimation of Alginate
Biofilm assay

Molecular Technology
Extraction of DNA and RNA
Enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus polymerase chain reaction (ERIC-PCR)
PCR-ribotyping
Reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR)
NATIVE-PAGE
ELISA
Western blotting
Immunoflorescence assay
Extraction of periplasmic proteins
Sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE)
Chromatography techniques including anion exchange chromatography, gel chromatography, hydrophobic chromatography, cibacron blue gel affinity chromatography, and isoelectric focusing.

Histological Techniques
· Immunohistochemistry
· Haematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining

General Software Skills
· Microsoft office
· Internet explorer

Scientific Publication
1. Agarwal G, Kapil A, Kabra SK, Das BK, Dwivedi SN (2005). Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from chronically infected children with cystic fibrosis in India. BMC Microbiology 5:43
Agarwal G, Kapil A, Kabra SK, Chandra R, Das B, Dwivedi (2002). Phenotypic and Genotypic Variants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from Cystic Fibrosis Children in India. IJMR 116: 73-81.Agarwal G, Kapil A, Kabra SK, Das BK, Dwivedi SN (2005). In-vitro susceptibility of Ciprofloxacin and Gentamicin against P.aeruginosa biofilm and its free- living forms. NMJI 18(4):184-6.Agarwal G, Kapil A, Kabra SK, Das BK (2006).Cross-infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa among patients with cystic fibrosis. NMJI 19 (4): 236-7. Kabra SK, Kabra M, Lodha R, Shastri S, Ghosh M, Pandey RM, Kapil A, Agarwal G, Kapoor V(2003). Clinical profile and frequency of delta 508 mutation in Indian children with cystic fibrosis. Ind Pediatr 40: 612-619.Kabra SK, Alok A, Kapil A, Agarwal G, Kabra M, Lodha R et al (2004). Can throat swab after physiotherapy replace sputum for identification of microbial pathogens in children with cystic fibrosis- Ind J Ped 71: 21-23

Abstracts
Ø International Conferences
1. Agarwal G, Kapil A, Kabra SK., Das B. Cross colonization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa between closely related cystic fibrosis patients. 26th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference, June 2003, Belfast, N. Ireland.
2. Agarwal G, Kapil A, Kabra SK, Das B, Dwivedi SN. Effect of different environmental conditions on alginate production in P.aeruginosa. ASM conference on Biofilms, Nov 2003, Victoria, British Columbia.
3. Agarwal G, Kapil A, Kabra SK, Chandra R, Das B. Phenotypic and Genotypic variants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from a single sputum sample. 24th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference, June 2001, Vienna, Austria.

Ø National Conferences
1. Agarwal G, Kapil A. Phenotypic characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from cystic fibrosis patients. Proceedings of XXIII National Congress Of Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists, Nov 1999, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.

Professional Membership
American Society of Microbiology

Awards
1998: Junior Research Fellowship, University Grant Commission, New Delhi, India.

[Guest]

We are looking out for a medical writer for a medical communication, with 6 mnths to 1 yr of experience. The skills required - Preparing product monograph, LBLs, Case studies, CMEs.
Interested candidates can send their updated resumes to pgoldenhorizon@gmail.com

Regards,
Dr. Priyanka