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Dr. MaryLynn Zurich MaryLynn received her BA from Ithaca College in Psychology and Philosophy in 3½ years, cum laude. She spent the next 12 years in the financial and investment community, eventually starting her own investment firm, handling only corporate discretionary accounts. After working with racing greyhounds for 4 years, MaryLynn entered the University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, and earned her PhD in Physiological Sciences with a focus on Toxicology. Her primary research projects dealt with hepatotoxicants, including acetaminophen and cocaine. She received part of her training at the Institute of Toxicology in Schwerzenbach, Switzerland, where she learned the technique of using precision-cut liver slices and worked almost exclusively with transgenic rodents. She then returned to the University of Florida where she initiated the technique at the Center for Human and Environmental Toxicology. Upon completion, MaryLynn founded ZTC Inc., a pharmaceutical toxicology consulting firm acting to advise, plan, manage and monitor program and study design for the development of potential drug candidates. This included preparation and review of pharmaceutical company IND and NDA submissions prior to FDA submission, quality assurance review of data and statistical analyses, and primary literature and position paper interpretation. Recently MaryLynn has also been editing medical reports for acute-care hospitals. German is MaryLynn’s 2nd language, and she enjoys editing for her ESL friends and colleagues in Europe. Her areas of expertise include: ESL, medical and/or scientific research, medicine, scientific papers or articles, simplifying complex topics into presentations for the general public, translating from German to English, writing instruction manuals or SOPs, and assisting with sales or marketing materials. |