Loren M. DeVito, PhD

271 E 10th St Apt D12 NY, NY 10009

[email protected]
Stickyink.net

SCIENCE AND MEDICAL WRITING/STRATEGY EXPERIENCE

Science and Medical Writer, February 2012-

Sticky Ink, Inc.

NYU Langone Health: medical writer/editor for education and research web site redesign project
Squint Metrics: medical writer/strategy for a health technology start-up
New Amsterdam Genomics: science writer for genetics start-up
Quest Diagnostics: medical writer for Vitamin D, testosterone, and cancer articles
BioScience Editing Solutions; Crimson Interactive: academic editing for grants and manuscripts
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research

Associate Director/Consultant, Research Communications, June 2016-December 2017

Developed and edited Parkinson’s disease patient education materials and research news, including emails, newsletters, book chapters, and blogs
Havas Health

Medical Writer, October 2015-June 2016

Developed educational materials and scientific platforms for patients and healthcare professionals for an acute lymphoblastic leukemia immunotherapy launch (Blincyto; Amgen)
Intouch Solutions

Medical Strategist, May 2014-August 2015

Developed digital materials, including web sites, augmented reality, and mobile apps, for gastrointestinal (Entereg; Merck) and migraine (Zecuity; Teva) therapies
Provided medical strategy for neurogenic orthostatic hypertension (Northera; Lundbeck) and addiction (Vivitrol; Alkermes) therapies
TBWA/World Healthcare

Senior Scientific Planner, August 2013-May 2014

Provided medical strategy for the launch of a pulmonary arterial hypotension therapy (Adempas; Bayer) and schizophrenia therapy (Abilify Maintena; Otsuka)
BGB New York

Medical Writer, December 2012-August 2013

Developed medical education materials for the launch of two cardiovascular disease therapies (Eliquis; BMS-Pfizer, Vascepa; Amarin)
IOMEDIA

Medical Copywriter, March 2012-November 2012

Developed digital and print materials for infectious disease (Valcyte; Genentech) and oncology (Erivedge; Genentech) therapies
INDUSTRY RECOGNITION

Nominated by Havas Health to attend the first “Rising Leaders Conference on Healthcare Policy,” sponsored by the Coalition for Healthcare Communication, in 2016
Recognized for creative campaign, “The Entereg Effect,” with Cubist Pharmaceuticals and
Intouch Solutions in PM360’s “The Greatest Creators of 2015”
EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC TRAINING

The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, October 2010-February 2012

Boston University, Boston, MA

Brain, Behavior, and Cognition Program
MA/PhD, May 2010

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Psychology/Cognitive Science

BA Magna Cum Laude, May 2005

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Wincott CM, Abera S, Vunck SA, Choi Y, Titcombe RF, Antoine SO, Tukey DS, DeVito LM, Hofmann F, Hoeffer CA, Ziff EB. cGMP-Dependent protein kinase type II knockout mice exhibit working memory impairments, decreased repetitive behavior, and increased anxiety-like traits. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2014;114:32-39.

Wincott C, Titcombe R,  Tukey D, Girma H, DeVito LM, Hofmann F, Hoeffer C, Ziff H. Spatial memory deficits and motor coordination facilitation in cGMP-dependent protein kinase type II-deficient mice. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2013;99:32-37.

Wang J, Gallagher D, DeVito LM, Cancino G, Tsui D, Keller G, Frankland P, Kaplan D, Miller F. Metformin activates atypical PKCs to promote rodent and human neurogenesis and enhance spatial memory formation. Cell Stem Cell. 2012;11(1):23-35.

Stone SSD, Teixeira CM, DeVito LM, Zaslavsky K, Josselyn SA, Lozano AM, Frankland PW. Stimulation of entorhinal cortex promotes adult neurogenesis and facilitates spatial memory.  J Neurosci. 2011;31(38):13469-13484.

DeVito LM, Eichenbaum H. Memory for the order of events in specific sequences: contributions of the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex. J Neurosci. 2011;31(9):3169-3175.

Drake N,* DeVito LM,* Cleland TA, Soloway P. Imprinted Rasgrf1 expression in neonatal mice is critical for learning and memory. Genes Brain Behav. 2011;10(4):392-403.*both authors contributed equally to this work

DeVito LM, Balu D, Kanter BR, Lykken C, Basu AC, Coyle JT, Eichenbaum H. Serine racemase deletion disrupts memory for order and alters cortical dendritic morphology. Genes Brain Behav. 2011;10(2):210-222.

DeVito LM, Lykken C, Kanter BR, Eichenbaum H. Prefrontal cortex: Role in acquisition of overlapping associations and transitive inference. Learn Mem. 2010;17(3):161-167.

DeVito LM, Kanter BR, Eichenbaum H. The contribution of the hippocampus to memory expression in transitive inference in mice. Hippocampus. 2010;20(1):208-217.

DeVito LM, Eichenbaum H. Distinct contributions of the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex to the “what-when-where” components of episodic-like memory in mice. Behav Brain Res. 2010;215(2):318-325.

DeVito LM, Konigsberg R, Lykken C, Sauvage M, Young WS III, Eichenbaum H. Vasopressin 1b receptor knockout impairs memory for temporal order. J Neurosci. 2009;29(9):2676-2683.

Armstrong CM,* DeVito LM,* Cleland TA. One-trial associative odor learning in neonatal mice. Chem Senses. 2006;31(4):343-349. *both authors contributed equally to this work