Kathleen O'Malley

Jersey City, NJ USA
28 Years Experience

Professional Experience

I'm a senior-level publishing professional with print and digital experience in overseeing projects through their entire life cycles, building content partnerships, writing, and editing.

Expertise

Editor 25 YearsWriter 4 YearsOther, Specify 10 Years

Specialty

Health 25 YearsMedicine 15 Years

Industries

Professional Journal 2 YearsOnline/new media 15 YearsNewspaper - Local/Regional 4 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Patch.com (10+)
  • Simon & Schuster (1-2)
  • Vetstreet.com (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • U Colorado School of Pharmacy (3-5)
  • Society for Participatory Medicine (1-2)

Other Work History

WebMD (Medscape) iVillage (Healthology)

Technical Skills

PhotoShop

Foreign Language Skills

Spanish, Swedish

Computer Skills

Mac and PC OS; Microsoft Office; HTML; WordPress

Equipment

Acer laptop with PhotoShop and Microsoft Office, iPad, iPhone, Canon digital camera, pocket tape recorder.

Work Permits & Visas

I hold a US passport and an EU passport from Ireland.

References

Carol Peckham - cpeckham@medscape.net Peter Frishauf - pfrishauf@gmail.com

Animal Welfare

A Good Deal for Senior Cat Lovers
(Hoboken Patch 3/5/2010)
Eileen Brennan shares her experience with the Senior Citizens Foster/Adopting Program of the Hudson County Animal League, where local senior citizens provide foster homes for elderly cats and both parties enjoy warm companionship.
Love Cats? Hate Cats? This Hobokenite Is Here to Help
(Hoboken Patch 1/5/2011)
Profile of a local woman who practices and advocates for the humane management of stray cats.

Healthcare

Health Datapalooza 2012: Apps Are Making a Difference
(Journal of Participatory Medicine 6/19/2012)
Health Datapalooza III was a combination of upbeat speeches about the climate of innovation and public-private sector cooperation, and enthusiastic demonstrations by developers of new health care applications.
New SPM Members Bring Magic Levers and Untanglers for Healthcare
(e-Patients.net 8/14/2012)
I wrote an introductory blurb and edited a listserv exchange to create this post.
IOM Calls for Enlisting Patients to Improve Care and Lower Costs
(Journal of Participatory Medicine 10/10/2012)
The new IOM consensus report, Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America, presents specific and very “participatory� recommendations for improving the efficiency and quality of the US health care system.
Pew Internet Report on "Peer-to-peer Healthcare"
(Journal of Participatory Medicine 3/2/2011)
A new study published online by the Pew Internet Project will be of interest to health care professionals and laypeople who are curious about how social media have impacted health care.