Natalie Engler
SUMMARY
Award-winning writer and editor with experience in health, medicine, and business, including: • Contributed to over a dozen periodicals and newsletters • Wrote scripts for audio books and medical literature surveillance series • Served as managing editor for three magazine supplements • Consulted and contributed to books on health, technology, and travel • Wrote advertorials on health, careers, and travel.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Harvard Health Publications, Boston, MA 2006 to present
Freelance Medical Writer
- Update Special Health Reports
- Wrote award-winning article for Perspectives on Prostate Disease
- Write articles for Harvard Mental Health Letter
Spence & Sanders Communications, Boston, MA 2003 to present
Features Writer
- Write articles about health careers, medical research, and continuing education for special advertising sections published in the Boston Globe
Partners Harvard Medical International, Boston, MA 2003 to 2008
Health Correspondent
- Wrote about health and medicine for HMI World newsletter, Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) website, and Health Care Middle East Magazine.
Massachusetts Medical Society, Waltham, MA 2003 to 2004
Contributing Editor, Journal Watch Audio
- Transformed physician-authored summaries into audio scripts for medical literature surveillance series produced by the publishers of the New England Journal of Medicine
- Served as Executive Editor for August 15, 2004 edition
Reuters Health Information Services, New York, NY 2001 to 2003
Medical Reporter
- Translated medical research into consumer-friendly prose
- Reported news from Boston scientific meetings
Random House Audio Publishing Group, New York, NY 2002 to 2003
Scriptwriter
- Abridged books and developed scripts for numerous audio books, including "Mountains Beyond Mountains," Tracy Kidder's biography of Dr. Paul Farmer
Gomez, Inc., Waltham, MA 1999 to 2002
Senior Editor
- Revised, edited, produced and distributed two online newsletters
- Worked with analysts to develop columns for industry publications
InformationWeek, CMP, Manhasset, NY 1998 to 1999
Senior Editor
- Wrote weekly news stories and features about information technology use in small and medium-sized businesses for newsweekly (circulation: 440,000)
Open Computing, McGraw-Hill, San Mateo, CA 1991 to 1995
Features Writer
- Awarded 8 out of 24 magazine cover stories, 1994-1995
- Wrote news stories and in-depth features about information management
- Promoted from editorial assistant to assistant editor to features writer
ADDITIONAL FREELANCE
Books
- Creative Consultant: "Ending the Food Fight," (2007, Houghton Mifflin) by David Ludwig, MD, PhD with Suzanne Rostler, MS, RD.
- Wrote Distance Learning in the Digital Age chapter in "The Digital Classroom," (2000, Harvard Education Letter).
- Updated lodging chapter for "Fodor's 2000 Boston" travel guide and "Fodor's 2000 New England" travel guide.
Periodicals
- Features Writer: Bylined articles published in ADDitude, HMI World, The Boston Globe, The Boston Business Journal, Harvard Education Letter, Harvard Health Publications, Times of the Americas, Fast Company, Business 2.0, Upside, PC Week, InformationWeek, Computerworld, Software, Datamation, LAN Times, Art New England, and American Writer.
- Travel Writer: Wrote advertorials for numerous inflight magazines.
- Editor: Provided substantive editing for MIT Sloan Management Review Served as Managing Editor for three Computerworld magazine supplements.
AWARDS
- American Medical Writers Association New England Chapter
2008 Will Solimene Award for Excellence: Professional Interest Category - Specialized Information Publishers Foundation Editorial Awards
2008 Second Place for Instructional Reporting - American Society of Business Press Editors (ASBPE)
1997 Third Place, Best Case-History Feature - Western Publications Association Maggie Awards
1994 Certificate of Excellence, Best Feature Article/Trade
EDUCATION
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1986 to 1989 Bachelor's degree with distinction,
English, History of Art
Graduate Coursework
- Graduate Certificate in Publishing
Emerson College, Boston, MA Fall/Winter 1997 to 1998 - Graduate Seminar: Writing About Society,
Boston University, Boston, MA Spring 1997 - Courses in Human Physiology and Medical Microbiology
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- American Medical Writers' Association
- Association of Health Care Journalists
- New England Science Writers
- International Association of Yoga Therapists
- Mass Yoga Network
- RESOLVE of the Bay State
- Boston Women Communicators
OTHER SKILLS & INTERESTS
- Certified Wellness Coach
- Registered Yoga instructor
- Second-degree black belt in Shotokan Karate