Resume

• 2002

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Thesis project included working with clinical data and genotyping SNPs in individuals from A Case Control Etiologic Study of Sarcoidosis (ACCESS) and the Cystic Fibrosis Twin/Sib Study. Analysis included False Discovery Rate analysis

  power calculations and co-designing a program in SAS to compute studywide p-values in a matched case-control study by Monte Carlo permutation. Family study analysis included transmission disequilibrium tests with dichotomous and quantitative traits

  family-based association testing

  and regression analysis. Research Advisor Garry Cutting

  M.D.

  Human Genetics

  Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

• 1996

  Bachelor of Science (BS)

  Magna cum laude with Honors in Biochemistry

  Biochemistry

  Alma Leadership Alliance

  \nChemistry Honor Society

  \nWomen's Scholastic Honor Society

  \nAlpha Gamma Delta

  \nResident Assistant

  Alma College

• Working knowledge of SAS

  R

  STATA and Golden Helix.

  PCR

  Molecular Genetics

  Research

  R

  Life Sciences

  Assay Development

  Laboratory

  Some experience with PEDSTATS

  GENEHUNTER

  SOLAR

  and QTDT.

  Genetics

  Biochemistry

  Cell Biology

  McDougal

  Detail-oriented scientist with exceptional writing skills and diverse training in medical and epidemiological research attempts to inspire the next generation with a love of molecular biology and genetics.

  Kathryn

  McDougal

  Alma College

  Alma College

  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  National Science Foundation Molecular Genetics Research Experience for Undergraduates

  Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

  Towson University

  Baltimore

  MD

  Studying the relationship of DNA methylation to metal exposure and health using an aging Icelandic population. Designed and implemented pyrosequencing assays with data analysis in SAS and R. This work is an ancillary project to the AGES (Age

  Gene/Environment Susceptibility) study which is based in the Reykjavik Study cohort that has been followed since the 1960s. Research Advisor M. Daniele Fallin

  Ph.D.

  Postdoctoral Fellow

  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  Alma

  Michigan

  Applied for and received a grant from the McGregor Foundation in Detroit

  Michigan to study murine isoforms of the muscle protein titin. Preliminary results presented at Alma College Honors Day and Michigan Academy

  Spring 1999. Additional results were presented at The American College of Sports Medicine meeting in Indianapolis

  Indiana

  June 2000.

  McGregor Scholar

  Alma College

  Alma

  Michigan

  Worked on NIH sponsored project under Karen Ball

  Ph.D. studying diabetic cardiomyopathy using mice. Preliminary results presented at Alma College Honors Day and Michigan Academy

  Spring 1998. Co-authored abstract for annual meeting of the International Society for Heart Research

  June 1999.

  Research Assistant

  Alma College

  Towson

  Maryland

  Taught introductory biology lecture and laboratory for science and health profession majors. Also taught upper-level genetics for science majors and pre-med students. Advising responsibilities included advising freshman students as part of the Freshman Year Experience program

  advising transfer students

  and guiding career planning for sophomore biology majors. Served on the Adjunct Advisory Board in the Fisher College of Science and Mathematics.

  Adjunct Faculty

  Towson University

  Responsibilities included lab management duties and participating in research of the C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II and its associated factors in transcription termination and RNA processing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Principal Investigator Jeffry Corden

  Ph.D.

  Senior Laboratory Technician

  Baltimore

  Maryland Area

  Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

  Towson

  Maryland

  Teaching responsibilities include a course-based undergraduate research laboratory experience in molecular biology and an upper-level genetics course. Advise freshman

  upperclassman

  and incoming transfer students.

  Clinical Assistant Professor

  Towson University

  Towson

  Maryland

  Taught introductory biology lecture and laboratory for science majors. Also taught medical terminology and upper-level genetics for science majors and pre-med students. Advising responsibilities included advising freshman students as part of the Freshman Year Experience program

  advising transfer students

  upperclassmen advisees

  and teaching a career planning course for sophomore/junior biology majors.

  Lecturer

  Towson University

  Participated in a National Science Foundation sponsored program at The Ohio State University in Columbus

  Ohio. Worked in a molecular genetics lab under Amanda Simcox

  Ph.D. studying gene expression in the wing development of Drosophila melanogaster. Results were presented to other NSF students and the Ohio State community in August 1999.

  National Science Foundation Molecular Genetics Research Experience for Undergraduates