Andrea Caricilli Blotta

Andrea Caricilli Blotta, PhD has a diverse background in medical writing and research. They have held roles such as Senior Medical Director at Area 23 and Medical Director at BGB Group. They have also worked as an Assistant Medical Director at Health Science Communications and as a Freelance Medical Writer at Nascent Medical, LLC and andreablotta.com. In addition, they have served as a Special Projects Coordinator at the American Journal of Kidney Diseases and as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Universidade de São Paulo. Their research interests include the exocrine pancreas, gut microbiota, and immune response. Employers have valued their writing, editing, and grant writing skills.

Andrea Caricilli Blotta, PhD completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology/Biological Sciences, General at Universidade Estadual de Campinas from 2004 to 2008. Andrea then pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biology/Biological Sciences, General at the same institution from 2008 to 2012. Following this, they conducted postdoctoral research in Genetics and Complex Diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health from 2014 to 2019. In 2020, they engaged in further professional development by acquiring expertise in the design and interpretation of clinical trials at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Additionally, they pursued freelance medical writing through a course offered by Medical Writing by Emma Hitt Nichols, PhD, ELS from 2019 to 2020.