Kjersti Swearingen

Kjersti Hoyer Swearingen is an experienced medical writing professional currently serving as Associate Director at HighTide Therapeutics since October 2021. Previously, Kjersti held the position of Associate Director of Medical Writing at Intercept Pharmaceuticals from December 2014 to October 2021, and also worked as Sr. Manager of Scientific Communications and Medical Writing during that time. Prior experience includes roles as Project Coordinator at Intertek Pharmaceuticals, Slide Coordinator at Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Research Associate at BP Biofuels, and Research Associate at Nuvo Research Inc. Kjersti began the professional journey as a Laboratory Intern at fqubed, Inc. Kjersti holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from UC San Diego, completed in 2009.