Anne Marie Weber-Main, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine

Undergraduate: Drew University, NJ, B.S. Chemistry, minor in Non-Fiction Writing  Graduate Education: University of Minnesota, Ph.D. Chemistry Fellowship: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science Communication in the Mass Media  Other training: American Medical Writers Association, Core Certificate in Editing/Writing, Advanced Certificate in Biomedical Communications

Research Medical Editor, Department of Medicine

Biography
Dr. Weber-Main’s educational and professional experiences span the physical and health sciences, technical writing, and biomedical communications. In addition to her doctoral degree in analytical chemistry, she completed a Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellowship through the American Association for the Advancement of Science and has earned two editing/writing certificates from the American Medical Writers Association. Her primary professional activity is scientific writing consultation for health sciences faculty/fellows. She provides critical review and substantive editing of written research products and presentations, facilitates internal mock review of grant proposals, co-leads a longitudinal grant writing workshop for the School of Medicine, and directs a career development seminar for junior faculty engaged in mentored clinical research training. Her interests include journal publication practices, research productivity, faculty development and mentoring, productive academic writing, and biomedical communications.

Honors, Awards, Organizations:
- American Medical Writers Association: workshop leader, chapter delegate, publications committee member, past president of North Central chapter
- AMWA Journal: editorial board member, peer reviewer
- Council of Science Editors: member
- University of Minnesota Career Advancement Program for Clinical Research Scholars: advisory committee member, scientific writing consultant
- Professional Development Certificate, American Medical Writers Association
- Graduate Fellowship, University of Minnesota Department of Chemistry
- Phi Beta Kappa honor society
- Drew University Scholar
- New Jersey Distinguished Scholar
- Ciba-Geigy Scholar

Publications:

1. Bland CJ, Taylor AL, Shollen SL, Weber-Main AM, Mulcahy PA. Faculty Success Through Mentoring: A Guide for Mentors, Mentees, and Leaders. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield/American Council on Education; 2009.

2. DeLong AJ, Larson NI, Story M, Neumark-Sztainer D, Weber-Main AM, Ireland M. Factors associated with overweight among urban American Indian adolescents: Findings from Project EAT. Ethnicity and Disease. 2008;18(3):317-323.

3. Shollen SL, Bland CJ, Taylor AL, Weber-Main AM, Mulcahy PA. Establishing effective mentoring relationships for faculty, especially across gender and ethnicity. American Academic. 2008;4(1):131-158.

4. Weber-Main AM, Haley H. Internships in biomedical communication: Could they work for you? AMWA Journal. 2006;21(1):11-16.

5. Bland CJ, Weber-Main AM, Lund SM, Finstad DA. The Research Productive Department: Strategies from Departments that Excel. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Inc; 2005.

6. McNeff, C, Zigan L, Johnson K, Carr PW, Wang A, Weber-Main, AM. Analytical advantages of highly stable stationary phases for reversed-phase LC. LCGC 2000;18(5):514-529.

7. Presta A, Weber-Main AM, Stankovich MT, Stuehr DJ. Comparative Effects of Substrates and Pterin Cofactor on the Heme Midpoint Potential in Inducible and Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthases. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1998;120:9460-9465.

8. Weber-Main AM, Hurley JK, Cheng H, Xia B, Chae Y-K, Markley, JL, Martinez-Júlvez M, Gómez-Moreno C, Stankovich MT, Tollin G. An Electrochemical, Kinetic, and Spectroscopic Characterization of [2Fe-2S] Vegetative and Heterocyst Ferredoxins from Anabaena 7120 with Mutations in the Cluster Binding Loop. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 1998;355:181-188.

9. Hurley JK, Weber-Main AM, Hodges AE, Stankovich MT, Benning MM, Holden HM, Cheng H, Xia B, Markley JL, Genzor C, Gómez-Moreno C, Hafezi R, Tollin G. Iron-Sulfur Cluster Cysteine-to-Serine Mutants of Anabaena [2Fe-2S] Ferredoxin Exhibit Unexpected Redox Properties and Are Competent in Electron Transfer to Ferredoxin:NADP+ Reductase. Biochemistry 1997;49:15109-15117.

10. Hurley JK, Weber-Main AM, Stankovich MT, Benning MM, Thoden JB, Vanhooke JL, Holden HM, Chae Y-K, Xia B, Cheng H, Markley JL, Martinez-Júlvez M, Gómez-Moreno C, Schmeits JL, Tollin G. Structure-Function Relationships in Anabaena Ferredoxin: Correlations Between X-Ray Crystal Structures, Reduction Potentials, and Rate Constants of Electron Transfer to Ferredoxin:NADP+ Reductase for Site-Specific Ferredoxin Mutants. Biochemistry 1997;36:11100-11117.