Vicki VanArsdale, MS

Copywriter

Vicki VanArsdale has a Master of Science in Health Communication from Boston University and works as a Senior Communications Specialist (government contractor) at the National Cancer Institute’s Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology. She also has a freelance medical writing business and is on the board of the American Medical Writers Association (Mid-Atlantic Chapter). 

Her mother’s diagnosis of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency—a genetic condition that affected her lungs—sparked Vicki’s interest in genomics and eventually led her to the Rare Genomics Institute. She volunteers as a copywriter, using her expertise in marketing communications to help others get the information they need.