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Board Certified
December 2005 - December 2010
December 2000 - December 2005
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine,
Baltimore, MD
Master of Arts in Medical and Biological Illustration, May 1999.
Masters Thesis: Prosauropod and Iguanid Jaw Musculature: A Study on the Evolution of Form and Function
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Bachelor of Science in Biology, May 1995
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, May 1995
Minor: German Language
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January 2006 - present:
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Teaching: Instruction in the Graduate Program for Medical and Biological Illustration
ME:120.708 Media Reproduction: methodology, specifications and preparation
ME:120.718 Digital Lab Essentials: modalities of remote communication
ME:120.720 Digital Imaging I: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop Tone
ME:120.721 Digital Imaging II: Adobe Photoshop Color
ME:120.723 Digital Imaging IV: AfterEffects 2D Animation
ME:120.724 Digital Imaging V: Web Design, Animation and Interactivity
ME:120.754 Research and Thesis: Original investigation under preceptor and advisor
ME:120.757 Portfolio: Web Design, Animation and Interactivity
Administrative:
Graduate School Admissions Committee
JHU Medical School Council, 2007 - 2009
Curriculum planning and development
Production:
Traditional and digital illustration/multimedia design including medical and scientific illustration, patient education, 2D medical animation, web and interactive media for
Johns Hopkins and surrounding medical community.
Nov 2000 - present:
Certified Medical Illustrator, Founder and Principal
Fairman Studios, LLC, Baltimore, MD
Founded in Waltham, Massachusetts and relocated to Baltimore, MD in 2006:
Traditional and digital media in medical, biological and scientific communications.
Board certified biomedical communications specializing
in medical illustration, scientific and biological illustration,
medical animation, interactive design, web publication and graphic design for the Biomedical,
Scientific and Healthcare industries.
January 2001 - 2007:
Creative Director
ZapThink, LLC, Waltham, MA
Corporate communications, identity and branding, online and printed media design.
Sept 1999 to Nov 2000:
Medical Illustrator
Department of Medical Art, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA
Traditional and digital illustration/multimedia
design including medical and scientific
illustration, patient education, 2D medical animation, web
and interactive media for Lahey Clinic and the surrounding medical community.
May 1994 to Sept 1999:
Scientific Illustrator, Research Associate and Web Developer
Department of Entomology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History,
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, ARS, USDA, Washington, DC
Research, collecting and illustration in systematic entomology and taxonomy.
Scanning-electron microscopy, micro-photography, illustration, graphic design and presentation design for scientific staff.
Designed, formatted, and
produced a World Wide Web site for the Department of Entomology,
Diptera and Coleoptera Units. Created custom HTML, designed original web documents.
May 1998 to Aug 1998:
Medical Illustration Intern
Hurd Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Research, storyboarding and digital illustration for animation for patient education and medical-video projects.
Aug 1996:
Scientific Illustrator
Department of Microbiology
The University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Microbial illustration for department faculty publications and monographs.
Jan 1992 - May 1995:
Illustrator and Graphic Designer
Reprographics,
Department of Communications Services,
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Illustration, graphic design and desktop publishing for the University of Maryland community.
May 1991 to January 1992:
Exhibits Assistant
The Virginia Living Museum, Newport News, VA
Illustrated mammals and plants for education and exhibits.
Assisted in exhibit display, design and assembly.
Created murals for in-house and traveling museum exhibits.
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:: Peer-reviewed scientific articles
Click here to see full list to date
:: Monographs
Fairman, Jennifer. Prosauropod and
Iguanid Jaw Musculature: A Study on the Evolution of Form and Function ,
1999.
Thompson, F. Christian, Jennifer E. Fairman
and Betty J. Thompson. Only In Costa
Rica: new Neotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae), Studia
Dipterologica 7 (September) 2000 Heft 1: 33-43.
:: CD-ROMS:
Thompson, F. Christian. The Fruitfly
Expert System and Biosystematic Information Database (CD-ROM),, Myia 9, Backhuys Publishers, Lieden, 1998.
Cancer Treatment interactive CD-ROM, Genzyme Molecular Oncology, 2002.
:: Websites:
William P. Didusch Center for Urologic History, 2005
American Urological Association, 2004
American Urological Association Intranet Site, 2004
AUA Annual Meeting Website, 2003
Vesalius Trust, 2002
UrologyHealth.org, 2002
ZapThink, LLC, 2002
Massachusetts General Hospital Breast Cancer Risk Assessment, 2001
Center For Environmental Health Sciences, 2001
Dartmouth Toxic Metals Research, 2001
Medical Art Department, Lahey Clinic, 2000
Boston Lindy Invasion, 2000
The Flea Beetle Website, 1997
Systematic Entomology Laboratory Website, 1997
The Diptera Website, 1996
The United States Department of Agriculture
Coleoptera Website, 1996
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Over 15 years cumulative illustration experience using traditional media in line, tone and color. Traditional illustration
skills include proficiency in graphite, carbon dust, colored pencil, watercolor, acrylic, pen & ink, photography, airbrush and silver-pointe.
Illustration, animation, graphic design, interactive design and web services using software on both Macintosh and
PC platforms including: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe AfterEffects, Flash, 3DStudioMax, FileMakerPro, Poser, Macromedia Director,
Freehand, QuarkXPress, Adobe InDesign, Dreamweaver, Adobe GoLive, HTML, and JavaScript.
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Digital Watercolor Wash
Techniques Showcase, Association of Medical Illustrators, Boston, MA, August 2006.
Brown Bag Lunch, AAM, JHU SOM, April 2006.
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Bar Harbor, ME, July 2005.
Business Round-Table
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Bozeman, MT, July 2007.
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Bar Harbor, ME, July 2005.
Designing Eye-catching Brochures and Webpages
American Medical Writer's Association, New England Regional Conference, April 2005.
Penguin and Puffin Coast: Illustrations for the Saint Louis Zoo
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Williamsburg, VA, July 2004
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
April, 2004 - Department of Art as Applied to Medicine
Get Organized! Archiving and Organization with FileMaker and QuickBooks Pro
Techniques Showcase, Association of Medical Illustrators, Bozeman, MT, July 2007.
Concurrent Session, Association of Medical Illustrators, Bozeman, MT, July 2007.
Concurrent Session, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Bozeman, MT, July 2007.
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
April, 2004 - Department of Art as Applied to Medicine
Portfolio Sharing:
Graphic Artists Guild, Boston Chapter, Boston, MA
December 11, 2003 - Massachusetts Arts Institute
Setting up Shop
Graphic Artists Guild, Boston, MA, April 2005.
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Williamsburg, VA, July 2004
Graphic Artists Guild, Boston Chapter, Boston, MA, March 2004 - Massachusetts Arts Institute
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, New England Chapter, Providence, RI, April 12, 2003 - Rhode Island School of Design
Graphic Artists Guild, Boston Chapter, Boston, MA, December 11, 2002 - Massachusetts Arts Institute
Start Your Business - Panel Discussion
Association of Medical Illustrators, New Orleans, LA, July 25, 2003
Vesalius Scholars Session - Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Meeting
Austin, TX 2002
New Orleans, LA 2003
Cleveland, OH 2004
Thousand Oaks, CA 2005
Boston, MA 2006
Bozeman, MT 2007
Prosauropod and Iguanid Jaw Musculature:
A Study on the Evolution of Form and Function
Vesalius Trust Scholars Symposium,
Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA 1999
MCG-Hopkins Student Exchange, Augusta, GA, 1999
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, JHU, Baltimore, MD 1999.
First Timer's Workshop
Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Meeting
Cleveland, OH 2004
New Orleans, LA 2003
Austin, TX 2002
Asilomar, CA 2001
Rochester, MN 2000
Atlanta, GA 1999
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio)
Instructor, Scientific Illustration, Santo Domingo, Heredia, Costa Rica, 1997
BugFest! (Scientific Illustration Presentation)
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, 1997
HTML: the Internet and the World Wide Web
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD,
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, 1998, 2007
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Washington, DC Chapter Meeting 1996
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1996
Smithsonian 150th Birthday Party on the Mall
Diptera web presentation, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1996
Disseminating Biosystematic Information on the World Wide Web
National Conference of the Entomological Society of America, Louisville, KY, 1996
Eastern Branch Conference of the Entomological Society of America, Williamsburg, VA, 1996
Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, 1996
Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship
Art Theory, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1993
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6th Annual IC Members Show at the Art Institute of Washington, Arlington, VA, 2007
Science Agora Exhibit, Tokyo, Japan 2007
AMI Annual Salon, Bozeman, MT 2007
5th Annual IC Members Show at the Art Institute of Washington, Arlington, VA, 2006
Mid-Atlantic Biocommunicators People's Choice Salon, Frederick, MD, 2006
AMI Annual Salon, Boston, MA, 2006
Illustrators Club, 13th Annual Exhibition, Washington, DC 2006
AMI Annual Salon, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2005
AMI Annual Salon, Cleveland, OH, 2004
AMI Annual Salon, New Orleans, LA, 2003
AMI Annual Salon, Austin, TX, 2002
Image and Meaning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2001
AMI Annual Salon, Asilomar, CA, 2001
AMI Annual Salon, Atlanta, GA, 1999
The 31st Annual Juried GNSI Exhibition, Richland, WA, 1999
The Aquatic Animal Health Symposium, National Aquarium, Baltimore, MD, 1998
AMI Annual Salon, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1998
AMI Regional Salon, Richmond, VA, 1998
The 29th Annual Juried GNSI Exhibition, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA, 1997
Eyes on Science: Illustrating Natural History, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, 1996
From Easel to Book: Picturing Natural History, NMNH, Smithsonian Libraries Exhibit,1996
Senior Art Exhibit, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1995
Art Attack Juried Art Show, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1993
Student Exhibition of Scientific Illustration, University of Maryland, College Park, 1992,1993 |
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Award of Excellence, Professional Editorial, Association of Medical Illustrators, Bozeman, MT 2007
Award of Excellence, Professional Instructional Tone, Association of Medical Illustrators, Bozeman, MT 2007
Honorable Mention, People's Choice Salon of Mid-Atlantic Biocommunicators Meeting, 2006.
Silver Award, Illustrators Club of Washington DC, 2006
Certificate of Merit, Illustrators Club of Washington DC, 2006.
Silver Award, The Consumer Health Publishers Association and Online Health Association,
UrologyHealth.org for Best Online Health Information, 2004.
Award of Merit, Professional Marketing and Promotional, Association of Medical Illustrators, New Orleans, LA 2003
Award of Merit, Professional Editorial, Association of Medical Illustrators, Austin, TX 2002
Award of Merit, Professional Editorial, Association of Medical Illustrators, Asilomar, CA 2001
Finalist, New England Web Design Awards: Best Promotional/Individual Portfolio,
Aquent, 2001
Inez Demonet Award, Vesalius Trust, 1999
Vesalian Research Grant, Vesalius Trust, 1999
Award of Merit, Student Medical Tone, Association of Medical Illustrators, Atlanta, GA 1999
Award of Merit, Student Medical Tone, Association of Medical Illustrators, Toronto 1998
Best of Show, Association of Medical Illustrators Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting,
Richmond, VA 1998
William P. Didusch Scholarship, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1997, 1998
Smithsonian Women's Committee Grant, Smithsonian Institution, 1996
Fellow, James Smithson Society Grant, Smithsonian Institution, 1995
Senior Summer Scholarship, Department of Undergraduate Studies,
The University of Maryland, 1994
Phi Sigma Biological Honor Society, University of Maryland Chapter Vice-president, 1994
Golden Key National Honor Society, 1992 - present
Dean's List, The University of Maryland, 1992 - 1995 |
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Association of Medical Illustrators
Fellow, 2007 - present
Professional Member, 1999 - present
Student Member, 1997 - 1999
Board of Governors, 2004 - 2008
Council on Education, 1999 - 2000
Meeting Planning, Program Committee Member, New Orleans, 2003
Annual Salon Juror, Cleveland, 2004
Meeting Planning, Website/Logo & Assistant Coordinator, Boston, 2006
Meeting Planning, Website/Logo, Bozeman 2007
Meeting Planning, Website, Indianapolis 2008
First Timer's Workshop Coordinator, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Vesalius Scholars Moderator, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Scholarship Committee Member, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Corporate Sponsorship Committee Member, 2001, 2002
Artist's Rights Committee Member, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
CE Committee Member (Video), 2007
Website Committee Member, 2006, 2007, Vice-chair 2008
PR Committee Member, 2006, 2007, 2008
Salon Juror, Cleveland, 2004
Graphic Artists Guild
Member, 2000 - 2005
Secretary, Boston Chapter, 2004
Co-Treasurer, Boston Chapter 2003, 2004
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
Member, 1994 - present
Washington DC Chapter Program Coordinator, 1996 - 1997
Vesalius Trust
Scholar Trustee, 1999 - 2000
Board Member, 2001 - 2004, 2004 - 2007
Advisor, 2007 - 2008
Webmaster, 2000 - present
Massachusetts Business Association
Member, 2002 - 2005
Association of Registered Medical Professionals, MMI
Advisory Board Public Member, 2003
American Craft Council
Member, 2005 - present
Illustrators Club of Washington DC
Member, 2006 - present
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Honored for Life - The Living Legacy Foundation & Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Hardcopy portfolio samples
available upon request.
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