Position:
President at Rheumatoid Patient Foundation, Consultant, Speaker at RA Patient Insights, LLC, Creator and writer at Rheumatoid Arthritis Warrior (Sole Proprietorship), Center for Social Media Advisory Board at Mayo Clinic, Principal & Teacher at Y.E.S. Homeschool, Nursemaid & Household Engineer / Administrator at My Home
Work:
Rheumatoid Patient Foundation
- United States since Jan 2011
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President
RA Patient Insights, LLC
since Jan 2009
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Consultant, Speaker
Rheumatoid Arthritis Warrior
since Jan 2009
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Creator and writer
Mayo Clinic
- United States since Dec 2010
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Center for Social Media Advisory Board
Y.E.S. Homeschool
since Jan 1994
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Principal & Teacher
My Home
since Jan 1990
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Nursemaid & Household Engineer / Administrator
WEGO Health
Jan 2010 - Dec 2011
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Patient advocate & Blogger
Numerous churches, schools, and ministries
Jun 1985 - Dec 2008
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Community & church volunteer
Education:
George Mason University
Psychology
Skills:
Maintaining unique vantage point, Transforming research into plain language, Forging new paths, Research, Data Transformation, Community Building, Health Communication, Editing, Teaching, Rheumatology, Patient Education, Training, Blogging, Healthcare, Leadership, Public Speaking, Chronic Illness, Non-profits, Press Releases, Fundraising, Social Networking, Treatment, Nutrition, Facebook, Medicine, Newsletters, Social Media, Nursing, Strategic Communications, Nonprofits, Public Health, Public Relations, Content Development, Media Relations, Proofreading, Community Outreach, Copy Editing, Health Education
Interests:
About.me profile:
http://about.me/kelly.young
WEGO Health Blog: http://community.wegohealth.com/profiles/blog/list?user=0auv5rkj59xug
Awards:
WebMD Health Hero
WebMD magazine
One of four "Champions of Care" for 2011: http://rawarrior.com/kelly-young-wins-webmd-health-hero-award/
Best Use of Twitter for Health
Shorty Awards
Voted by Twitter users in 2010.
Chair of Cheer
Fox e-Practice
Exemplary use of healthcare social media