EFFective founder Emilee Friedman Fechter (she/her) is a Nashville-based certified medical writer. After earning her MS degree in biology, Emilee worked at the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center where she contributed to antibody discovery and characterization for the development of numerous vaccines. She next served as the Regulatory Coordinator for a retina surgery center's clinical research program, supporting more than 50 clinical trials at the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR). For the next several years, Emilee supported various clinical trials through VICTR's Drug Repurposing project management team. In June 2023, she successfully passed the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA)'s Medical Writing Certification (MWC) exam. This certification demonstrates competency in continuing medical education, epidemiology and research, ethical principles, mechanics of writing, medical writing competency, health education, and publication practices, and more.