Jen Schripsema
Senior Content Officer, User Onboarding at Institute for Disease Modeling
Denver Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJen Schripsema is a senior scientific and technical content leader with nine years of experience designing scalable documentation systems and shaping communication strategies for computational disease modeling used in global health policy. At the Institute for Disease Modeling she led a small, high-impact team, migrated documentation to modern "docs as code" tools like MkDocs and Sphinx, and redesigned idmod.org to improve discoverability and integration with learning resources. She combines technical editing, API/SDK documentation, UX and visual design, and multimedia training to translate complex modeling and scientific results for policymakers, researchers, and public audiences. Jen has guided COVID modeling communications during the pandemic and contributed to notable open-source projects like the Covasim simulator by converting and integrating documentation into Sphinx to increase maintainability and contributions. Comfortable managing cross-functional teams and constrained resources, she pairs a Human Centered Design & Engineering MS with deep domain knowledge in epidemiological modeling workflows. An uncommon strength is her track record of architecting single-source, reusable documentation systems that scale across multiple diseases and toolchains.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Human Centered Design & Engineering , Master of Science - MS, Human Centered Design & Engineering at University of WashingtonB.A., Biology, B.A., Biology at Colorado College
Github Skills (10)
rs10
restructuredtext10
read-me10
sphinx10
documentation10
web-content9
content-model9
vi8
covid-testing8
co8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
InstituteforDiseaseModeling/covasim
Mar 2020 - Sep 2021
COVID-19 Agent-based Simulator (Covasim): a model for exploring coronavirus dynamics and interventions
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:8 reviews, 40 commits, 21 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Jen's commits primarily focused on enhancing the documentation for the Covasim project. They converted existing Markdown-based README files to the reStructuredText (RST) format, integrating them into the Sphinx documentation system. This involved updating the configuration and incorporating content from various README files, including installation, Docker, and examples, into the main documentation structure. Additionally, they added a contributing document and updated footer information, including the BMGF branding, demonstrating a focus on documentation quality and project maintainability.
agent-basedcontact-tracingagentmodelcovasim
JSchripsema-IDM/IDM-CMS
Jan 2019 - Jan 2024
IDM compartmental modeling software (CMS)
Contributions:5 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years
cmscfmlmodelingcompartmentalmodeling-tool
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