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Berg, Mary Jaylene was born on November 7, 1950 in Fargo, North Dakota, United States. Daughter of Ordean Kenneth and Anna Margaret (Skramstad) Berg.
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Mary Jaylene Berg
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Mary Jaylene Berg, American Pharmacy educator, researcher. Achievements include research in multiple doses of oral activated charcoal to clear totally absorbed drug, pharmacokinetics of drug-nutrient interaction between phenytoin and folic acid, also women's health research on both national and international levels, research on folicacid, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, zinc, and vitamin A in diet and vitamin supplementation.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, North Dakota State University, 1974; Doctor of Pharmacy, U. Kentucky, 1978.
Career
Fellow in pharmacokinetics, Millard Fillmore Hospital/State University of New York, Buffalo, 1978-1979; assistant professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1980-1985; associate professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1985-1995; professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, since 1995; with department clinical research, clinical pharmacology/pharmacokinetics, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd., Basel, Switzerland, 1992; with Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health, 1999. Member of advisory committee research on women's health National Institutes of Health, 1995-1999, member task force research on women's health, since 1997. Member of advisory board Pfizer Women's Health, since 1998.
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Membership
Advisor Kappa Epislon, Iowa City, 1980-1994. President Mortar Board Alumnae, Iowa City, 1986-1988. Member American Association Pharmaceutical Scientists, American Society Hospital Phrmacists (chair special interest group of clinical pharmacokinetics 1987-1989), American Epilepsy Society, American Pharmaceutical Association, International Forum of Women for Pharmacy (United States contact), Society for Advancement of Women's Health Research (board directors since 1998), Federation International Pharmaceutique (delegate World Health Assembly 1992), Leadership International, Women in Pharmacy (board directors since 1991), Society Advancement of Women's Health Research (advisory board since 1998), Sigma Xi, Rho Chi, Kappa Epsilon, Phi Beta Delta.
