Jia Cassidy

Physical Appearance
Slender, athletic, runner

Personality, Traits, and Characteristics
Friendly, relaxed with an easy smile, well-balanced, open-minded and accepting, prefers to listen rather than talk, but should not be considered shy. She is soft-spoken with a distinct Irish accent


 * Dependable, ethical and honest, keen observer of people and events. Eidetic visual memory (photographic visual memory) Speaks 6 languages, three fluently: English, French, German, Spanish, Vulcan, Denobulan.

Hobbies
Running, yoga, reading, writing poetry, an unusual brown cat named Puckers

Family, Educational and Professional History
Born to Irish parents in Dublin, Jia Cassidy grew up in Ireland, where both parents were professors at the University of Dublin. She enjoyed a diverse and intellectually stimulating childhood. A marvelously adept student, she breezed through the 2 private schools where she attended primary and secondary school. She was found to have an eidetic memory (visual photographic) at the age of 12. She was immediately provided with specialized training to develop the capacity.

It was always her desire to be a physician and later she developed a distinct interest in alien species. With her eidetic memory, she was easily able to excel in school, college and medical school. She has written numerous professional papers even as a fairly young and new physician and her credentials and expertise promise to lead her to a highly successful career.

Personally, Jia Denise Cassidy is a soft-spoken woman with a courageous passion for healing. She is the youngest of three girls born to an Irish father and a mother of Slavic heritage, but Irish citizenship. While neither parent was affiliated with Starfleet, two of her 2 uncles and an aunt are officers of the Fleet, and her 1st cousin, LtCmdr Steven Cassidy, an linguistic anthropologist, is a the director of the Joint Kraca/Starfleet Science Project on Njord.

Jia is an extremely casual person, unpretentious and not impressed by status or influence. She was reluctant to join Starfleet because of the rank and chain of command structure, but her interest in exploration and further experience with inter-species medicine prevailed.

Jia has adopted the spiritual practices of a discipline known as Shimkara, which stresses non-violent co-existence and cooperation between species, humanoid and animal. The practice involves contemplation and meditation, the acknowledgement and pursuit of mental/emotional/spiritual unification with all life forms, sentient and non-sentient.

Jia has never married. She was engaged to LtCmdr Trevor Sloane, FO's former Chief Engineer, who was lost in space as a result of a freak deflector shield failure accident on his way to Earth. He was reported assumed dead, but in reality, unknown to anyone, he and several others were conscripted by pirates who scavenged the derelict vessel before the Fleet arrived on the scene.

Education
Areas of Specialty: Comparative Human/Alien Physiology, Regenerative Medicine and Accelerated Healing.

University

 * Australian National University, College of Medicine, Health Science & Research, Canberra; degree – MD
 * So’Vock Institute of Medical Technology & Research, Division of Vulcan Science Adademy, City of ShiKahr, Vulcan
 * Tessora Foundation for Developments in InterSpecies Medicine, Denobula, from which she earned the Denobulan medical classification of Doctor of InterSpecies Medicine, IsMD

Starfleet Academy

 * Standard Curriculum
 * Starfleet Medical Curriculum
 * Off-World Medical Fellowships on Vulcan and Denobula

Jia entered college at age 17, moving quickly to pre-med and medical school, graduating near the top of her class from ANU. Following graduation, she was invited to Vulcan to the So’Vock medical institute to pursue study of specialized regenerative medicine and accelerated healing techniques. While there, she completed practical internship and a 1 year residency. While still a medical resident on Vulcan, she was approached by Starfleet. Upon completion of residency requirements at So’Vock, she moved to San Francisco, and subsequently Jupiter Station, for a total of 2.5 years of Starfleet training, during which time she completed a 2nd year of residency while at Jupiter Station. At the end of that time, she was granted opportunity to travel to Denobula to study at the Tessora Foundation for training and research in comparative human/multi-species medicine. Concurrently, by special arrangements and periodic terms of extended study at Jupiter Station, she completed her Starfleet training and remained at Tessora on Denobula until being offered a position as CMO at Forrest Outpost. She has served as CMO since 2158. Her duties included service as the Executive Officer for much of 2163, and she is currently 2nd Officer.

Service Record
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 * width=120px| May 2158
 * Award: Purple Academy Ribbon of Excellence
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 * May 2158
 * Assignment: Chief Medical Officer, Outpost Maxwell Forrest
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 * Jul 2158
 * Award: Starfleet Superior Unit, Forrest Outpost
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 * Aug 2158
 * Award: Blue Ribbon of Excellence in the Field of Senior Officer Training
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 * Oct 2158
 * Promotion: Lieutenant, Junior Grade
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 * Oct 2158
 * Award: Preantares Ribbon of Commendation, 2nd Class
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 * Mar 2159
 * Promotion: Lieutenant
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 * Mar 2159
 * Award: Starfleet Award of High Commendation
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 * Mar 2159
 * Award: Maxwell Forrest Distinguished Service Medal
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 * Jul 2159
 * Award: Earth-Romulan War Campaign Ribbon
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 * Jul 2159
 * Award: FlagSIM, Forrest Outpost
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 * Jul 2159
 * Award: Michael Thompson Memorial Award
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 * Oct 2159
 * Award: Preantares Ribbon of Commendation First Class
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 * Mar 2160
 * Promotion: Lieutenant Commander
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 * Mar 2160
 * Award: One Year Service Device
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 * Mar 2160
 * Award: Purple Heart
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 * Mar 2160
 * Award: Preantares Ribbon of Commendation First Class (x2)
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 * Mar 2160
 * Award: Gold Starfleet Cross
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 * Apr 2160
 * Award: Academy Command Ribbon with Silver Solar Flare
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 * Apr 2160
 * Award: Academy Command Ribbon with Gold Solar Flare
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 * Nov 2160
 * Award: Preantares Ribbon of Commendation, Second Class (x2)
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 * Nov 2160
 * Award: Starfleet Citation for Conspicuous Bravery
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 * Jul 2161
 * Award: Silver Starfleet Cross
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 * Jul 2161
 * Award: Starfleet Citation for Conspicuous Bravery (x2)
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 * Sep 2161
 * Promotion: Commander
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 * Jan 2162
 * Award: Starfleet Medal of Command
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 * Jan 2162
 * Award: Earth Victory Campaign Ribbon
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 * Jan 2162
 * Award: Kragite Order of Heroism (x2)
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 * 2163
 * Award: Starfleet Citation for Conspicuous Bravery (x3)
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 * 2163
 * Award: Starfleet Superior Unit, Forrest Outpost (x2)
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 * 2163
 * Award: Starfleet Award of High Commendation (x2)
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 * May 2163
 * Assignment: Temporary Exec Officer, Forrest Outpost
 * Sep 2163
 * Assignment: CMO & 2nd Officer, Forrest Outpost
 * Sep 2161
 * Promotion: Commander
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 * Jan 2162
 * Award: Starfleet Medal of Command
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 * Jan 2162
 * Award: Earth Victory Campaign Ribbon
 * [[Image:campaign_earthvictory.jpg|center]]
 * Jan 2162
 * Award: Kragite Order of Heroism (x2)
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 * 2163
 * Award: Starfleet Citation for Conspicuous Bravery (x3)
 * [[Image:bravery3.jpg|center]]
 * 2163
 * Award: Starfleet Superior Unit, Forrest Outpost (x2)
 * [[Image:superior_unit2.jpg|center]]
 * 2163
 * Award: Starfleet Award of High Commendation (x2)
 * [[Image:commendation_award2.jpg|center]]
 * May 2163
 * Assignment: Temporary Exec Officer, Forrest Outpost
 * Sep 2163
 * Assignment: CMO & 2nd Officer, Forrest Outpost
 * Award: Starfleet Award of High Commendation (x2)
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 * May 2163
 * Assignment: Temporary Exec Officer, Forrest Outpost
 * Sep 2163
 * Assignment: CMO & 2nd Officer, Forrest Outpost
 * Sep 2163
 * Assignment: CMO & 2nd Officer, Forrest Outpost