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Skills

  • Editing
  • Proofreading
  • Writing

Services

  • Scientific editing

    $40/hr Starting at $250 Ongoing

    Dedicated Resource

    Scientific editing in the life sciences Proofreading content and citations Copy, substantive, and stylistic editing

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  • Scientific writer/researcher

    $60/hr Starting at $500 Ongoing

    Dedicated Resource

    Write grant proposals, manuscripts, white papers, performing literature searches when necessary or requested in the Life Sciences for an academic or biotechnology clientele.

    Writing

About

Scientific writing and editing in the Life Sciences, 6+ years' experience

I have an MS in Virology and Immunology with an emphasis on Molecular Biology;
10 years' experience in hospital, public health, and research laboratories;
6 years' writing and editing for an international academic clientele;
Wrote and/or edited successful grant proposals submitted to the American Association for Cancer Research, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the US Department of Defense, NIH, etc;
I contributed regularly to the Colgate Oral Care Report and to ISPOR News (pharmacoeconomics);
I have authored my own peer-reviewed journal article (Janet N. Stewart et al. Human coronavirus gen expression in the brains of multiple sclerosis patients. Virology 1992;191:502-505.), and several book chapters, as well as appearing as an author on several other peer-reviewed journal articles;
I have experience writing for academic researchers and physicians;
I am presently a freelance scientific editor in Molecular and Cell Biology with Cactus Communications;
I am presently in the employ of McGill University as a Graduate Research Assistant who mainly collaborates on the writing of grant proposals and manuscripts on an as needed basis.

Work Terms

I charge 60 USD per hour and work Monday to Friday, unless there is an urgent deadline to meet, in which case, I can work weekends. My preferred means of communication with my clients are e mail and Skype.
I use Microsoft Office, Safari, Google, PubMed, and Zotero.

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