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Writing and Editing. CSE and AMA Formats.
As a health professional you strive for accuracy and excellence. So do we. Our medical writing and editing specialists have experience with a variety of medical topics that include oncology, orthopedics, epidemiology, cardiology, gastroenterology, immunology, neurology, dermatology, obstetrics and gynecology, pathology, pediatrics, endocrinology, preventive medicine, internal medicine, nutrition, hematology, radiology, sports medicine, surgery, pharmacology, and psychiatry. When necessary, complex subjects can be translated into simpler language that is easily understood by lay readers.
Our professionals will help ensure that:
the text is internally logical from the reader's point of view
missing and/or contradictory information is noted and your input is sought and incorporated to clarify your meaning
supporting material (such as figures, tables, and reference notes) is clearly presented and is correct and consistent with the text
the text conforms to the desired publication style (AMA, CSE, CBE) and to any other required content, style, or formatting guidelines
Our project experience includes book manuscripts / textbooks, professional journal articles, research studies, grant proposals, health care articles for consumers, patient information brochures, product brochures, press releases, promotional writing, and annual reports.
Medical Writers & Edtors
FAITH HICKMAN BRYNIE is the author of 25 science and health trade books for children and young adults. She has over 20 years of experience editing textbooks and instructional materials. She has authored numerous teachers' guides, including instructional strategies to accompany television documentaries. Her undergraduate degree is in biology. She holds a Ph.D. in science education (curriculum and instruction) from the University of Colorado, Boulder. For 13 years, she worked as a writer and project director for the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS), where she wrote and developed textbooks, films, slide packages, educational magazines, and other types of learning materials. She is a former high school biology teacher, and she served as "Scholar in Residence" for the American (DODDS) schools in England. She is a frequent contributor to Odyssey, a popular science magazine for middle school children. She edits the Odyssey Teacher's Guide. Since becoming a full-time, freelance writer/editor in 1991, Faith has fulfilled contracts with many major publishers including Sterling, Millbrook, Barron's, Dennison, Delta, McGraw-Hill, Prentice Hall, and John Wiley. She specializes in science and medicine for nonspecialist audiences. Her medical writing includes a series of books on heart/blood, immune system, sex and reproduction, brain function, and nutrition. Her science writing ranges from books on force and motion for young children to scientific papers for professional journals. Two of her books have earned a place on the "Best Books of the Year" list of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. On numerous editing projects, she has worked as writer, substantive editor, developmental editor, copyeditor, or fact checker. In her editing, she excels at communicating complex ideas clearly and simply.
Her latest book--Brain Sense: The Science of the Senses and How We Process the World Around Us--was published in 2009.
Note: Faith is not taking submissions until March 2012.
Val Gerard retired in 1999 after 30 years as a scientist and professor. With a strong record of publications and successful research funding, she now uses her skills to help others achieve similar successes.
Past and current clients from Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Patagonia, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Thailand, Uganda, the U.K., the U.S., and Venezuela.
High rate of client success with manuscripts submitted to scientific and medical journals, and with grant proposals to various funding agencies, including NIH and NSF (largest successful grant to date, $120 million).
Assists clients in developing written materials for commercial websites, brochures, etc.
Specializes in organization, interpretation, and clear presentation of complex information.
Helps clients improve their own writing skills for future projects, including non-native English speakers.
Provides rapid turnaround. Helps you submit your grant proposal, manuscript, book, chapter, or report on time.
More than fifty publications (see publication list, below) and one million dollars worth of successful grant proposals of her own.
Past experience as associate editor and/or reviewer for over two dozen scientific journals, including Science, and government funding agencies.
“Dr. Gerard is a wonderful writer. She took something that was a bit dry and made it engaging and easy for regular people to understand. Also, she is lovely to work with.” Vanessa Spann, associate editor, Healthy Travel Media
“Dr. Gerard help was the key for the success of my PhD thesis. She right away picked up my writing flaws and worked with me so I could understand the right way to write. Also, her suggestions about structure and comprehension were right on the mark. My committee was very impressed with the quality of the work presented and I have already recommended Dr. Gerard work to some of my colleagues.” - Successful Ph.D. Candidate in immunology, 2010
"DONE!!! The paperwork is signed and submitted, the after-defense party has been held, and I am feeling very good!!! As far as congratulations go - you deserve MUCH credit. Thank you once again, Val. That mock defense was incredibly helpful, as at least 2 questions were nearly word-for-word! Your assistance with the talk was also of great benefit, as [my advisor] said that it was one of the best defense presentations he had ever witnessed! I can put this project on the 'finally finished' pile. Your help in all this has been pivotal. I will never forget it. I have never—in my life—ever—received such targeted, useful professional advice, and productive feedback. It has been a true pleasure working with you, and learning a new way of writing and putting together a scientific story."Successful Ph.D. candidate in Ecology, U.S. 2007 (contact information on request)
"I had completely given up on the Masters, I emailed my tutor again this week and he said he would chase it up. He has just emailed back saying it has not only passed but been awarded a distinction! I owe this to you over and over, I would have given up but you just kept pushing me on." M.Sc. in Medical Education, UK, 2009 (contact information on request)
Dr. Tracy Jackson earned her PhD in Human Services (with a specialization in social work and community services) from an online university. She has a Masters in Social Work and Bachelors in Criminal Justice from Indiana University. Dr. Jackson has worked in the social work field since 1996. She has helped children and families in her roles as mental health therapist, case manager, school social worker, supervisor, coordinator and qualified mental health professional. She has worked in such settings as mental health facilities, school systems, residential group homes, and juvenile justice and federal half way houses for adult offenders.
Currently, Dr. Jackson is an online instructor for two universities. She teaches in the associate, bachelor and doctorate programs. She is also a dissertation chair and committee member for several online learners. Dr. Jackson takes pride in her work and has a passion for instructing, advising and guiding students.
Her online learners have said:
“Thank you for your support. You were a great online teacher.”
“Thank you so much for your time during this course, I really enjoyed it!”
“I learned a lot and have a new found interest in the policy/political side of Human Services.”
“Thank you for assisting me outside of our regular class meetings. I really appreciate all you have done and continue to do to assist me with achieving my goal.”
Dr. Jackson assists her students in developing their research problems. She does role playing exercises to help students convey to an audience (i.e., chair and committee) the purpose of their studies, significance and findings. Dr. Jackson helps masters, capstone, and doctoral students develop a plan to conduct a thorough search of the literature. She provides guidance on choosing the most relevant theories for research topics. She is excellent at organizing and revising papers. Dr. Jackson’s own dissertation went through her committee with no rewrites before her final defense.
Dr. Jackson understands that the capstone, thesis, or dissertation writing process is a time of high stress and, therefore, the need for quick turnaround times and fast responses to emails.
SANDRA JUDD is an editor, proofreader, and indexer with more than 20 years of experience in the publishing industry. Her clients have included university presses, large, mainstream publishers, and smaller presses and professional organizations. She has edited or proofread over 300 published books, on topics that include politics, history, business, literary criticism, ethnic history, anthropology, science and medicine, industry manuals, memoirs, Christian and inspirational, parenting and relationships, humor, and fiction.
She has edited 20+ volumes in the Health Reference Series published by Omnigraphics, all published under her name as editor.
She has also edited professional journals and newsletters, business plans, scholarly articles being prepared for publication, economic plans to be distributed to the state legislature, and a number of dissertations.
She has prepared indexes for more than 30 published books.
She strives for precision in language and is devoted to making the author's voice heard.
Nonfiction: Inspirational, self-help, business, science and medicine, ethnology, history, political science, memoirs, scholarly/textbooks
"While I have never met Sandy Judd face to face, I have used her services as a copyeditor since 1997. She is easy to work with, extremely competent, and has helped me improve my writing skills. I will continue to use her services as long as she is available." -- Lewis C. Forrest, Ed.D., technical writer and published author, North Carolina
"As senior editor of a book publishing company, I used Sandy Judd’s services for several years as a proofreader and copyeditor. Her detail-oriented skills and her unfailing ability to meet deadlines kept her at the very top of my list." -- Kathryn Deering, Ann Arbor, Michigan
"I kept Sandra Judd as busy as she’d let me while I was senior editor at Servant Publications (1995–2001). She produced high-quality work on time and at reasonable cost. I highly recommend her." -- Heidi Hess Saxton, former senior editor, Servant Publications
JO-ANN LANGTREE writes and edits books, stories, and articles in the following fields: business, medical, insurance, health, holistic health, spirituality, religion, psychic phenomena, young-adult fiction, children's books, mystical experience, self-help, New Age, nutrition, diet, exercise, saints & masters, gurus, theosophy, Christianity, homeopathy, vitamins & minerals, herbs, and food supplements. She was a writer and editor for Aetna Life & Casualty. As editor of Life NEWS, she had sole responsibility for finding, developing, writing, editing, and proofing all articles. Topics included new products, sales campaigns, insurance-agent interviews, accolades, seminars, Company acquisitions and policies. Jo-Ann also edits personal and business websites.
HOLLY MONTY, MA, MAComm, ELS, has been a professional APA and Chicago style editor and writer for 10 years.
Since operating as a freelance editor and writer, Ms. Monty, a Microsoft Word and LaTeX expert, has worked on books and articles published by many of the world’s leading publishers, including Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, MIT Press, John Wiley, Springer, Lawrence Erlbaum, Pearson-Prentice Hall, Berg, Macmillan, Berkshire, American Geophysical Union, Praeger, Greenwood, Blackwell, Elsevier, Sage, Begell House, Teacher Ideas Press, Libraries Unlimited, UTH Zürich, RAND Corporation, and other top names in academic and nonfiction publishing. To date, she has edited over 1,500 published journal articles, over 100 nonfiction books, and a wealth of dissertations and theses. An elected member of the board of governors of the Editorial Freelancers Association from 2007 to 2008, Ms. Monty is proud to have worked with a diversity of students and academics from a broad range of our nation's universities. Given her wealth of experience, she is adept at working within the precise terms of your university's thesis/dissertation guidelines or with the publication guidelines of any peer-reviewed journal.
"Holly was FANTASTIC. She was SO thorough and submitted everything back to me earlier than I needed it! Even after she was done with the edit, I had some questions, and she was very speedy in her responses. I appreciate that she took time to answer my questions. She really went above and beyond! My paper not only needed to follow APA guidelines, but my university had guidelines as well. She did both perfectly."
—Nicole Foster, Trinity International University.
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SHANNON WILKINS – PhD in Professional Writing (medical communication emphasis)
Before focusing her energies on a freelance editing career, Shannon was a staff editor at Mayo Clinic, which has the largest in-house editorial service at a medical institution. In this role, she edited whatever manuscript came down the pike, whether it was about cardiology or dermatology. Such demands required her to be nimble in her approach to editing and to have a firm grasp of the medical resources necessary to assist authors in creating credible, cohesive documents.
In her dissertation, she analyzed the arguments regarding the federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Besides providing an understanding of the nexus between public discourse and science, the PhD degree nurtured in Shannon a strong sense of what belongs in a scientific document and what does not. Added to this scholarly knowledge is the practical experience of being the copyeditor of the Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics for 5 years. During the past 8 years, Shannon has balanced her time between editing scientific documents and teaching college composition courses. She currently teaches a college course in technical communication.
As Shannon follows the rhythm of an author’s language, she picks up the language of ESL writers that might need further clarity or the odd detail that seems out of place and needs to be researched. Her first clients were biomedical engineers whom she assisted in preparing their manuscripts for successful publication. Since her entry into the field of editing, she has edited manuscripts on pharmacology, dermatology, cardiology, echocardiography, endocrinology, transplantation, hand surgery, asthma, various cancers, and other topics. Shannon has edited manuscripts that have been published in several highly respected journals:
Biomedical Microdevices Echocardiography Endocrine Practice IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics Journal of the AmericanAcademy of Dermatology Journal of the AmericanCollege of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging Mayo Clinic Proceedings Neurocritical Care Techniques in Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery
Shannon considers all of the documents that she edits to be life documents—documents that are pivotal in the development of one’s life. Medical manuscripts are not just write-ups of research; they are documents that affect the career advancement of the writers and, often, the very lives of those in need of medical care. Various impediments may complicate journal acceptance of a manuscript, but the quality of expression should not be one of them.
Shannon is not accepting submissions until August 1, 2012
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As a health professional you strive for accuracy and excellence. So do we. Our medical writing and editing specialists have experience with a variety of medical topics that include oncology, orthopedics, epidemiology, cardiology, gastroenterology, immunology, neurology, dermatology, obstetrics and gynecology, pathology, pediatrics, endocrinology, preventive medicine, internal medicine, nutrition, hematology, radiology, sports medicine, surgery, pharmacology, and psychiatry. When necessary, complex subjects can be translated into simpler language that is easily understood by lay readers.
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