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Theresa Ganner, M.A.
 

Theresa Ganner, M.A
Medical & Academic Copy Editor and Proofreader
APA Format
AMA Format

Theresa Ganner, M.A., has 8 years of full-time medical copy editing and proofreading experience, in addition to 5 years experience copy editing and proofreading graduate-level academic papers, specializing in psychology and sociology theses and dissertations requiring APA style.

Theresa's education includes a bachelor's degree in communications (specializing in journalism), a master's degree in professional writing (specializing in non-fiction books), and substantial course work completed toward a master's degree in psychology (specializing in grief, loss, and bereavement). She also has training in alternative healing techniques, such as hypnosis therapy, massage therapy, and Chinese acupressure.

When Theresa worked for a pharmaceutical advertising agency, her colleagues nicknamed her the "Reference Queen" because of her strict attention to the accuracy of citations and reference lists. Her job also entailed assurance that all marketing materials adhered to restrictions imposed by the FDA and other government agencies. She offers her clients the same extraordinary attention to detail that she executed in her full-time medical editing positions, where a missed error could literally be a matter of life and death.

Having been a graduate student herself, Theresa understands the tremendous amount of time invested in the researching and writing of theses and dissertations. She treats her client's "baby" with the respect it deserves, while honoring the ever important deadline. Her editorial polishing allows the writer's intelligence and personal style to shine through!

Specialties

COPY EDITING and PROOFREADING

Zynx Health (www.zynx.com) – A Subsidiary of the Hearst Corporation
Content Editor – October 2003 to October 2008

Copy edit, proof, and fact-check online content for physicians, including summaries of medical journal articles and detailed medication order sets, specializing in oncology. Frequent communication with physician-writers and IT engineers. Use of AMA style guide and in-house style guide.

Advertising Agencies

Edited/proofread manuscript copy, layouts, mechanicals and blue lines for content, grammar, client style, design specifications, factual accuracy, trademark ownership, and legal restraints such as FDA regulations. Clients included biotechnology, pharmaceutical, instrumentation, diagnostic devices, and services. Types of products included: trade journal ads, brochures, packaging and package inserts, instruction manuals (for patients and health care professionals), medical journal articles, formularies, CME course content, proof sources, and monographs. Some online research when requested by account executives. Worked with various standard style guides, including AMA, Chicago, APA, MLA, and AP, and reference books such as the PDR, DSM-IV, and medical dictionaries. Well versed in standard proofreading marks.

Academic Papers

Proofread/copy edited academic papers (theses and dissertations) covering sociology, psychology, and medical topics (usually APA style).

EDUCATION

Master's Degree, Professional Writing/Nonfiction Books
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Projects included writing a 300-page psychology/self-help book, a screenplay, and a collection of essays.

Bachelor's Degree, Communications/Journalism
Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey
Copy editor for yearbook, wrote articles for campus and alumni newspapers, public relations internship.

Substantial course work completed toward master's degree in general psychology (cognitive and affective psychology, child psychology, lifespan psychology, psychology of personality, and psychology of learning). Projects included writing a 4,000-word paper about sibling grief and its influence on four personality theorists (Freud, Adler, Klein, and Skinner).

AWARDS

Professional: Two awards for essay writing and one for public speaking (Toastmasters).

Scholastic: Awarded for excellence in public speaking and psychology; math honor society.

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