top of page

Curriculum Vitae

Professional Summary

Whether you publish or write medical and scientific manuscripts or similar content, the work needs to be clear, coherent, and comprehensive. As a freelance medical editor with two degrees in neuroscience, an editing certificate from the University of Chicago, and research experience, I can help you produce work that meets rigorous scientific and ethical standards and complies with publishing requirements. I work with organizations that publish medical and scientific manuscripts and similar content, as well as individuals who want to publish journal articles and complete their dissertations and theses.


Organizational Clients:

  • CROs

  • Journals

  • Publishers

  • Professional societies and associations


Individual Clients:

  • Principal and other investigators

  • Graduate students

  • Undergraduate students


Services:

  • Copy editing

    • This includes looking not only at grammar, but also word choice, clarity, and reader understanding of a near-finished draft. Changes made be made to content of the material.

  • Proofreading

    • This includes looking specifically at grammar, spelling, typos, and punctuation of a final draft. No changes are made to content material.


Projects:

  • Abstracts

  • Dissertations and theses

  • Journal articles

  • Posters

  • Slide decks

  • Research documents

  • Medical and clinical documents

Skills

Animal Behavior Research  Manuscript Copyediting  Manuscript Writing

Microsoft Office  Science Tutoring  Critical Thinking  Attention to Detail

Work Experience

2022-Present

Business Owner—Freelance & Contract Positions

  • Independent contractor for McGraw-Hill–Medical

    • Proofreader for annual publication of Current Medical Diagnosis & Testing and Quick Medical Diagnosis & Testing

    • Use AMA and house style

  • Book reviewer for Elite Editing

  • Provided copyediting services for individual clients

    • Jesus Found in Translation – Lizzie Berne DeGear

    • Scientific manuscripts

2019-Present

Research Technician—Georgia State University

Parent Lab – Eating Behavior and Memory/Alzheimer’s Disease Research—Rodent Model

  • Run and teach behavioral tasks​

  • Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)/RNA extraction

  • CO2/Isoflurane euthanasia

  • Brain sectioning and imaging

  • Stereotaxic surgery

  • Run lab website and blog

Publications

Parent#, M.B., Ferreira-Neto#, H.C., Kruemmel, A.R., Althammer, F., Patel, A., Keo, S., Whitley, K.E., Cox, D.N., & Stern, J.E. (July 2021). Heart failure impairs mood and memory in male rats and down-regulates the expression of numerous genes important for synaptic plasticity in related brain regions. Behavioral Brain Research. #co-first author. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113452

Althammer F., Roy R.K., Kirchner M.K., Campos-Lira E., Whitley, K.E., et al. (April 2023). Angiotensin II-Mediated Neuroinflammation in the Hippocampus Contributes to Neuronal Deficits and Cognitive Impairment in Heart Failure Rats. Hypertension.  https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.123.21070

Parent# M.B., Whitley# K.E., Zafar U., Zickgraf H.F., & Sharp W.G. (March 2024). Systematic review of pharmacological treatments that reduce conditioned taste aversions in rodents: A potential animal model of pediatric feeding disorder and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). Appetite. #co-first author. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.107172

Whitley K, Briggs SB, Sharma K, Parent MB. Don’t ignore the middle: Distinct mnemonic functions of intermediate hippocampus. Hippocampus. Published online August 3, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23629

​

Education & Relevant Coursework

University of Chicago Graham School

Professional development editing certification with a focus on scientific and medical manuscript editing

Relevant Coursework:​

  • Medical Copyediting

  • Editing Tables, Graphs, and Figures

  • Freelancing for Scientific and Medical Manuscript Editing

Georgia State University

BS and MS in Neuroscience

Relevant Coursework:

  • Neuroscience of Memory

  • Drugs and the Nervous System

  • Psychology of the Atypical Child

  • Scientific Method in Neuroscience

  • Molecular Cell Biology

  • Cognitive Neuroscience

  • Mind and Brain

  • Neurobiology

  • Research Design and Analysis

  • Developmental Neuroscience

  • Cell and Molecular Neuroscience

​

A Bit More About Me

Outside of the lab, I am a big fan of reading, writing, and making embroidery on canvas. My favorite book is Brain by Robin Cook, and I am currently working on a historical fiction novel about time travel and the Second Italian War of Independence (sounds crazy, I know, but trust the process). I am neurodivergent, so my attention to detail is impeccable as well as my ability to hyperfixate on the task at hand. This is part of the reason I enjoy editing so much (as well as the fact that I get to read so much interesting literature!). I'm also a big fan of reading neuroscience non-fiction for fun, which allows me to expand my neuroscience knowledge when I am no longer in the classroom. 

bottom of page