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Experienced & savvy science/medicine writer/editor/strategist | 25 years experience with academia and NIH

Profile Summary

As an experienced science/medicine writer/editor/strategist, I have extensive experience working across science and medicine - organizing thoughts, information, and messages clearly and persuasively. See my portfolio: https://www.wordscience.net I partner with clients on all stages of writing, from developing Draft 1 to polishing a near-final product and all steps in between. My broad range of skills and services include scientific writing and editing (manuscripts, reviews), grant writing/editing, messaging/persuasion (Op-Eds, essays, perspective pieces), science policy communication, coaching, slide presentations, and lay-oriented materials (books, fact sheets, brochures, patient stories).

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Developmental Biology
• ☆ Computational Biology
• ☆ Evolutionary Biology
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Structural Biology
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Chromatin
• ☆ Epigenetics
• ☆ Synthetic Genomics
• ☆ Mutagenesis
• ☆ Neuroscience
• ☆ Neurochemistry
• ☆ Neurophysiology
• ☆ Behavioral Neuroscience
• ☆ Computational Neuroscience
• ☆ Neuropsychology
• ☆ Developmental Neuroscience
• ☆ Neuropharmacology
• ☆ Molecular Neuroscience
• ☆ Neurobiology
• ☆ Systems Neuroscience
• ☆ Population Genetics
• ☆ Circadian Rhythm Research
• ☆ E-Health & Telemedicine
• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ White Papers
• ☆ Case Studies
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Copywriting
• ☆ Emails & Newsletters
• ☆ Web Copy
• ☆ Blog Posts
• ☆ Speechwriting
• ☆ Grant Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting, Creative Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Fact Checking

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Work Experience

Freelance Science Writer and Editor

WordScience

January 2009 - Present

Education

Certificate

UC Santa Cruz

September 1996 - June 1997

Postdoctoral Scholar

Stanford University School of Medicine

July 1993 - March 1996

PhD

Georgetown University School of Medicine

August 1988 - June 1993

BS

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

September 1984 - May 1988

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Amy Burns, Stacey Young-McCaughan, Alison F Davis, Robert Vining, Joseph Ali, Julie M Fritz, Benjamin J Morasco, Daniel I Rhon, Robert Roogow, Tassos C Kyriakides, et al. (2024). Monitoring and reporting adverse events in pragmatic clinical trials testing nonpharmacological pain management interventions . Pain Medicine.

Daniel I Rhon, Alison F Davis, Joseph Ali, Cynthia Brandt, Amy Burns, Whitley Lucio, Robert Vining, Stacey Young-McCaughan (2024). Ambiguity in care delivery terminology: implications that affect pragmatic clinical trials using non-pharmacological interventions . BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine.

Kerns RD, Davis AF, Julie Fritz, Keefe FJ, Peduzzi P, Daniel Rhon, Stephanie L. Taylor, Robert Vining, Qilu Yu, Zeliadt SB, et al. (2022). Intervention Fidelity in Pain Pragmatic Trials for Nonpharmacologic Pain Management: Nuanced Considerations for Determining PRECIS-2 Flexibility in Delivery and Adherence . The journal of pain.

Ali J, Antonelli M, Bastian L, Becker W, Brandt CA, Burgess DJ, Burns A, Cohen SP, Davis AF, Dearth CL, et al. (2022). Optimizing the Impact of Pragmatic Clinical Trials for Veteran and Military Populations: Lessons From the Pain Management Collaboratory . Military medicine.

Joseph Ali, Davis AF, Burgess DJ, Rhon DI, Robert Vining, Young-McCaughan S, Green S, Kerns RD (2021). Justice and equity in pragmatic clinical trials: Considerations for pain research within integrated health systems . Learning health systems.

Fritz JM, Davis AF, Burgess DJ, Coleman B, Cook C, Farrokhi S, Goertz C, Heapy A, Lisi AJ, McGeary DD, et al. (2021). Pivoting to virtual delivery for managing chronic pain with nonpharmacological treatments: implications for pragmatic research . Pain.

Travis A. Hoppe, Aviva Litovitz, Kristine A. Willis, Rebecca A. Meseroll, Matthew J. Perkins, B. Ian Hutchins, Alison F. Davis, Michael S. Lauer, Hannah A. Valantine, James M. Anderson, et al. (2019). Topic choice contributes to the lower rate of NIH awards to African-American/black scientists . Science Advances.

Clayton JA, Davis AF (2014). Sex/gender disparities and women's eye health . Current eye research.

Davis AF, Long RM (2004). Pharmacogenetics research network and knowledge base fourth scientific meeting . The pharmacogenomics journal.

Davis AF, Long RM (2003). Pharmacogenetics Research Network and Knowledge Base third scientific meeting . Pharmacogenetics.

Davis AF, Long RM (2002). Pharmacogenetics research network and knowledge base second scientific meeting . The pharmacogenomics journal.

Davis AF, Meighan-Mantha RL, Riegel AT (1997). Effects of TPA, bryostatin 1, and retinoic acid on PO-B, AP-1, and AP-2 DNA binding during HL-60 differentiation. Journal of cellular biochemistry.

Davis AF, Clayton DA (1996). In situ localization of mitochondrial DNA replication in intact mammalian cells . The Journal of cell biology.

Davis AF, Ropp PA, Clayton DA, William C Copeland (1996). Mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma is expressed and translated in the absence of mitochondrial DNA maintenance and replication . Nucleic acids research.

Jeong-Yu S, Davis AF, Clayton DA (1996). Subtle determinants of the nucleocytoplasmic partitioning of in vivo-transcribed RNase MRP RNA in Xenopus laevis oocytes . Gene expression.

Davis AF, Jeong-Yu S, Clayton DA (1995). Distribution of RNase MRP RNA during Xenopus laevis oogenesis . Molecular reproduction and development.

Dobrenski AF, Zeft AS, Wellstein A, Riegel AT (1993). DNA binding of the transcription factor PO-B is regulated during differentiation of HL-60 cells. Cell growth & differentiation : the molecular biology journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Wellstein A, Dobrenski AF, Radonovich MN, Brady JF, Riegel AT (1991). Purification of PO-B, a protein that has increased affinity for the pro-opiomelanocortin gene promoter after dephosphorylation . The Journal of biological chemistry.