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Freelance Science Writer / Editor & Ph.D. Neuroscientist

Profile Summary

I am an experienced science writer and editor with a talent for taking complex data and generating easy-to-understand documents. I hold a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Emory University, and I have 8+ years of research, writing, and editing experience. I have written first-author scientific publications, successful grants (including an F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA), award-winning policy memos, and blog posts.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Biology/Life Sciences
• ★ Neuroscience
• ★ Medical Sciences
• ☆ STEM
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Electrophysiology
• ☆ Patch-Clamp Electrophysiology
• ☆ Behavioral Neuroscience
• ☆ Neurobiology
• ☆ Marine Biology
• ☆ Depression
• ☆ Metabolism & Metabolic Disease

Services

• Writing
• Research

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing

Research Systematic Literature Review

Work Experience

Graduate Student

Emory University

August 2013 - October 2019

Education

Ph.D. (Neuroscience)

Emory University

August 2013 - October 2019

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2019). Hazardous PFAS chemicals in Georgia’s drinking water . Journal of Science Policy and Governance.

Brendan O’Flaherty, Gretchen N. Neigh, Donald Rainnie(2019). High-fructose diet initiated during adolescence does not affect basolateral amygdala excitability or affective-like behavior in Sprague Dawley rats . Behavioural Brain Research. 365. p. 17--25. Elsevier {BV}

Ji-Dong Guo, Brendan M. O'Flaherty, Donald G. Rainnie(2017). Serotonin gating of cortical and thalamic glutamate inputs onto principal neurons of the basolateral amygdala . Neuropharmacology. 126. p. 224--232. Elsevier {BV}

Carlos Gonzalez-Islas, Miguel Angel Garcia-Bereguiain, Brendan O'Flaherty, Peter Wenner(2015). Tonic nicotinic transmission enhances spinal {GABAergic} presynaptic release and the frequency of spontaneous network activity . Developmental Neurobiology. 76. (3). p. 298--312. Wiley

BOOK

Brendan M. O’Flaherty, Chia-Chun Hsu, M. Anzar Abbas, Donald G. Rainnie, Israel Liberzon, Kerry J. Ressler(2016). Cellular Physiology of the Basolateral Complex of the Amygdala and Its Modulation by Stress . Oxford University Press