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Freelance Grant and Scientific Writer & Editor

Profile Summary

I hold a PhD in neuroscience from the University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. I also have experience as a co-founder and COO of a tech startup. I have extensive experience of grant writing, strategy and editing for both academic and business applications. I can also provide support for knowing which grants are available, as applying to the right grants is very important for success.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Microbiome Research
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Neuroscience
• ☆ Neurochemistry
• ☆ Neurophysiology
• ☆ Behavioral Neuroscience
• ☆ Cognitive Neuroscience
• ☆ Neuroanatomy
• ☆ Systems Neuroscience
• ☆ Histology
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Cryosectioning
• ☆ Fluorescence Microscopy
• ☆ Human Behavior & Psychology
• ☆ Cognitive Science
• ☆ Abnormal Psychology
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Fact Checking
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Animation & Illustration
• ☆ Graphic Design
• ☆ Medical Writing
• ☆ Medical Content Writing
• ☆ Research Summaries & Abstracts
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ SOP & Protocol Writing
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Literature Review
• ☆ Systematic Literature Review
• ☆ Copywriting
• ☆ Blog Posts
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Grant Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting

Research Market Research, Systematic Literature Review

Work Experience

Founder and COO

Element 4 Technologies

June 2021 - June 2022

Graduate Research Associate

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

May 2016 - May 2021

Education

PhD

University of Alberta

September 2016 - May 2021

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Ana M. Lucas-Osma and Emma K.A. Schmidt and Romana Vavrek and David J. Bennett and Karim Fouad and Keith K. Fenrich(2022). Rehabilitative training improves skilled forelimb motor function after cervical unilateral contusion spinal cord injury in rats . Behavioural Brain Research. 422. p. 113731. Elsevier {BV}

Emma K. A. Schmidt and Pamela J. F. Raposo and Abel Torres-Espin and Keith K. Fenrich and Karim Fouad(2021). Beyond the lesion site: minocycline augments inflammation and anxiety-like behavior following SCI in rats through action on the gut microbiota . Journal of Neuroinflammation. 18. (1). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Emma K. A. Schmidt, Pamela J. F. Raposo, Karen Madsen, Keith K Fenrich, Gillian Kabarchuk, Karim Fouad (2021). What Makes a Successful Donor? Fecal Transplant from Anxious-Like Rats Does Not Prevent Spinal Cord Injury-Induced Dysbiosis . Biology.

Emma Schmidt and Pamela Raposo and Romana Vavrek and Karim Fouad(2021). Inducing inflammation following subacute spinal cord injury in female rats: A double-edged sword to promote motor recovery . Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 93. p. 55--65. Elsevier {BV}

Emma K. A. Schmidt and Abel Torres-Espin and Pamela J. F. Raposo and Karen L. Madsen and Kristina A. Kigerl and Phillip G. Popovich and Keith K. Fenrich and Karim Fouad(2020). Fecal transplant prevents gut dysbiosis and anxiety-like behaviour after spinal cord injury in rats . PLOS ONE. 15. (1). p. e0226128. Public Library of Science ({PLoS})

Abel Torres-Esp{\'{\i}}n and Juan Forero and Keith K Fenrich and Ana M Lucas-Osma and Aleksandra Krajacic and Emma Schmidt and Romana Vavrek and Pamela Raposo and David J Bennett and Phillip G Popovich and Karim Fouad(2018). Eliciting inflammation enables successful rehabilitative training in chronic spinal cord injury . Brain. 141. (7). p. 1946--1962. Oxford University Press ({OUP})

Paul A. Boakye and Emma K.A. Schmidt and Vladimir Rancic and Bradley Kerr and Klaus Ballanyi and Peter A. Smith(2018). Characterization of Superficial Dorsal Horn Neurons from “Tamamaki” Mice and Stability of their GAD67-EGFP Phenotype in Defined-Medium Organotypic Culture . Neuroscience. 372. p. 126--140. Elsevier {BV}

Abel Torres-Esp{\'{\i}}n and Juan Forero and Emma K.A. Schmidt and Karim Fouad and Keith K. Fenrich(2018). A motorized pellet dispenser to deliver high intensity training of the single pellet reaching and grasping task in rats . Behavioural Brain Research. 336. p. 67--76. Elsevier {BV}