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Freelance Medical Writer with a background in clinical and basic research

Profile Summary

Medical and science writer with experience in regulatory and academic documents. I have a background in health research and teaching from McMaster University. My skills include writing and reviewing documents, literature research, statistics and science communication. I have proven expertise in therapeutic areas such as antibiotic resistance, asthma, cystic fibrosis, gastroenterology, gestational diabetes, group B Streptococcus, HIV, microbiome, obesity, preterm birth, and tonsilitis. Other expertise include biostatistics and data science.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Health Data Analysis
• ★ R
• ★ Medical Writing
• ☆ Computational Biology
• ☆ Evolutionary Biology
• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Microbiome Research
• ☆ Microbiological Assays
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Microarrays
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ DNA Sequencing
• ☆ Gene Expression Analysis
• ☆ Molecular Ecology
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Light Microscopy
• ☆ Electron Microscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Microscopy
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Data Processing
• ☆ Data Exploration
• ☆ Cluster Analysis
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Data Collection
• ☆ Machine Learning
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Meta-Analysis
• ☆ Regression Analysis
• ☆ Multivariate Analysis
• ☆ Nonlinear Regression
• ☆ Correlation Analysis
• ☆ Survey Design
• ☆ Statistical Review
• ☆ Bioinformatics
• ☆ Gene & Protein Expression Analysis
• ☆ Ecology
• ☆ Nutritional Analysis
• ☆ Clinical Microbiology
• ☆ Taxonomy/Classification
• ☆ Phylogenetics
• ☆ Microbiology Testing
• ☆ Preclinical Research
• ☆ Clinical Trials
• ☆ Clinical Trials Data Analysis
• ☆ Pediatric Gastroenterology
• ☆ Pulmonology/Respiratory Disease

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Medical Writing, Non-Medical Regulatory Writing, Copywriting, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Meta-Research, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Consultant/Owner

Write Science Consulting

January 2023 - Present

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

McMaster University

July 2016 - June 2023

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)

University of Waterloo

May 2002 - June 2008

Bachelor of Science (Hons)

University of Waterloo

September 1996 - June 2001

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Talha Rafiq, Sandi M. Azab, Sonia S. Anand, Lehana Thabane, Meera Shanmuganathan, Katherine M. Morrison, Stephanie A. Atkinson, Jennifer C. Stearns, Koon K. Teo, Philip Britz-McKibbin, et al. (2022). Sources of Variation in Food-Related Metabolites during Pregnancy . Nutrients.

Jennifer Stearns, Talha Rafiq, Sandi M. Azab, Sonia S. Anand, Lehana Thabane, Meera Shanmuganathan, Katherine M. Morrison, Stephanie Atkinson, Koon K. Teo, Philip Britz-McKibbin, et al. (2022). Sources of Variation in Food-Related Metabolites during Pregnancy . Nutrients.

Jennifer Stearns, Chiara-Maria Homann, Connor AJ Rossel, Sara Dizzell, Liene Bervoets, Julia Simioni, Jenifer Li, Elizabeth Gunn, Michael G. Surette, Russell de Souza, et al. (2021). Infants’ First Solid Foods: Impact on Gut Microbiota Development in Two Intercontinental Cohorts . Nutrients.

Kevin P. Foley, Soumaya Zlitni, Emmanuel Denou, Brittany M. Duggan, Rebecca W. Chan, Jennifer C. Stearns, Jonathan D. Schertzer (2018). Long term but not short term exposure to obesity related microbiota promotes host insulin resistance . Nature Communications.

Jennifer C. Stearns, Julia Simioni, Elizabeth Gunn, Helen McDonald, Alison C. Holloway, Lehana Thabane, Andrea Mousseau, Jonathan D. Schertzer, Elyanne M. Ratcliffe, Laura Rossi, et al. (2017). Intrapartum antibiotics for GBS prophylaxis alter colonization patterns in the early infant gut microbiome of low risk infants . Scientific Reports.

Jennifer C Stearns, Carla J Davidson, Suzanne McKeon, Fiona J Whelan, Michelle E Fontes, Anthony B Schryvers, Dawn M E Bowdish, James D Kellner, Michael G Surette(2015). Culture and molecular-based profiles show shifts in bacterial communities of the upper respiratory tract that occur with age . The ISME Journal. 9. (5). p. 1246--1259. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

OTHER

Chiara-Maria Homann, Sara Dizzell, Sandi M. Azab, Eileen K. Hutton, Katherine M. Morrison, Jennifer C. Stearns(2021). Investigation of the impact of stool collection methods on the metabolomics analysis/profiles of infant fecal samples . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory