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Freelance Medical Writer | Microbiome & Metabolic Diseases | Bilingual English-Spanish Content Creator

Profile Summary

I have a PhD in Biology with 15 years of science communication under my belt. I now specialize in writing articles for the lay audience and peer-reviewed articles, creating patient-friendly educational materials, preparing slide decks and poster presentations, and many other freelance medical writing projects that require a solid understanding of the body-environment connection.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Comparative Physiology
• ☆ Endocrinology
• ☆ Metabolism & Metabolic Disease

Services

• Writing

Writing Medical Writing, Technical Writing, Copywriting, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Work Experience

Freelance - Medical writer

Balance MedComms

January 2017 - Present

Quality Control Coordinator and Laboratory Manager

Louisiana State University Agricultural Center - Aquatic Germplasm and Genetic Resources Center

August 2015 - August 2016

Postdoctoral Researcher

Louisiana State University Agricultural Center - Aquatic Germplasm and Genetic Resources Center

December 2013 - August 2015

Postdoctoral Researcher

U.S. Geological Survey and Texas Tech University

May 2012 - December 2012

Animal Physiology Lecturer

Texas Tech University

January 2012 - May 2012

Graduate Research Assistant

Texas Tech University

January 2009 - December 2011

Education

PhD Biology

Texas Tech University

August 2005 - December 2011

MSc Biology

Texas Tech University

August 2002 - August 2005

Certifications

• Drug Discovery

  University of California San Diego | Coursera

  https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/certificate/ZER98J5D4NTW

  November 2023 - Present

• Drug Development

  University of California San Diego | Coursera

  https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/certificate/U825QFZGUFV6

  November 2023 - Present

• Editing Mastery: How to Edit Writing to Perfection

  LinkedIn Learning

  https://www.linkedin.com/learning/certificates/15e4ed8da931c50169e642fe96e5faaf85b174f562515fdc6ab9103ce9486ffe

  December 2022 - Present

• Writing in Plain Language

  LinkedIn Learning

  https://www.linkedin.com/learning/certificates/cf605c1a4a6275a2aec113abf6fbf33a3c4a16438d319e1ba75abf5bf493dac7

  November 2022 - Present

• Writing in the Science

  Stanford University | Coursera

  January 2021 - Present

• Understanding Clinical Research: Behind the Statistics

  University of Cape Town | Coursera

  September 2020 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Blackburn, H., Torres, L., Liu, Y., & Tiersch, T. R. (2022). The Need for a Framework Addressing the Temporal Aspects of Fish Sperm Motility Leading to Community-Level Standardization. Zebrafish, 19(4), 119–130. https://doi.org/10.1089/zeb.2022.0006 .

Liu, Y., Torres, L., & Tiersch, T. R. (2018). Cryopreservation of sperm bundles (spermatozeugmata) from endangered livebearing goodeids. Cryobiology, 82, 49–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2018.04.009 .

Jenkins, J. A., Rosen, M. R., Draugelis-Dale, R. O., Echols, K. R., Torres, L., Wieser, C. M., Kersten, C. A., & Goodbred, S. L. (2018). Sperm quality biomarkers complement reproductive and endocrine parameters in investigating environmental contaminants in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) from the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Environmental research, 163, 149–164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2018.01.041 .

Liu, Y., Yang, H., Torres, L., & Tiersch, T. R. (2018). Activation of free sperm and dissociation of sperm bundles (spermatozeugmata) of an endangered viviparous fish, Xenotoca eiseni. Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology, 218, 35–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.01.006 .

Liu, Y., Torres, L., & Tiersch, T. R. (2018). Quality evaluation of sperm from livebearing fishes: Standardized assessment of sperm bundles (spermatozeugmata) from Xenotoca eiseni (Goodeidae). Theriogenology, 107, 50–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2017.10.037 .

Torres, L., Liu, Y., Guitreau, A., Yang, H., & Tiersch, T. R. (2017). Challenges in Development of Sperm Repositories for Biomedical Fishes: Quality Control in Small-Bodied Species. Zebrafish, 14(6), 552–560. https://doi.org/10.1089/zeb.2017.1426 .

Torres, L., & Tiersch, T. R. (2016). Amine reactive dyes: an alternative to estimate membrane integrity in fish sperm cells. Aquaculture (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 463, 71–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2016.05.031 .

Torres, L., Hu, E., & Tiersch, T. R. (2016). Cryopreservation in fish: current status and pathways to quality assurance and quality control in repository development. Reproduction, fertility, and development, 10.1071/RD15388. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1071/RD15388 .

Goodbred, S. L., Patiño, R., Torres, L., Echols, K. R., Jenkins, J. A., Rosen, M. R., & Orsak, E. (2015). Are endocrine and reproductive biomarkers altered in contaminant-exposed wild male Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) of Lake Mead, Nevada/Arizona, USA?. General and comparative endocrinology, 219, 125–135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.02.015 .

Patiño, R., VanLandeghem, M. M., Goodbred, S. L., Orsak, E., Jenkins, J. A., Echols, K., Rosen, M. R., & Torres, L. (2015). Novel associations between contaminant body burdens and biomarkers of reproductive condition in male Common Carp along multiple gradients of contaminant exposure in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, USA. General and comparative endocrinology, 219, 112–124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.12.013 .

Nilsen, E., Zaugg, S., Alvarez, D., Morace, J., Waite, I., Counihan, T., Hardiman, J., Torres, L., Patiño, R., Mesa, M., & Grove, R. (2014). Contaminants of legacy and emerging concern in largescale suckers (Catostomus macrocheilus) and the foodweb in the lower Columbia River, Oregon and Washington, USA. The Science of the total environment, 484, 344–352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.012 .

Jenkins, J. A., Olivier, H. M., Draugelis-Dale, R. O., Eilts, B. E., Torres, L., Patiño, R., Nilsen, E., & Goodbred, S. L. (2014). Assessing reproductive and endocrine parameters in male largescale suckers (Catostomus macrocheilus) along a contaminant gradient in the lower Columbia River, USA. The Science of the total environment, 484, 365–378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.097 .

Torres, L., Nilsen, E., Grove, R., & Patiño, R. (2014). Health status of Largescale Sucker (Catostomus macrocheilus) collected along an organic contaminant gradient in the lower Columbia River, Oregon and Washington, USA. The Science of the total environment, 484, 353–364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.112 .

Torres, L., Orazio, C. E., Peterman, P. H., & Patiño, R. (2013). Effects of dietary exposure to brominated flame retardant BDE-47 on thyroid condition, gonadal development and growth of zebrafish. Fish physiology and biochemistry, 39(5), 1115–1128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10695-012-9768-0 .

Patiño R, Michael Rosen, Orsak EL, Steven Goodbred, May TW, Alvarez D, Echols KR, Wieser CM, Ruessler S, Torres L (2011). Patterns of metal composition and biological condition and their association in male common carp across an environmental contaminant gradient in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada and Arizona, USA . The Science of the total environment.

Mukhi, S., Torres, L., & Patiño, R. (2007). Effects of larval-juvenile treatment with perchlorate and co-treatment with thyroxine on zebrafish sex ratios. General and comparative endocrinology, 150(3), 486–494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.11.013 .

Torres, L. E., & Rylander, K. (2006). Diversity and abundance of littoral cladocerans and copepods in nine Ecuadorian highland lakes. Revista de biologia tropical, 54(1), 131–137. https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v54i1.13983 .