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Last updated: 10/10/2025
Michelle McRae
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Profile Link: http://community.the-efa.org/member/michellemcrae
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  michelle@mcraeeditorial.com
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  I'm Michelle McRae, board-certified as an Editor in the Life Sciences.

With a PhD and postdoctoral experience in biomedical science and editing training (including the American Medical Writers Association Certificate in Medical Editing), I have the expertise to elevate your scientific and medical writing projects.

What I edit: Journal articles, grant applications (NIH and NSF) and funding reports, marketing and technical documents and press releases, book chapters, slide presentations, graduate student admission essays, faculty application materials, and health care advertising.

I work with scientists, clinicians, universities, agencies, companies, and journals. By applying established standards, I ensure your content is clear and precise while retaining your voice as the author.

I can edit using the following styles: AMA Manual of Style, 11th edition; Chicago Manual of Style, 17th and 18th editions; AP Stylebook; in-house and journal styles.

Services provided: Developmental editing, line/substantive editing, copyediting, proofreading, formatting citations and references, rewriting, fact-checking.

I regularly participate in professional development, and I ensure your content aligns with industry standards. As such, I am an active member of these editorial associations: Editorial Freelancers Association, American Medical Writers Association, Bay Area Editors' Forum, ScENe (Scientific Editors Network).

I also volunteer for the Academic Editing Chapter, Editorial Freelancers Association/Editors Canada, and for the Northern California Chapter, American Medical Writers Association.

Contact me here or at https://mcraeeditorial.com for a quote or sample edit.

Topics I have edited: Cell biology, cell culture, molecular biology, gene therapy, oncology, cancer, chemotherapy and radiation, neuroscience, neurodegeneration, genetics and genomics, animal models, prospective observational studies, multicenter studies, clinical trials, meta-analyses, gene and protein expression, protein structures, stem cells, COVID-19, electrophysiology, biosafety, Chinese medicine, infectious disease, laboratory methods, clinical and case methods, sleep studies, nanotechnology, inflammation and immunotherapy, and more.

You can view my recommendations and testimonials on my LinkedIn page and website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mcraeeditorial
https://mcraeeditorial.com
  Copyediting, Developmental/Substantive editing, ESL/Translation editing, Fact-checking, Formatting, Line editing, Localization, US-UK, Medical Editing, Proofreading, Research
  Aging, Biology, Health, Medicine, Medicolegal, Other, Parenting/Family
  Science editing
  Academic, Bibliographies, Bioethics, Dissertations, Health Professions, Science, Technology
  Academic Materials, Assessments, Blogs, Corporate communications, Dissertations/Theses, Ebooks, E-learning, Essays, Government documents, Grant proposals, Journals, Medicolegal Reports, Newsletters, Other, Promotional materials, Reference materials, Resumes and cover letters, Reviews, Technical materials, Textbooks, Training materials, Websites, White papers
  Adult, College, ESL
  English
  American Medical Association (AMA), Associated Press (AP), Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS), Council of Science Editors (CSE)
  Acrobat, Excel, Google Docs, Google Forms, Google Sheets, Illustrator, LaTeX/TeX, Other, PowerPoint, Word
  BELS (Board of Editors in the Life Sciences)
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