Renee D. Pessin

President, Owner of RDP Editorial Consulting, Inc.

Manuscript editing, – substantive, copy editing, proof reading and anything in between – editing for proper English usage/syntax/grammar, organization and polish
Grant (mostly health sciences, biomedical and social science) proposal editing/editing
Dissertation editing
Book chapter editing
White paper writing/editing/referencing
Clinical Study Protocols writing/editing
Substantive editing
Copy editing/ proof reading for individual authors and for entire issues of specific journals
Project Management for large grant proposals

Journal articles – minireviews, brief reports, original manuscripts – including biomedical journals, basic science, nursing, psychiatry, clinical medicine
Book Chapters
White Papers
Clinical Study Reports
Literature Searches
Grant Proposals – editing/writing/ project management: including NIH (R01, R03, T32, K12, P30, P60, U01, U54, DP3 (individual investigator-initiated proposals, training grants, center grants)), DOD, NSF, and Foundations (Coulter, ADA, AHA)

Experienced Editor/Writer with Nursing background; 10 years in nursing
Peer Reviewed Journal Background – experienced working in offices of American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology/Metabolism and Endocrinology – 16 years in peer reviewed journal work as independent consultant
Specializes in working with non-native English speaking authors – 16 years editing/writing experience as a freelance contractor
Topics covered include basic science, nursing, and medicine with diverse experience in psychiatry, endocrinology and biomedical engineering – 14 years editing/writing experience as a freelance contractor
Experience editing for investigators from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Weill Cornell College of Medicine, Columbia University, New York University, Stony Brook University, University of Michigan, University of Kansas Medical Center, University of Kansas, University of North Dakota – 16 years editing/writing experience for grants, manuscripts, book chapters, literature searches
Experienced editing for investigators internationally from Turkey, China, Korea, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Malaysia, Egypt- – 16 years editing/writing experience as a freelance contractor
Experience with pharmaceutical enterprises includes writing white papers as preparatory work or FDA submission, clinical study protocols and other work

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Updated April 23, 2018