Barbara Merchant Email and Phone Number

• Editor: Copy edited or proofed web sites, online courses, social media, biomedical research grant applications, books (academic, trade, medical, history, gardening, social sciences, natural sciences, biographies, theatre, and engineering), journals, newspapers, literary magazines, databases, trade publications, publicity brochures, physician self-test materials, and white papers; line edited technical, medical, and scientific copy for authors (ESL) and journals.• Writer: Wrote copy for web sites, online courses, social media, newsletters, newspapers, magazines, advertising supplements, books, or professional journals; created promotional materials (brochures, flyers, ads, radio public service announcements, and informative pieces) for nonprofit groups; wrote successful grant proposals for schools and nonprofit groups; translated scientific research articles into consumer health stories; wrote review articles for clinicians; researched and wrote biographical entries and sidebars for a political science encyclopedia; wrote press releases for a local history museum.• Production manager: Supervised design, writing, editing, and production of publications and online courses.• Writing coach: Helped writers with research manuscript refinement. Coached a high school journalism class. Tutored ESL students in language arts. Taught creative writing in homeless shelters and after-school programs.• Researcher: Researched maritime histories and archaeological sites, permission rights for published works, and references for medical and scientific texts.

• Edited and proofed content in a CMS for the online Health Illustrated Encyclopedia, a project of the National Library of Medicine, ensuring articles adhered to A.D.A.M. style. • Checked links and images.• Reported factual errors.• Researched batches of references and edited to fit publication style.

• Copy edited biogenetics vision research manuscripts for an online peer-reviewed journal, repairing grammar, spelling, and flow, and setting style.• Edited tables and figures. • Verified callouts matched in order and illustration.• Established a Molecular Vision style guide and documented journal-specific style and procedures.• Corresponded with authors.• Researched potential avenues for journal promotion and wrote prospective copy.

• Wrote health, feature, and arts articles for two community newspapers.