Brandy Weidow, M.S. is a freelance publication specialist based in Nashville, Tennessee with over 6 years experience as a science writer and editor in academia, healthcare, and industry. Ms. Weidow has undergraduate and graduate degrees in microbiology, statistics, and English from The University of Tennessee, with additional training in scientific writing at Vanderbilt University. She did her thesis research in a multidisciplinary cancer biology laboratory, where she designed small peptide therapeutics for the adjuvant treatment of some cancers.
Ms. Weidow has worked in academic laboratories for many years, and has contributed to hundreds of successful research manuscripts, literature reviews, book chapters, funded grant proposals, patents, abstracts, posters, theses, dissertations, standard operating procedures, media releases, marketing materials, and many other pieces of technical literature covering a wide range of subject areas-–most notably microbiology, cancer biology, oncology, cell biology, matrix biology, bioengineering, immunology, biostatistics, and technology development.
Ms. Weidow is a member of the Council of Science Editors, the American Medical Writers Association, and the Society for Scholarly Publishing, among other academic associations. She is a native English-speaker, a prolific reader of the literature, and has vast experience collaborating with first-time and non-native English authors. She has a keen eye for detail, a strong work ethic, and delivers the best quality product possible every time.