Alison Sherwin

Academic Background Dr Sherwin is an experienced scientist with a broad background in biochemistry and cell biology. Her PhD thesis at the University of Kent investigated microtubule bundling by bovine brain synapsin I, an important pre-synaptic nerve terminal protein. During her post-doctoral work, she expanded into cell biology and human health, and spent 10 years researching rheumatology, osteoarthritis, tissue engineering, and cartilage/bone development, maintenance, and repair at the University of Manchester, UK, and University of Auckland, New Zealand. She has broad knowledge of development and physiology in human health and disease, as well as experience with a wide range of techniques including cellular biology, molecular biology, and microscopy, among others. Publishing History Dr Sherwin has published approximately 10 peer-reviewed journal articles and scientific reports as lead author or supporting author, including those published under her maiden name (Bennett), during her post-doctoral work in the UK and New Zealand. She also undertook oral and poster presentations at several international conferences. Editing and Reviewing Experience Dr Sherwin resides in Auckland, New Zealand, and has worked for Edanz as a Full-Time Freelance Editor since 2002. During the last 20+ years, she has specialized in editing manuscripts in the Medical, Health, and Life Sciences fields, and has a wide range of editing experience in those areas, including papers on general health, surgery, surgical techniques, medicine, radiology, arthritis, bone, allergy, respiratory medicine, cancer, ophthalmology, dentistry, risk factors, public health, clinical trials, clinical trial protocols, Chinese medicine, and case reports, among many others. She has excellent writing skills and has amassed extensive knowledge for the requirements of journals and current topics of interest in many fields of clinical and biomedical research. She is adept at editing English to improve readability and clarify the meaning of complex research themes. She has currently edited more than 6,400 manuscripts for Japanese and Chinese authors, and has been the preferred editor for several journals, journal supplements, and conference proceedings.