My name is Jim Hesson. I run Academic English Solutions. I am a freelance writer and copyeditor. I primarily revise scientific and medical manuscripts, including regulatory documents and FDA submissions, scientific journal articles, academic monographs (books), PhD dissertations, and NIH grant proposals. I have revised over 1,900 research papers published in various peer-reviewed journals. I am available for short-term jobs or long-term contractual work. To read more about my editing service, check out my FAQs page.  

 

My certifications and credentials:
I am a certified Editor of the Life Sciences (ELS) granted by the Board of Editors of the Life Sciences, BELS. I have earned a medical writing certificate from the Medical Writing Certificate Program  at the University of California San Diego, with a capstone project in Journal Article and Publication Development. Completing this program included 270 hours of coursework in the following classes:

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• The Drug Development Process 

• Understanding Oncology

• Designing Figures, Tables, & Graphs 

• Citations and Reference Methods for Medical 

• Communicating Real World Evidence

• Medical Terminology: An Anatomy and Physiology Approach

• Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) 

• Practical Clinical Statistics for the Non-Statistician 

• Grammar Lab 

• Introduction to Medical Writing and Editing 

• The Spectrum of Medical Writing and Editing 

• Applied Medical Writing and Editing 

• Ethics for Medical Writers 

• Capstone in Journal Article and Publication Development

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I have earned the American Medical Writers Association's Essential Skills 

certificates for medical writers. 

 

I have earned a certificate of Copyediting from the University of California at San Diego.

 

Link to my guidebook, English for Research: A Handbook for Brazilian Authors
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I am a member of the following professional organizations: 

The American Medical Writers Association  

 

Editorial Freelancers Association

 

San Diego Science Writers Association

 

Board of Editors in the Life Sciences

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ACES: The Society of Editing

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