With a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Biochemistry and Microbiology (University of Melbourne), and a PhD in Medicine (Monash University, Melbourne), I have worked as a medical research scientist (cell biologist in thrombosis haemostasis, diabetes, cancer) for approximately 25 years. Over the years, I have authored or co-authored 37 scientific articles, reviews and book chapters, and written numerous abstracts, posters and PowerPoint presentations. Other qualifications include a degree in Commerce (University of Melbourne), a Diploma in Education (La Trobe University, Melbourne) and professional training in editing (Holmesglen TAFE, Melbourne).

I have now worked as a medical and scientific editor for over five years, mainly editing biomedical manuscripts by clinicians and scientists from China, Taiwan, South Korea, Brazil and Japan. All manuscripts I edit are by authors with English as a second language. I myself come from a non-English speaking background so I have great empathy for people for whom English is not their first language.

Some of the articles I have edited have been published in:

• The Journal of the American Medical Association
• The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology
• Journal of Clinical Investigation
• Nature
• Blood
• Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
• International Journal of Clinical Oncology
• Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy
• Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia
• Digestive Endoscopy
• Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modeling

Marisa Gallicchio BSc(Hons), BCom, PhD, DipEd
Melbourne, Australia