Dr Sarah Young | Biomedical/STM Copyeditor and Proofreader
Oxfordshire, UK
- Website
- www.editscience.co.uk
- Job title
- Copyeditor and Proofreader
- Membership Grade
- Advanced Professional Member
About Sarah
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Sarah is a highly experienced copyeditor and proofreader, specializing in scientific, technical and medical (STM) editing, including academic peer-reviewed journals, reports, grant applications and training materials. She has over 20 years' experience in project management, several years working in the medical and healthcare sector (surgical oncology data management) and 9 years of providing copyediting and proofreading services to a range of clients, including Nature Publishing Group, The European Respiratory Society, The Lancet, Bone & Joint Journal, SAGE, Wiley, the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Oxford University Press and various NGOs. She has multi-disciplinary scientific (PhD) and medical knowledge and can grasp complex ideas quickly, conveying them clearly for a variety of audiences; she is particularly thorough in understanding and applying style guides and referencing. She is comfortable editing in US and UK English, as well as providing editing for authors where English is not their first language.
Media
Any Microsoft application (Word, SharePoint, PowerPoint), pdf markup, including on-line platforms (DigiEdit, Publishing at Work, EditGenie). Editing content for academic journals, including extensive figure markup, pre-submission papers, training course materials and presentations, reports, educational materials, company promotional literature, manuals, magazines, newsletters, theses and dissertations, online materials, including SharePoint and pdf, websites/blogs and grant/funding proposals.
Experience
- Freelance copyeditor and proofreader (2016 – present). Full-time since 2024. Clients include Nature Publishing Group, the European Respiratory Society, SAGE Journals, the Royal College of Surgeons, Oxford University Press, Bone & Joint Journal, The Lancet and various non-profit groups)
- Associate Director/Project Manager at Ricardo plc (UK) 2000–2004, 2008–2024
- Director of Development, Hawks Aloft Inc. (NM, USA) 2004–2006
- Oncology Data Manager, St James Hospital (Dublin, Ireland) 2006–2007.
Recent training
Health Editing (CIEP, 2025); Word for Practical Editing (CIEP, 2025); Medical Editing (CIEP, 2016); Proofreading and Editorial Skills (Chapterhouse, 2016).
Clients
MPS (Nature Publishing Group/Springer: copyediting various Nature Research Journals); The European Respiratory Society (production editor for ERJOR); Bone & Joint Journal; Sunrise Setting (proofreading and copyediting Nature Research Journals; SAGE Publishing journals; book editing for Wiley); The Lancet; The Royal College of Surgeons; Oxford University Press; Changing Markets Foundation; Germanwatch; Academic Language Experts; Guangzhou New Bridge Translation; Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP).
Subjects
- Biomedical Sciences
- Biomedicine
- Medical specialisms (oncology, immunology, respiratory, joint surgery)
- Environment/energy (sustainability, climate change, conservation, environmental studies, pollution, ecotoxicology, renewable energy, resource efficiency, waste management)
- Life sciences (anthropology, applied biochemistry, biotechnology, ecology, genetics, natural history, ornithology, physiology, zoology)
- Business (management, public-sector procurement)
- Health sector
- General sciences (academic, scientific writing, technology)
Qualifications
- PhD Detection of Aqueous Organic Pollutants Using Enzyme Inhibition Biosensors
- BSc Biological Sciences, 2.i (Univ. Nottingham, UK)
- Diploma in Applied Management
- PRINCE2 Practitioner (project management)
Testimonials
Sarah works with us for some clients with stringent quality requirements and complex styles, and is a very reliable and consistent partner. She can be relied upon to follow client briefs carefully and returns work well within deadlines.
Tim Williams,
Sage Copyediting Manager
Sunrise Setting Ltd
Brixham Laboratory, Freshwater Quarry, Brixham, Devon TQ5 8BA, UK
www.sunrise-setting.co.uk
Sarah has been working for us as a freelance biomedical copyeditor for over 3 years, and we have found her work to be accurate, consistent and timely. Sarah is always very willing to take on work at short notice and to help out wherever she can…all of which makes our job much easier.
Jessica Stock,
Copyediting Manager
Sunrise Setting Ltd
Brixham Laboratory, Freshwater Quarry, Brixham, Devon TQ5 8BA, UK
www.sunrise-setting.co.uk
We sincerely thank Dr. Sarah Young very much for her excellent professional copy-editing services, including copy-editing biological and medical papers for language problems, journal suggestion, editing for journal style, guidance to authors etc. She always does a great job and delivers her work in a timely manner.
Rock Lau, General Manager.
New Bridge Translation (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd., China
www.newbridgetranslation.com.cn
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