Ms Sonia Susi Tamara Cutler

Membership Grade
Professional Member

About Sonia Susi Tamara

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http://www.sonia-cutler-editorial-services.com

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I am a highly experienced and recommended medical and scientific editor based in London. I specialize in medical and scientific editing and proofreading, but I have also edited and proofread work in other subjects, notably education, statistics and languages (Italian). 

Before going freelance as an editor in 2008, I taught terminology, lexicography and digital publishing on the MSc in Scientific, Technical and Medical Translation at Imperial College London for several years.

I have worked for several publishers. I have also worked directly with self-published authors and academics. 

I have edited books, journals, online materials, translated texts, doctoral theses, audio transcripts and slide presentations.

I am a senior associate of the Royal Society of Medicine. I am a member of the Faculty of the History and Philosophy of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London.

Subjects

Medicine (general; anaesthesiology; dermatology; endocrinology; genetics; neurology; otolaryngology; prolonged disorders of consciousness; psychiatry; psychopharmacology; reproduction; respiratory science); dentistry (implantology; endodontology); life sciences (general; natural history; ecology; conservation); biology (general; molecular/cell biology); statisticslanguages (Italian); history of medicine

Experience

Freelance copy-editor and proofreader since 2008; lecturer on the MSc in Scientific, Technical and Medical Translation, Imperial College London (2002–2008); coordinator of the Imperial College Translation Centre, Imperial College London (2003–2008); translation technology courses organiser, Imperial College London (2003–2008)

Qualifications and awards

Certificate of Advanced Study in Learning and Teaching; MSc Scientific, Technical and Medical Translation; BSc Animal Behaviour with Ecology and Conservation (First Class Honours)

Clients

Oxford University Press, BlueRed Press Ltd, The Open University, The Publishing Training Centre, Sunrise Setting Ltd, Nature Publishing Group, The Stationery Office, SAGE Publications Ltd, Toynbee Editorial Services

Training

  • 2015 – ITI Medical Network Workshop on Diabetes, Goodenough College, London
  • 2014 – Professional development day for editors working in the field of medical publishing  (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)
  • 2012 – Project management (Society for Editors and Proofreaders 23rd Conference, York)
  • 2011 – Creating e-books (Publishing Training Centre)
  • 2011 – Introduction to medical writing (Dianthus Medical and AAG Medical Writing)
  • 2011 – Introduction to web editorial Skills (SfEP)
  • 2010 – Working with XML (Publishing Training Centre)
  • 2010 – Advanced copy-editing (Publishing Training Centre)
  • 2010 – Writing and editing for the web (Publishing Training Centre)
  • 2009 – Professional copy-editing (SfEP)
  • 2009 – How the drug discovery industry works (ScienceInform Ltd)
  • 2009 – Editing medical texts (SfEP)
  • 2009 – Copy-editing problems (SfEP)
  • 2008 – On-screen editing 1 (SfEP)
  • 2008 – Brush up your proofreading (SfEP)

Specialised software

Adobe CS6 (InDesign, Acrobat DC, Photoshop)



Service(s)

Disclaimer note

The CIEP Directory of Editorial Services should be considered a point of first contact and prospective clients must satisfy themselves that members are capable of the work on offer. The Institute cannot be held responsible for the quality of work provided by any member listed in the directory. The members themselves are responsible for the maintenance and accuracy of their entries in the Directory and the CIEP has not made any attempt to vet them. The institute cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies in the Directory. Inclusion in the Directory as a freelance does not necessarily mean that the member is self-employed as defined by HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions.