Constance
YoungMedical, Health and Lifestyle Writer
Constance
Young
Medical, Health and Lifestyle Writer
Contents: Pricing, Staff Positions (full-time), Professional Affiliations, Awards -- and Contact Constance
MY PROFILE AND PRICING
Prices are negotiable and are dependant on the size, complexity, and immediacy of the project. (Barters considered.)
Project rates: Negotiable
Per word: For medical writing assignments: $1.00/word
Hourly rates:
Medical writing: $45-75/hour
Line and developmental editing -- minimum $32/hour
Medical proofreading -- minimum $22/hour
Other subject matter and articles negotiable
Editorial Director, Inter Medical Communications, custom projects division of Medical Tribune, Inc. (1992-1994)
Publications Manager, Health Education Technologies -- a special projects company in the health care field (1989-1992)
Associate Editor, Laboratory Management magazine (Nature Publishing) (1987-1989)
Director, National Research Information Center (1985-1987). Set up database of alcohol and drug abuse research using animals. Completed book Alcoholic Rats which was co-authored with Murry Cohen, MD, and wrote articles on alcohol research based on these findings
Coordinator, Medical Research Modernization Committee (funded by Friends of Animals) (1983-1985) -- a committee of scientists, physicians and other healthcare professionals. Recruited members, wrote brochures and promotional literature, acted as press agent and administrator.
Senior Science Writer, J. Walter Thompson, advtg. (Deltakos div.) (1979-1980)
Senior Writer, Parke-Davis Co. (div. Warner-Lambert Co.) (1978-1979)
Audiovisual Expert/Editor, Roosevelt Hospital, NY Dept. of Psychiatry (1976-77)
Writer, William Douglas McAdams Co. (1967-71)
Medical Information Specialist, Ciba GeigyCo. (was Geigy Pharmaceutical Co.) (1965-67) Provided information on company products. Abstracted data on assigned products
Research Technician, Columbia Presbyterian Med. Ctr., Inst. of Ophthalmology (1960-62)
Professional Affiliations and Memberships
(past) Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) member, Brooklyn VA Hospital
Editorial Freelancers Association
National Association of Science Writers
National Writers Union
Awards
Winner of four CAPA awards for excellence in cable TV production
Education
Columbia University, BS; Syracuse University
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To contact Constance Young conncat@taconic.net
30 Myrtle Avenue, Pine Plains, New York 12567 USA
518-398-6339
Constance Young is a medical, health and lifestyle writer, editor and ghostwriter specializing in writing and ghostwriting as well as substantive editing of books, articles, essays, newsletters and monographs on health, medicine, animals, lifestyles and the environment. Contact us for a single (or multiple) book, article, essay, newsletter or monograph - we can help.