Amy Markowitz
Contractor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Medicine

Amy J. Markowitz, JD is an editor, scientific writing mentor and instructor, and curriculum development consultant, with particular expertise in medicine and health policy. She is the Scientific Writing Faculty and Editorial Consultant for UCSF’s Clinical and Translational Research Career Development (K) Program, and provides editorial support as faculty for Weill Cornell's Career Development Program.

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She is the Academic Program Manager for the TRACK-TBI traumatic brain injury research network based at ZSFG. She provides editorial support to the University of Zimbabwe's Clinical Trials Research Centre, in concert with UCSF's Bixby Center. She served as the Project Editor to the UCSF Health Workforce on Long-Term Care Research Center. She has been the managing editor for 4 renewals of UCSF's CTSI program as well as other complex grant mechanisms.

Amy was a co-creator and founding Managing Editor of JAMA's "Care of the Aging Patient" section, and served in the same capacity for JAMA’s “Perspectives on Care at the Close of Life” section as well as the Annals of Internal Medicine’s “Quality Grand Rounds” series.

Amy is an editor-for-hire for manuscript, book, individual investigator and multi-center grants, and curriculum development projects. She provides on-site writing instruction through seminars and one-on-one tutorials. In addition to her work at UCSF, she has served as writer and editor for such diverse clients as Google, the California HealthCare Foundation, and amFAR TREAT Asia’s HIV network, based in Bangkok, Thailand. She has developed an interest and expertise in assisting writers and researchers writing for English-language journals for whom scientific writing in English may be a barrier to professional progression, as well as for investigators with learning differences.

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Brain Injuries, TraumaticPhysician-Patient RelationsGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinGlasgow Coma ScaleTerminal CareUbiquitin ThiolesteraseBrain ConcussionAttitude to DeathPalliative CareTerminally IllGlasgow Outcome ScaleHospice CareBrain InjuriesGriefPost-Concussion Syndrome

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