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BioMedical Science Writers was established in Rochester, NY, in 2006 and relocated to Montana in 2007. The founder of BioMedical Science Writers, Dr. Eric Milner, has over 20 years experience as a reviewing editor of manuscripts for numerous leading scientific journals, and served 6 years as an associate editor of the Journal of Immunology. He has been an academic research scientist for over 30 years. He has profound understanding of the “doing” of science and of scientific writing. He has authored or co-authored more than 90 scientific articles and abstracts. He has served on numerous grant review committees for the NIH and other organizations, including a 6 year stint on grant review committees for the National Arthritis Foundation. He has written and been the principal investigator or co-principal investigator on numerous awarded research grants and contracts resulting in over $16,000,000 in funding. He has been a member of the faculty of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY and of the Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, and has been an affiliate faculty member of the University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Dr Milner's skills have been honed over many successful years conducting scientific research, as well as writing, publishing, and editing scientific papers and grant proposals, and reviewing manuscripts and grants. In this, Dr. Milner is uniquely qualified. He will perform language editing of your manuscript—and will do it extremely well—but another important reason for you to choose to work with him is for the advantage that you gain from the mastery of scientific methodology, thinking, and writing skills that he brings to the task.

Reviewer for Scientific Journals



Reviewer of Grant Proposals

  • NIH Special Emphasis Panel 
  • The Wellcome Trust Ad Hoc reviewer 
  • NSF Ad Hoc reviewer 
  • USDA NRI Ad Hoc reviewer 
  • Arthritis Foundation Molecular Immunology Study Section 
  • Ad Hoc reviewer for U Washington Royalty Research Fund 
  • NIH NCI Ad Hoc study section 
  • Arthritis Foundation Molecular Biology Study Section 
  • Arthritis Foundation Biomedical Grants Subcommittee


  • Awarded Grants

  • NIH NIAID N01 Co-Principal Investigator 
  • NIH NIDCR R01 Investigator 
  • NIH NIAID N01 Investigator 
  • NIST Advanced Technology Program, Principal Investigator 
  • NIH NIAID R43 Principal Investigator 
  • NIH NIAMS R01 Principal Investigator 
  • NIH NIAID R21 [High risk/High reward] Principal Investigator 
  • National Arthritis Foundation Biomedical Science Grant, Principal Investigator 
  • NIH NIDDK P01 Sub-Project Principal Investigator 
  • American Cancer Society Research Grant, Principal Investigator 
  • NIH NIAMS R01 Principal Investigator 
  • NIH NIAID PO1 Sub-Project Principal Investigator 
  • American Cancer Society Research Grant, Principal Investigator 
  • NIH NIDDK PO1 Sub-Project Principal Investigator 
  • March of Dimes Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, Sponsor 
  • National Arthritis Foundation Biomedical Science Grant, Principal Investigator 
  • NIH NIAMS R29 Principal Investigator 
  • American Cancer Society Research Grant, Principal Investigator 
  • American Cancer Society Research Grant, Principal Investigator 
  • Arthritis Foundation Investigator Award, Principal Investigator 
  • Arthritis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, Fellow 
  • NIH Immunology Training Grant, Fellow

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    A more detailed version of Dr. Milner's  curriculum vitae can be found here.

    Journals that list language editing services of BioMedical Science Writers in their Instructions for Authors

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    Eric Milner, PhD
    Founder and editor of BioMedical Science Writers


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