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Experienced Medical and Science Writer and Editor - Specialized in Oncology, Immunology, Gynecology, and Healthy aging

Profile Summary

I am a freelance medical and science writer with over 10 years of biomedical research and medical writing experience in oncology, immunology, and other medical topics. I obtained a MSc in pathobiology and toxicology from the University of Nijmegen and a PhD in Tumor Immunology from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. I obtained additional preclinical research experience as a postdoctoral fellow at BC Cancer studying cancer immunotherapy. I am highly skilled in writing grant applications, scientific manuscripts, protocols, literature reviews, expert consensus reports, ad boards, educational material, blog posts, and white papers. I am passionate about science communication and have enjoyed presenting my data at multiple national and international conferences and meetings, communicating science with young students during volunteering activities, and writing for various publications. I am a content writer for ACIR.org providing updates to researchers about the latest developments in the field, I co-run a blog for young women in STEM education and careers (thebiogirls.com), and work on various writing projects for different audiences. During my research career, I have managed national and international projects. Outstanding communication skills, teamwork, and adaptability to changing situations were essential for these projects to succeed. I have obtained leadership skills by mentoring and supervising undergrad and grad students, I planned and organized trainee career days for cancer immunotherapy conferences, and I advocated for the rights of postdocs when I was a vice-chair on the executive board of the Canadian Association for Postdoctoral Scholars. I look forward to working with new clients and help you reach your goals. Feel free to have a look at my website for further reference: www.wouterswriting.com, and find some of my online published work at wouterswriting.contently.com.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Oncology
• ★ Medical Sciences
• ★ Medical Writing
• ☆ STEM
• ☆ Coronaviruses
• ☆ Immunoassay
• ☆ Histology
• ☆ Statistical Review
• ☆ Immunohistochemistry
• ☆ Cytometry
• ☆ Cell Aging
• ☆ Science Outreach
• ☆ Vaccine Development
• ☆ Clinical Trials
• ☆ Allergy & Clinical Immunology
• ☆ Clinical Immunology
• ☆ COVID-19
• ☆ Clinical Pathology
• ☆ Immunotherapy
• ☆ Medical Terminology
• ☆ Inflammation
• ☆ Cancer Research
• ☆ Carcinogenesis
• ☆ Regulatory Writing
• ☆ Clinical Trial Protocol Writing
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Experimental Protocols
• ☆ SOP & Protocol Writing
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Blog Posts
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Grant Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing, Copywriting, Newswriting

Research Market Research, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis

Work Experience

Freelance Medical and Science Writer

Wouters Writing

January 2020 - Present

Blog writer and editor

The BioGirls

May 2019 - Present

Postdoctoral fellow

BC Cancer Agency Vancouver Island Centre

March 2016 - December 2019

Vice Chair Data management

Canadian Association of Postdoctoral Scholars

July 2017 - December 2018

PhD student

University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen

November 2011 - March 2016

Education

PhD (Obstetrics & Gynecology)

University of Groningen

November 2011 - March 2016

MSc

Radboud University Nijmegen

September 2009 - September 2011

BSc

Radboud University Nijmegen

September 2005 - September 2009

Certifications

• Good Clinical Practice (GCP)

  CITI Program, A Division of BRANY

  January 2020 - Present

• Health Canada Division 5 - Drugs For Clinical Trials Involving Human Subjects

  CITI Program, A Division of BRANY

  November 2019 - Present

• Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans - Course on Research Ethics

  TCPS 2: CORE

  August 2016 - Present

• Dutch government Article 9, Dutch Experiments on Animals Act (Wet op dierproeven)

  Dutch government

  August 2011 - Present

• Working with radionuclides level 5B

  Dutch government

  October 2009 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

et al., Banville AC, Wouters MCA, Oberg AL, Goergen KM, Maurer MJ, Milne K, Ashkani J, Field E, Ghesquiere C, Jones SJM(2020). Co-expression patterns of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell target antigens in primary and recurrent ovarian cancer . Gynecologic oncology.

Brunekreeft KL, Paijens ST, Wouters MCA, Komdeur FL, Eggink FA, Lubbers JM, Workel HH, Van Der Slikke EC, Pröpper NEJ, Leffers N, et al.(2020). Deep immune profiling of ovarian tumors identifies minimal MHC-I expression after neoadjuvant chemotherapy as negatively associated with T-cell-dependent outcome . Oncoimmunology.

Smazynski J, Hamilton PT, Thornton S, Milne K, Wouters MCA, Webb JR, Nelson BH(2020). The immune suppressive factors CD155 and PD-L1 show contrasting expression patterns and immune correlates in ovarian and other cancers . Gynecologic oncology.

Hagma H. Workel, Joyce M. Lubbers, Roland Arnold, Thalina M. Prins, Pieter van der Vlies, Kim de Lange, Tjalling Bosse, Inge C. van Gool, Florine A. Eggink, Maartje C.A. Wouters, et al.(2019). A Transcriptionally Distinct CXCL13+CD103+CD8+ T-cell Population Is Associated with B-cell Recruitment and Neoantigen Load in Human Cancer . Cancer Immunology Research. 7. (5). p. 784--796. American Association for Cancer Research ({AACR})

Maartje C.A. Wouters, Brad H. Nelson(2018). Prognostic Significance of Tumor-Infiltrating B Cells and Plasma Cells in Human Cancer . Clinical Cancer Research. 24. (24). p. 6125--6135. American Association for Cancer Research ({AACR})

Maartje CA Wouters, Brad H. Nelson(2018). Prognostic significance of tumor-infiltrating B cells and plasma cells in human cancer . Clinical Cancer Research. p. clincanres.1481.2018. American Association for Cancer Research ({AACR})

et al.(2017). Homologous Recombination DNA Repair Pathway Disruption and Retinoblastoma Protein Loss are Associated with Exceptional Survival in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer . Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Wouters MC, Laumont CM, Chen B, Han SJ, Matuszewska K, Potts K, Boudreau JE, Krawczyk CM, Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2017, 2017 .

Komdeur FL, Wouters MC, Workel HH, Tijans AM, Terwindt AL, Brunekreeft KL, Plat A, Klip HG, Eggink FA, Leffers N, Helfrich W, Samplonius DF, Bremer E, Wisman GB, Daemen T, Duiker EW, Hollema H, Nijman HW, de Bruyn M, Oncotarget, 2016, vol. 7, no. 46, pp. 75130-75144, 2016 .

Workel HH, Komdeur FL, Wouters MC, Plat A, Klip HG, Eggink FA, Wisman GB, Arts HJ, Oonk MH, Mourits MJ, Yigit R, Versluis M, Duiker EW, Hollema H, de Bruyn M, Nijman HW, European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990), 2016, vol. 60, pp. 1-11 .

Boudreau JE, Wouters MC, Krawczyk CM, Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2016 .

Dijkgraaf EM, Santegoets SJ, Reyners AK, Goedemans R, Wouters MC, Kenter GG, van Erkel AR, van Poelgeest MI, Nijman HW, van der Hoeven JJ, Welters MJ, van der Burg SH, Kroep JR, Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology / ESMO, 2015, vol. 26, no. 10, pp. 2141-2149 .

Wouters MC, Komdeur FL, Workel HH, Klip HG, Plat A, Kooi NM, Wisman GB, Mourits MJ, Arts HJ, Oonk MH, Yigit R, de Jong S, Melief CJ, Hollema H, Duiker EW, Daemen T, de Bruyn M, Nijman HW, Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2015 .

Wiersma VR, de Bruyn M, Shi C, Gooden MJ, Wouters MC, Samplonius DF, Hendriks D, Nijman HW, Wei Y, Zhou J, Helfrich W, Bremer E, mAbs, 2015, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 321-330 .

TY - JOUR T1 - CD20+ T cells have a predominantly Tc1 effector memory phenotype and are expanded in the ascites of patients with ovarian cancer AU - de Bruyn, Marco AU - Wiersma, Valerie R. AU - Wouters, Maartje AU - Samplonius, Douwe F. AU - Klip, Harry G. AU - Helfrich, Wijnand AU - Nijman, Hans W. AU - Eggleton, Paul AU - Bremer, Edwin Y1 - 2015/03/19 PY - 2015 N1 - doi: 10.1080/2162402X.2014.999536 DO - 10.1080/2162402X.2014.999536 T2 - OncoImmunology JF - OncoImmunology JO - OncoImmunology SP - 00 EP - 00 PB - Taylor & Francis SN - null M3 - doi: 10.1080/2162402X.2014.999536 UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/2162402X.2014.999536 Y2 - 2015/03/28 ER - 0 .

TY - JOUR T1 - Interleukin-6 receptor and its ligand interleukin-6 are opposite markers for survival and infiltration with mature myeloid cells in ovarian cancer AU - Wouters, MCA AU - Dijkgraaf, EM AU - Kuijjer, ML AU - Jordanova, ES AU - Hollema, H AU - Welters, MJP AU - van der Hoeven, JJM AU - Daemen, T AU - Kroep, JR AU - Nijman, HW AU - van der Burg, SH Y1 - 2014/10/29 PY - 2014 DA - 2014/12/02 N1 - doi: 10.4161/21624011.2014.962397 DO - 10.4161/21624011.2014.962397 T2 - OncoImmunology JF - OncoImmunology JO - OncoImmunology SP - e962397 VL - 3 IS - 12 PB - Taylor & Francis SN - null M3 - doi: 10.4161/21624011.2014.962397 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/21624011.2014.962397 Y2 - 2015/03/28 ER - 0 .

van Schooneveld E, Wouters MC, Van der Auwera I, Peeters DJ, Wildiers H, Van Dam PA, Vergote I, Vermeulen PB, Dirix LY, Van Laere SJ, Breast cancer research : BCR, 2012, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. R34 .

Size matters: survival benefit conferred by intratumoral T cells is dependent on surgical outcome, treatment sequence and T cell differentiation . OncoImmunology.

OTHER

Hagma H Workel, Joyce M Lubbers, Roland Arnold, Thalina M Prins, Pieter van der Vlies, Kim de Lange, Tjalling Bosse, Inge C van Gool, Florine A Eggink, Maartje CA Wouters, et al.(2018). TGF-β induced CXCL13 in CD8+ T cells is associated with tertiary lymphoid structures in cancer . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Maartje C. A. Wouters, Brad H. Nelson The Multifaceted Roles of B Cells and Plasma Cells in Antitumor Immunity . Cancer Immunotherapy Principles and Practice. Springer Publishing Company