Professional Profile
Carrie Kahn is a Senior Technical Editor in ToxStrategies’ Client Services group. She has more than 20 years of experience in writing and editing, as well as in library and information sciences. She has worked in both the private and public sectors, including at scientific professional service firms and at public universities.
Ms. Kahn began her career in the textbook publishing industry, coordinating and analyzing academic peer reviews and editing manuscripts, correspondence, proposals, and budgets. Later, as a key member of a biotechnology licensing team at U.C. Berkeley, she generated and edited a variety of legal and technology transfer agreements. After earning her M.L.I.S. degree, Ms. Kahn served for 16 years as the sole editor and librarian for a scientific consulting firm specializing in exposure assessment, risk assessment, industrial hygiene, toxicology, and epidemiology. Her areas of copy and developmental editing expertise include expert opinion reports, peer-reviewed academic journal manuscripts and proofs, project proposals, conference abstracts and posters, and business development and marketing materials.
Ms. Kahn prides herself on bringing clarity, consistency, and readability to all documents she edits. Additional experience in academic fundraising, public libraries, freelance editing, and film criticism has made her adept at communicating complex ideas cleanly and concisely to technical, business, and lay audiences.