Ann Sutton
Website Manager/Newsletter Editor

Ann SuttonProfessional title & affiliation

Scientific Editor
Department of Scientific Publications
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Professional background

Ann has been in the medical editing field (and at MD Anderson) since 2000. Her duties include editing manuscripts and grant proposals and managing the OncoLog web site and Department of Scientific Publications intranet web site. She is the managing editor of the peer-reviewed journal Neuro-Oncology, the number one journal in its subspecialty and the official journal of the Society for Neuro-Oncology. She also manages the OncoLog internal and external mailing lists and is the department copyright and technology "guru." She occasionally writes for an internal department publication, The Write Stuff. You can follow her on Twitter @annmsutton.

Other and past professional affiliations/offices held

  • AMWA Southwest Newsletter Editor (2008-)
  • AMWA Southwest Web Site Manager (2005-)
  • Council of Science Editors member (2011-)
  • AMWA Southwest Membership Chair (2005-2008)
  • AMWA member (2000-)

Ann also regularly proofreads the AMWA Journal.

Education

  • B.A., English, University of Houston

Training/courses/certifications

  • Council of Science Editors' Short Course for Journal Editors
  • AMWA Advanced Curriculum certification (E/W)
  • AMWA Core Curriculum certification (E/W)
  • Working on AMWA Science Fundamentals certification
  • Mac OS X Help Desk Essentials (not certified)

Presentations/publications

  • Sutton A. Requesting permission to use copyrighted work. The Write Stuff 8(1), 2011.
  • Sutton A. "Selling" your grant proposal. The Write Stuff 7(3), 2010.
  • Sutton A. Online manuscript submission tips. The Write Stuff 7(1), 2010.
  • Sutton A. Inappropriate image manipulation. The Write Stuff 6(3), 2009.
  • Sutton A. Celebrating 60 years of Scientific Publications. The Write Stuff 6(1), 2009.
  • Carnes K, Sutton A. Mathematical expressions in Word documents. The Write Stuff 5(4), 2008.
  • Sutton A. Microsoft Office 2007 and you. The Write Stuff 5(3), 2008.
  • Sutton A. Proper use of articles. The Write Stuff 5(2), 2008.
  • Bertrand B, Sutton A. Electronic file types. The Write Stuff 4(4), 2007.
  • Sutton A. How Scientific Publications can help with your writing projects. The Write Stuff 4(3), 2007.
  • Sutton A. Needleless chemotherapy: Safety and efficacy of aerosolized chemotherapy being studied in young patients with cancer. OncoLog Sep 2004.
  • Sutton A. Researchers explore possible application of nanotechnology in cancer treatment. OncoLog Jul/Aug 2003.
  • Sutton A. Collaborative studies lead to better survival rates in young patients with rhabdomyosarcoma. OncoLog Mar 2003.
  • Sutton A. Emergency center provides specialized care for M. D. Anderson patients experiencing oncologic emergencies. OncoLog May 2002.

Quotes

“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.” - James D. Nicoll

"There are 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don't." - Unknown

"The Internet is not something that you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes." - Senator Ted Stevens