Michael Hanna, PhD, is an independent Medical Writer and Research Consultant from New York City. He has over a decade of experience consulting on study design, conducting literature reviews, performing statistical analysis, and writing and editing scientific papers across the spectrum of medical specialties. He has lectured widely in Europe and North America on medical writing and has mentored many researchers and medical residents on scientific writing.

Michael Hanna earned a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Cologne, Germany, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Cornell University's medical school in New York City. Previously, he earned a Master's degree in Psychology from the University of Paris VIII and a Bachelor's degree in Neuroscience and in French Studies from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, USA.

Prior to becoming a professional Medical Writer and Research Consultant, Michael Hanna taught at the University Hospital of Aachen, Germany. He also acquired clinical and scientific experience at the University of Cologne, Germany; the Raymond Poincaré Hospital in Paris, France; and other specialized clinics in America and Europe. He is fluent in German, French, and Spanish.

Assists clinicians and researchers in writing papers for publication in peer-reviewed scientific journals in medicine, health, and life sciences

A step-by-step guide from analyzing the data to writing each part of the manuscript to revising and publishing the paper

Includes careful referencing and an extensive annotated bibliography to guide readers to further resources in the vast literature on medical scientific writing

Introduction.- Part I: Preparing.- Ethics.- Reading.- Searching the Literature.- Sinnamon's Rule.- Protected Time.- The Outline.- Part II: Drafting.- The Introduction.- Study Aims.- The Methods.- Data Preparation.- Statistics: General Principles.- Statistics: Common Mistakes.- The Results.- Tables.- Figures: General Guidance.- Figures: Graphic Suggestions.- The Discussion.- Conclusions.- Aligning the IMRD.- Citing the Literature.- The Abstract.- The Title.- Part III: Special Types of Articles.- Brief Reports.- Letters.- Case Reports.- Literature Reviews.- Editorials.- Part IV: Revising.- The Need for Revision.- Build Good Paragraphs.- Edit Each Sentence.- Choose the Right Words.- Use "Plain English".- Cut it Down.- Revise the Abstract and Title.- Do a Two-Week Follow-Up.- Get Internal Peer Review.- Proof-Read the Manuscript.- Part V: Publishing.- Submission to the Journal.- Authorship.- Acknowledgments.- References.- The Cover Letter.- Peer Review.- Doing the Revisions.- The Reply-to-Review Letter.- Thanking the Journal Staff.- Dissemination.- Conclusion