Dr Nicholas Smith, PhD Biochemistry/Endocrinology, worked for several years as a senior medical writer at the international communications company Medicus International before joining the Edanz Group in 2008. Prior to that, Dr Smith was a Research Assistant at the Queen Mary, University of London’s Institute of Cellular and Molecular Sciences where he focused on the biochemistry of diabetes and related metabolic disorders and performed his PhD research. He has also been a Research Fellow at the London Sport Institute.