Crystalline Writing, LLC

Clear. Beautiful. Science

Kelsey Hodge-Hanson specializes in communicating complex scientific ideas in clear ways. She enjoys working on projects that need robust, visually appealing graphics, and especially relishes the chance to partner with medical illustrators. As a trained biochemistry/genetics researcher, she is thrilled to delve into mechanisms of action to write about the important roles enzymes play in human health.

Kelsey primarily works in the rare disease space, where defective enzymes impact quality of life for real people. After completing a PhD in microbiology, Kelsey shifted her focus from bench research to scientific storytelling at a medical communications agency in 2019. While her specialty is data visualization and communicating the science of rare diseases, her projects have spanned dermatology, oncology, and neurology.

If you have a medical communications/medical affairs project you wish to discuss with Kelsey, please get in touch!

Kelsey@CrystallineWritingLLC.com

Medical writing specialties

  • Slide decks
  • Plain language summaries (PLS)
  • Graphical abstracts
  • Medical affairs/field resources
  • Publications
  • Publication planning
  • Meeting support/executive summaries
  • Scientific copy/mock-ups for graphic design professionals
  • Scientific platforms/narratives
  • Industry-sponsored symposia/presentations

Additional services

  • Fact checking
  • Desk research
  • Veeva annotations
  • Strategic workshop facilitation
  • Coverage for short-term leaves of absence (eg, medical, maternity) at or below principal medical writer level

Portfolio

Publicly-available works completed as a medical writer/associate scientific director:

Graphical abstract

Kwiatkowski et al. Deferiprone vs deferoxamine for transfusional iron overload in SCD and other anemias: a randomized, open-label noninferiority study. Blood Advances. 2022.

Plain language summaries

Linhart, et al. BRIDGE study:Pegunigalsidase alfa treatment for adults with Fabry disease. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2023.

Guffon et al. Long-term safety and efficacy of velmanase alfa treatment in children under 6 years of age with alpha-mannosidosis: A phase 2, open label, multicenter study. JIMD. 2023.

Manuscripts

Elwing et al. Patient Perspectives on Fixed Dose Combination Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Exploratory FocusGroup Research. Pulm Circ. 2025.

Vanderpoel, et al. Patient and caregiver insights into lung cancer treatment decision-making: an exploratory focus group. CMRO. 2025.

Juan et al. Optimization of the Care4Today Digital Health Platform to Enhance Self-Reporting of Medication Adherence and Health Experiences in Patients With Coronary or Peripheral Artery Disease: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Cardio. 2025.

Highland et al. Patient Perspectives and Clinical Insights Into the Diagnostic Journey From Connective Tissue Disease to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. J Rheumatol. 2025.

Bailey et al. Motivators and barriers to help-seeking and treatment adherence in major depressive disorder: A patient perspective. Psych Res Comms. 2024.

Authored publications

Magazine article

Hodge-Hanson. How I cultivated connections outside academia—and landed a job. Science. 2020.

Scientific publications

Tischler AT, Hodge-Hanson KM & Visick KL. Vibrio fischeri-squid symbiosis. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester. 2019.

Christensen DG, Marsden AE, Hodge-Hanson K, Essock-Burns T, Visick KL. LapG mediates biofi lm dispersal in Vibrio fischeri by controlling maintenance of the VCBS-containing adhesin LapV. Mol Microbiol. 2020;114(5):742-761.PMID: 32654271.

Irons JL, Hodge-Hanson K, Downs DM. RidA proteins protect against metabolic damage by reactive intermediates. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2020;84(3). PMID: 32669283.

Irons J, Hodge-Hanson KM, Downs DM. PA5339, a RidA Homolog, Is required for full growth in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Bacteriol. 2018;200(22). PMID: 30181125.

Visick KL, Hodge-Hanson KM, Tischler AH, Bennett AK, Mastrodomenico V. Tools for rapid genetic engineering of Vibrio fischeri. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018;84(14). PMID: 29776924.

Hodge-Hanson KM, Zoino A, Downs DM. Expression of pyridoxal 5′-phosphate-independent racemases can reduce 2-aminoacrylate stress in Salmonella enterica. J Bacteriol. 2018;200(9). PMID: 29440254.

Hodge-Hanson KM, Downs DM. Members of the Rid protein family have broad imine deaminase activity and can accelerate the Pseudomonas aeruginosa D-arginine dehydrogenase (DauA) reaction in vitro. PLoS One. 2017;12(9):e0185544. PMID: 28957411.

ElRamlawy KG…Hodge-Hanson K, et al. Der f 34, a novel major house dust mite allergen belonging to a highly conserved Rid/YjgF/YER057c/UK114 family of imine deaminases. J Biol Chem. 2016;291(41):21607-21615. PubMed PMID: 27539850.

Stuecker TN, Bramhacharya S, Hodge-Hanson KM, Suen G, Escalante-Semerena JC. Phylogenetic and amino acid conservation analyses of bacterial L-aspartate-α-decarboxylase and of its zymogen-maturation protein reveal a putative interaction domain. BMC Res Notes. 2015;8:354. PMID: 26276430.

Niehaus TD, Gerdes S, Hodge-Hanson K, Zhukov A, Cooper AJ, ElBadawi-Sidhu M, Fiehn O, Downs DM, Hanson AD. Genomic and experimental evidence for multiple metabolic functions in the RidA/YjgF/YER057c/UK114 (Rid) protein family. BMC Genomics. 2015;16(1):382. PMID: 25975565.

Stuecker TN, Hodge KM, Escalante-Semerena JC. The missing link in coenzyme A biosynthesis: PanM (formerly YhhK), a yeast GCN5 acetyltransferase homologue triggers aspartate decarboxylase (PanD) maturation in Salmonella enterica. Mol Microbiol. 2012;84(4):608-19. PMID: 22497218.

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