Maggie worked as a laboratory technician for 17 years, with her last job being in the immunology department of the Institute for Child Health. After a short break to start a family she gained a degree in cell and molecular biology and started work as a freelance copy editor. During this time she became the technical editor of the Journal of Clinical Pathology and its Molecular Pathology supplement. Maggie has worked at the BMJ since 2005. She is responsible for editorials but also works on most other parts of the journal.

Competing Interests

Have you in the past five years accepted the following from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the BMJ?

Reimbursement for attending a symposium?
No

A fee for speaking?
No

A fee for organising education?
No

Funds for research?
No

Funds for a member of staff?
No

Fees for consulting?
No

Have you in the past five years been employed by any organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the BMJ?

Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation?
No

Do you have any other competing financial interests?
No

I have no competing interests/I have the following competing interests.
None