Denise Mitchell

Denise Mitchell

Plain Language Summary Writer, Cochrane


Denise is Senior Copy Editor at Cochrane. She copy-edits urgent and complex reviews, and supports the Copy-editing Manger in ensuring the smooth running of the copy-editing service. Denise began working with Cochrane in 2013 as Editorial Assistant at Cochrane Wounds and has held several other roles, including being one of the original members of the Community Support Team and a Cochrane copy editor since 2015. Denise joined the Plain Language Summary (PLS) project as a PLS writer in May 2020.


Denise spoke at 'Virtually Cochrane', a virtual event we co-hosted with Cochrane Ireland in April 2021. Watch the recording Cochrane’s Plain Language Summary Project: what have we learnt so far?