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Demystifying AI Adoption for Medical Writing: An Interview with Núria Negrão, Part 1
Núria Negrão is a medical writer and AI adoption strategist specializing in continuing medical education. She has presented at numerous national conferences including the American Medical Writers Association, Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions, and Applied AI Summit, and has given workshops for numerous academic and professional organizations. She offers specialized AI consultancy, including strategic blueprints, advisory services, competency developm
Heather Duncan
Apr 105 min read


Teamwork Makes the Freelance Dream Work
When we meet other medical writers and public health professionals, we’re often asked the question “what drove you to form a business partnership?” While partnerships are common in other professions, we rarely encounter them in medical writing or in the public health consulting field. It’s a fair question to ask, so today we’re sharing why we believe collaboration is essential to the work we do as an organization, and also why we’d like to see more of it. There are several a

Heather Duncan and Patrick Murphy
Mar 234 min read


Understanding the Disinformation Space: What Health Communicators Can Learn from "Wellness World"
Image adapted from ContuEd.com licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 A couple of weeks ago, we attended the Society for Health Communication’s...
Heather Duncan
Jul 11, 20257 min read


Gain Knowledge, Gain Power: How to Invest in Yourself in a Time of Crisis
Recent cuts to the NIH, CDC, NOAA, and other federal agencies that support scientific research in the U.S. have thrown the scientific...
Heather Duncan
Mar 19, 20255 min read


A Guide to Giving Effective Conference Presentations
A few weeks ago, we returned from presenting at the American Medical Writers Association annual conference. We have already provided some...
Heather Duncan
Nov 29, 20244 min read


A Guide to Making the Most of a Professional or Academic Conference
It’s officially conference season in North America, and we recently returned from presenting at the American Medical Writers Association...
Heather Duncan
Nov 8, 20244 min read
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