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The March 10, 2010 Chapter Meeting

Topic:

    What Medical Writers Do

    Nancy Katz, Ph.D., will describe what medical writers do and what it takes to break into the medical writing field.

    Nancy will draw on her 14-year experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, which includes heading up the Medical Writing group at PDL and the Developmental Editing group at Genentech, as well as her current work as President and Principal Medical Writing Consultant of Illyria. 

    Nancy will talk with us about:

    • Medical Writing Projects: What medical writers do.
    • Medical Writing Competencies: What medical writers need to know in order to do what they have to do.
    • Medical Writing Jobs: How to get started, and ultimately hired, as a medical writer

Speaker:

    Nancy Katz, Ph. D.

    Nancy Katz, Ph.D., is President and Principal Medical Writing Consultant of Illyria Consulting Group, Inc. (www.illyriaconsulting.com). Illyria provides writing services for the biopharmaceutical industry, specializing in documents for eCTD-based submissions.

    Nancy recently completed a 4-year term as a core committee member of the DIA (Drug Information Association) Medical Writing SIAC (Special Interest Area Community) and now serves on that SIAC’s E3 task force. She is a member of the pharmaceutical content subcommittee of OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) and mentors writers through AuthorAid, an organization that helps researchers in developing countries publish their work.

Date:

    Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Times:

    6:00 to 7:00 pm: Networking, conversation & dinner
    7:00 to 7:15 pm: Announcements
    7:15 to 8:30 pm: Presentation
    8:30 to 9:00 pm: Conversation, follow up on job announcements
    9:00 to 9:15 pm: Clear the room; move conversations to the sidewalk

Location:

    Highlands Country Club,110 Hiller Drive, Oakland, California