Happy Holidays 2022

A festive holiday screenshot of Drs. Killian Kleffner, Dean Colston, Vanessa Saunders, and Rebecca Fein. Text reads Happy Holidays 2022 and A Flock of Scientists, LLC.

A festive holiday screenshot of Drs. Killian Kleffner, Dean Colston, Vanessa Saunders, and Rebecca Fein. Text reads Happy Holidays 2022 and A Flock of Scientists, LLC.

Season’s greetings from A Flock of Scientists, LLC! Drs. Killian Kleffner, Dean Colston, Vanessa Saunders, and Rebecca Fein wish you a joyful and safe holiday season. And here’s to 2023.

#AFlockOfScientists #HappyHolidays #EmpoweredScience #MedicalCommunication

Enabling People With Disabilities: Creating Accessible Electronic Documents

The cover of Medical Writing is shown with a decorative image. The text reads Volume 31, Issue 4 - Open Science and Open Pharma. Enabling people with disabilities: Creating accessible electronic documents. Author: Jeffry Ricker.

The cover of Medical Writing is shown with a decorative image. The text reads Volume 31, Issue 4 – Open Science and Open Pharma. Enabling people with disabilities: Creating accessible electronic documents. Author: Jeffry Ricker.

We at A Flock of Scientists, LLC, are pleased to share with you that our colleague Dr. Jeff Ricker wrote an informative article that was published in “Medical Writing,” the Journal of the European Medical Writers Association.

It is titled Enabling people with disabilities: Creating accessible electronic documents. https://lnkd.in/gnbKh5wv

You can download a pdf of this article at https://lnkd.in/gcVwpn9b

Congratulations Jeff!

#Accessibility #DisabilityAwareness #EMWA #MedicalWriting #OpenScienceAndOpenPharma

AMWA Southwest Chapter Roundtables Event

A screenshot of twenty people smiling on Zoom after attending the AMWA Southwest Chapter Holiday Roundtables Event. One additional member was present but had his video off when this photo was taken. Text reads an evening to discuss timely topics in medical communication. American Medical Writers Association Southwest Chapter logo was noted in the lower right-hand corner of image.

A screenshot of twenty people smiling on Zoom after attending the AMWA Southwest Chapter Holiday Roundtables Event. One additional member was present but had his video off when this photo was taken. Text reads an evening to discuss timely topics in medical communication. American Medical Writers Association Southwest Chapter logo was noted in the lower right-hand corner of image.

Greetings AMWA Southwest Chapter Members!

Thank you to all who attended the AMWA Southwest Chapter Roundtables Event on December 15, 2022. We had an interesting lineup of topics in medical communication.

I am most grateful for Damiana Chiavolini, PhD; David Stewart, PhD; Erica Goodoff, ELS(D); Kimberly Mankiewicz, PhD, ELS; J. Kelly Byram, MS, MBA, ELS; Julie Bradford, MA; Heather Hollen, MS; and Vamsi Ahobila, MD for helping ensure that our event was successful. I appreciate you!

And, of course, we are especially thankful for our roundtable leaders (Ludwig Frontier MD MS MBA DHSc; Reggie Wilson MS; ; Damiana Chiavolini, MS, PhD; and J. Kelly Byram, MS, MBA, ELS) for sharing their expertise and our attendees for participating.

To capture the moment, this screenshot shows some of our esteemed participants, distinguished roundtable leaders, and the AMWA Southwest 2022-2023 officers and board of directors.

Want to learn more about our AMWA Southwest Chapter? Visit us at amwasw.org

Happy Holidays!

Image Description: A screenshot of twenty people smiling on Zoom after attending the AMWA Southwest Chapter Holiday Roundtables Event. One additional member was present but had his video off when this photo was taken. Text reads an evening to discuss timely topics in medical communication. American Medical Writers Association Southwest Chapter logo was noted in the lower right-hand corner of image.

#MedicalWriters #MedicalEditors #HealthCommunicators #MedComm #ProfessionalDevelopment #AMWASouthwestChapter

Cheeky Scientist Association Meeting

Drs. Dean Colston, Annette Padilla, and Ray Hopkins standing against a colorful, festive background at Ajo Al's Mexican Cafe.

Drs. Dean Colston, Annette Padilla, and Ray Hopkins standing against a colorful, festive background at Ajo Al’s Mexican Cafe.

Although it turned out to be a rainy day in Phoenix, AZ, three of us from the Cheeky Scientist Association made it for a delicious Mexican lunch and some friendly networking.

Thank you, Dr. Annette Padilla, PhD, for organizing this event.

Our next event will be on March 4, 2023. University students are welcome as well as your colleagues who are PhDs, EdDs, DBAs, MDs, etc. Come join us! More details to come.

Image Description: Drs. Dean Colston, PhD, MA, Annette Padilla, PhD, and Raymond A. Hopkins D.B.A., standing against a colorful, festive background at Ajo Al’s Mexican Cafe.

#CheekyScientists #Networking #BuildingProfessionalRelationships