AMWA Carolinas Holiday Party
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
6:30-8:30 PM
City Kitchen,
201 S Estes Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Our annual holiday party is always our most popular event! It’s a great way for our members to network or reconnect with other medical writers in a casual, fun setting. Please consider joining us!
Presentation on Editing Your Own Work
Monday, November 14, 20166:30-8:00 PMTobacco Road Sports Cafe, 118 Environ Way, Chapel Hill, NC Hope Lafferty of Hope Lafferty Communications presented the lessons she has learned over her career as a science and medical writer and editor. By identifying simple solutions to common problems, writers at every level were given tools to improve their ability to edit, proofread, and finalize their manuscripts, grants, presentations, and technical documents with greater facility.
The talk covered the following topics
- Common Writing Mistakes That Are Easy to Miss
- Common Problems in How We Review Our Work
- Best Editorial Practices
Networking Event and Happy Hour
Date: Thursday, September 15, 2016
Location: Tobacco Road Sports Cafe, 1118 Environ Way, Chapel Hill, NC
AMWA Carolinas Chapter members had the wonderful opportunity to network and share tips to prepare for the AMWA Annual Conference in Denver.
Toxicology 101 for Medical Writers
Presenter: Tom Burns
Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Location: Rookie’s Sports Bar, 4911 Central Park Drive, Durham, NC
Tom gave a brief survey on the principles of toxicology and educated attendees on how to approach toxicology from a medical writing standpoint. This was a sneak peek into Tom’s presentation at the Medical Writing & Communication Conference in Denver this fall (see www.amwa.org/conference for details).
AMWA Carolinas 2016 Spring Conference
Our annual Spring conference was held Friday, May 6, 2016, at The William & Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education in Chapel Hill, NC and we had another great program this year. Thank you to our sponsors: UCB Biosciences, Synchrogenix and Impact Pharmaceutical Services!
2016 Pre-conference Dinner
Date: Thursday, May 5, 2016
Location: Tobacco Road Sports Cafe, 1118 Environ Way, Chapel Hill, NC
AMWA Carolinas Spring Conference attendees and AMWA members had a wonderful evening filled with delicious food, networking and socializing.
Unleashing the Full Potential of Microsoft Word
Presenter: Natalie Herr, PhD
Date: Monday, March 21, 2016
Location: Online
The webinar highlighted key settings and features in Word that are important for medical writing documents. Attendees also learned quick tips and shortcuts to increase efficiency during writing and formatting.
Natalie Herr, PhD is a Medical Writer and Consultant at Whitsell Innovations.
Happy Hour and Networking Social
Date: Thursday, February 25, 2016
Location: The Frontier, 800 Park Offices Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC
AMWA Carolinas Chapter members had the opportunity to drink Bombshell Beer Company brews while networking with other medical writers.
Nonclinical: Content, Organization, and Strategies for Survival
Presenter: September Mihaly, PhD, RAC
Date: Thursday, January 21, 2016
Location: Tobacco Road Sports Cafe, 1118 Environ Way, Chapel Hill, NC
The presentation included a discussion of the nonclinical sections of regulatory documents and strategies for their completion.
