| Spring is here, and AMWA Carolinas is looking forward to seeing you at our Spring events! It’s your last chance to register for our March 18 virtual event on clinical trial data, and be sure to grab Early Bird pricing for our Chapter Conference – prices go up on March 23. Read below for a recap of Emma Arigi’s thought-provoking discussion at our February book club, and our partner NCRAF also has a hybrid March event about patient-reported outcome assessments. |
| Early Bird Pricing for Our Chapter Conference ends March 22! |
| Early bird registration is now open for the 2024 AMWA Carolinas Chapter Conference, save $40 by registering by March 22! This year’s full-day, in-person conference in Chapel Hill will feature 2 educational tracks about leadership, regulatory writing, plain language, lean writing, and more! Check out our brochure and more on our Conference webpage. Date: Friday, May 3, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Location: Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC Early Bird Registration (by Mar 22): $100 Member/$140 Nonmember Regular Registration (by Apr 29): $140 Member/$180 Nonmember Student/Postdoc: $30 Registration page**if your employer is or will be a Gold or Platinum sponsor, please ask them if they have a free registration code for you prior to registering Please stay tuned to our conference webpage for details about a hotel room block and our preconference networking event that will be added soon! |
| Call for Sponsors: Chapter Conference |
| Sponsorship of our chapter conference is a great local public relations opportunity, an ideal place to recruit new writers or freelancers, and an important way to support the education initiatives of AMWA, a nonprofit organization. We offer a Freelance Sponsorship Package ($40) and 3 levels of corporate sponsorship ($150 Silver, $300 Gold, $600 Platinum). To see our Sponsor Brochure and submit payment, visit: 2024 Spring Conference – AMWA – Carolinas Chapter Please email Simone Otto at sponsorship@amwacarolinas.org with any questions. |
| Last Chance to Register! March Virtual Event Clinical Trial Data: How to Write More Than Just Numbers |
 Join us for a virtual session focused on the skills required to interpret clinical trial data. This interactive session is designed to elevate your understanding of how to convey the significance of data beyond the numbers in tables.This event will be presented by Kim Jochman, PhD, RAC, Senior Director of Medical Writing at Merck. Proceeds from this session will help AMWA Carolinas provide a reduced rate for students and postdocs at the Chapter Conference! Date: Monday, March 18Time: 6:30 – 8:30 pmLocation: Virtual (Zoom)Cost: $25Registration page |
February Book Club Recap and Chapter DEI Resource Survey |
Thanks to all who joined Emma Arigi’s virtual discussion of the 2024 Book Club Selection Under the Skin by Linda Villarosa.  We discussed important implications of health disparities for medical writers and what we can do to help educate others on outdated terminology and practices that contribute to these disparities. Slides from this event are available on our website here. Please take a look to learn more about this important topic! Do you know of helpful diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) resources for medical writers? One of the ideas from our book club group was to facilitate DEI education by creating a repository of DEI resources on our chapter webpage. You can help by submitting DEI resources you have found helpful to our list – article, course, video, book, website, etc! Submit your suggestion here: DEI Resources for Medical Writers |
| NCRAF March EventMeasuring What Matters to Patients: Use of Patient-Reported Outcome Assessments in the Regulatory Context |
| Speakers: R.J. Wirth and Rikki Mangrum, Vector Psychometric Group “Patient-Reported Outcomes” might sound simple, but FDA recently released a suite of 4 guidance documents on “Patient-Focused Drug Development” (PFDD) on how to appropriately design and use these types of clinical outcome measures to support safety, efficacy, and/or utility of a drug, biological product or medical device. What is in all of those guidance documents, and why do we need them? The talk will include the following objectives: – Definitions of “what matters to patients” and how patient experiences are studied and interpreted for PROM development – Types of evidence needed to support the selection of a patient-centered outcome assessment and justification of its use in the regulatory context (“fit-for-purpose”) – Practical guidance for identifying, selecting, and evaluating an outcome assessment, or how to know if a new assessment may be required Date: Tuesday, March 26 Time: 5:30 – 6:30 pm refreshments, 6:30 – 8:00 pm seminar Location: HYBRID, The North Carolina Biotechnology Center (Conference Center at NCBiotech) 15 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC Cost: Free for NCRAF members, $20 nonmembers Register: https://www.ncraf.org/ |
