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Member Spotlight


Meet Serina. Throughout her evolving career at Envision Pharma Group (which includes a new challenge for 2025!) Serina continues to write. She also finds time to be Treasurer of AMWA's Committee, and has a piece of advice that everyone should read! …


Erin Hackett is under the AMWA spotlight for December. Erin works as a freelance content and SEO copywriter specialising in corporate, technical, and medical communications. Read about how her nursing background, passion for creative writing, and maternity leave led her to where she is today! …


This month our spotlight is on Gauri Godbole. Gauri  is currently practicing as a clinical hospital pharmacist specialising in aged and palliative care pharmacy practice. She is heavily involved in creating education resources for medical, allied health and nursing professionals in her clinical practice as well in her consulting roles.

Find out more about Gauri and how she has created her own writing niche in the creation of continuing professional development resources. …


This month, Sally Bathgate is under the spotlight!

Like many freelance health and medical writers, Sally helps with a diverse range of projects needing a medical writer’s niche skills. She assists with things such as patient-friendly materials, web content for healthcare organisations/services, medical/health copywriting for therapeutic products, educational materials for HCPs. Sally has some very wise words, excellent advice and pertinent reminders for medical writers, so be sure to check out her full Member Spotlight interview here. …


Meet Nerissa, The Melbourne Health Writer. Her work helps national organisations, global companies and health practitioners connect with patients and consumers and be seen as a trusted health authority in their field. Read more about her valuable work and her medical writing journey here. …


Meet Sophia! She was a physio for 30 years before making the transition to medical writing, and now focusses on writing marketing and educational materials for health, medical and health tech businesses and organisations. Find out more about what prompted the career change, how she went about it, and what her days look like now! …


Michael gained his PhD at Otago University and then secured a postdoctoral research position at the University of Oxford. He is currently working as Scientific Director in the Melbourne office of Oxford PharmaGenesis, working remotely from New Zealand. His role mainly involves overseeing strategy and content development for scientific publications across several client accounts.
He shares more about his journey, and some very wise insights and words of advice, on our Member Spotlight page. …


Meet Lesley Cunliffe. Lesley is a freelance Medical Copywriter and Creative Director, working mainly in pharmaceutical advertising. She is also a new member of the AMWA Executive Committee. …

AMWA Webinar - Navigating Unethical Publishing Practices: Predatory Journals and Paper Mills

Join us on Wednesday, April 2, at 1:00PM AEST, for the first of our webinars for 2025. Prof. Virginia Barbour and Prof. Jennifer Byrne bring us 'Navigating Unethical Publishing Practices: Predatory Journals and Paper Mills'. 

This webinar will provide valuable insights and strategies to help you identify and avoid unethical practices in the publishing industry.

Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your knowledge and protect your work!

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