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Chapter Meetings

The chapter holds six regular meetings each year between September and June – four in the Greater Boston area and two in Connecticut. Each meeting begins with a social hour, followed by dinner (or Sunday brunch in midwinter), then a program with a speaker, panel presentation, or roundtable discussions. The Will Solimene Awards banquet alternates each spring with the New England Conference, an all-day program of workshops. Informal networking meetings or tours may also be scheduled throughout the year.

Upcoming Meeting

September 24, 2008:  Dinner Meeting
Details coming soon.

Recent Meetings

Thursday, June 12, 2008 (Waltham, Mass.)
13th Annual Awards Banquet
Speaker:  Bernard Lown, MD

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 (New London, Conn.)
Forensic Science:  Past and Present
Speaker:  Dr. Henry C. Lee

Wednesday, April 9, 2008 (Waltham, Mass.)
Clinical Development of Drugs: The Writer's Perspective
Speaker: Debbie von Rechenberg

Sunday, February 10, 2008 (Waltham, Mass.)
Roundtable Discussions for Professional Development

  1. Moving into Medical Writing (Jill Shuman)
  2. Are You Cut Out for Freelancing? (Lonnie Christiansen)
  3. Satisfied Customers Keep Coming Back for More (Kevin Flynn)
  4. How to Edit Your Own Work (Constance Putnam)
  5. Substantive Editing (Mary Zoll)
  6. Feature Writing in Medical Communications (Nancy Knoblock Hunton)
  7. Money Matters in the Freelance World (Francesca Coltrera)
  8. Basic Science Writing Formats: CME Materials, Journal Articles, Posters, Abstracts
     (Andrea Gwosdow)
  9. Regulatory Writing (Linda Wood)
  10. Social Networking Table (Julie Martin, Debbie von Rechenberg)

Wednesday, November 28, 2007 (Lexington, Mass.)
Massachusetts Health Reform: What It Means for Medical Writers
Speakers: Melissa Boudreault and Maria Schiff

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 (New Haven, Conn.)
The State of Health Literacy in Connecticut
Speakers: Annamarie Beaulieu, MPH, and Christine Woolley

Wednesday, September 17, 2007 (Lexington, Mass.)
Why Medical History Matters
Speaker: Constance Putnam, PhD


Meetings for Program Year 2006–2007

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 (Boston, Mass.)
The Science Behind Writer's Block and Hypergraphia
Speaker: Dr. Alice Flaherty

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 (New Haven, Conn.)
Pfizer's State-of-the-Art Research Unit
Speaker: Dr. Howard Uderman

Thursday, March 29, 2007  (Lexington, Mass.)
Discussion of New Yorker Article ("What's the Trouble: How Doctors Think")
Facilitator: Lonnie Christiansen

Sunday, February 11, 2007 (Waltham, Mass.)
Roundtable Discussions for Professional Development

  1. Secrets to Writing a Business Plan & Meeting Your Goals (Helen Osborne)
  2. Money Matters in the Freelance World (Francesca Coltrera)
  3. Online Research: Mining Medical Information from the Internet (Lonnie Christiansen)
  4. Substantive Editing (Mary Zoll)
  5. Transitioning into Medical Writing (Jill Shuman)
  6. Writing CMEs, Journal Articles, and Abstracts (Andrea Gwosdow)
  7. Crafting Health Articles for Consumers and Patients (Nancy Knoblock Hunton)
  8. Technical Writing Opportunities in the Medical Device Industry (Aaron Federman)

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 (Lexington, Mass.)
Concepts for Communicating Health Issues: Learn from a Nationally Recognized Leader
Speaker: Larry Tye

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 (New Haven, Conn.)
Award-Winning Writer Takes Us Blogging
Speaker: Carl Zimmer

Wednesday, September 13, 2006 (Cambridge, Mass.)
Medical Writers in Drug and Medical Device Development: Roles and Regulations
Speaker, Linda Wood, RN, MPH


Meetings for Program Year 2005–2006

Thursday, June 15, 2006 (Waltham, Mass.)
Will Solimene Awards for Excellence Banquet (see brochure for award winners)

Tuesday, May 20, 2006 (New Haven, Conn.)
Explore the Evolving World of Continuing Medical Education
Speaker: Candace Hughes, PhD

Thursday, April 27, 2006 (Lexington, Mass.)
Epidemiology: Making Sense of Scientific Findings
Speaker: Julie Buring, ScD

Sunday, February 5, 2006 (Lexington, Mass.)
Roundtables to Spark Ideas and Advance Careers: A Joint Meeting with the New England Science Writers (NESW)

  1. Transitioning into Medical Writing (AMWA: Jill Shuman)
  2. Evidence-Based Medicine and Scientific Fraud (NESW: Carol Morton, Eugenie Samuel)
  3. Money Matters in the Freelance World (AMWA: Francesca Coltrera)
  4. Life Beyond the Medical Beat (NESW: Richard Saltus)
  5. Substantive Editing (AMWA: Mary Zoll)
  6. Writing CME, Journal Articles, and Abstracts (AMWA: Andrea Gwosdow)
  7. The Craft of Writing for Magazines (NESW: B.D. Colen)
  8. Development Writing 101 (NESW: Karen Kiewra)
  9. Turn Your Expertise into Words (AMWA: Lynne Lederman)
  10. Networking/Social Table (AMWA: Judy Linn)

Thursday, November 3, 2005 (Cambridge, Mass.)
The Art of Science Writing: Tales From a Reporter's Notebook
Speaker: Richard Saltus

Thursday, October 27, 2005 (New Haven, Conn.)
Making the Transition from Bench Scientist to Medical Writer
Speaker: Lynne Lederman

Thursday, September 8, 2005 (Lexington, Mass.)
From Piles to Files: Helping Medical Communicators Get Organized
Speakers: Allison Schnipper & Patty Bareford