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Upcoming Events

Going Graphical: A Beginner's Guide to Producing Graphical Abstracts for Publication

Hybrid event

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

5:30 PM

Please register here by February 19, 2025.

Hilton Garden Inn Boston/Waltham, Totten Pond Road, Waltham, MA, USA

Imagine: You’ve finished editing the manuscript, gotten it through the peer review process, and been approved for publication. But now there’s just one problem—the journal editors have informed you that you must produce a graphical abstract before the article goes to press. If this scenario sounds daunting, you are not alone! In response to our increasingly visual and digitized culture, many of the most prestigious medical and health research journals now require graphical abstracts that can be used to promote their publications on social media. However, most medical writers are not experienced graphic designers. To help bridge this gap, this session will cover the process of translating a standard abstract into an effective graphical abstract that is both attention-grabbing and informative.  We will go step-by-step from the brainstorming process to the design phase while addressing both conceptual and technical considerations and challenges. During the session, you will get to create your own graphical abstract and practice giving and receiving feedback. No experience with art or graphic design is required.

Instructors: Heather Duncan, MPH and S. Patrick Murphy, PhD


You can attend this workshop in person or virtually on zoom. After the in-person event, join us for delicious appetizers and a cash bar while you mingle with fellow medical writers and enjoy extra time to converse with the amazing workshop leaders!


You will receive a zoom link once you have registered for the event.

Networking Event in Lexington

In-person event

Friday, May 9, 2025

12:30 PM

RSVP by Sunday, May 4, 2025 to Andrea Gwosdow at andrea@gwosdow.com or 781-641-2380. Feel free to call with any questions.

3 Maguire Road, Lexington, MA, USA

Everyone is invited to an outdoor AMWA networking lunch to meet colleagues, raise work-related questions, and share tips on medical writing.


We will meet outside in front of the building (3 Maguire Road, Lexington, MA) at tables. There is plenty of parking.


The cost is the price of lunch. The food hall consists of several restaurants. You order directly online ahead of time or in person. (We suggest online ahead of time because it is faster.) Then come eat together and chat!


To get there, take I-95 towards Peabody to Exit 49B for MA-4N/MA-225 W toward Bedford. Merge onto MA-225 W/MA-4N/Bedford St. Turn right onto Maguire Rd and left into the parking lot. Park and come meet everyone at a table in the front of the building.


Rain cancels the event and it will be rescheduled to Friday, May 16, 2025.

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