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  Porterhouse Medical Group is delighted to announce that Mark Walker is now Partnership Development Director. This evolution in Mark’s career follows a successful five years as Business Development Director, where a key element to that success has been Mark’s ability to identify areas where we can work as close partners with our clients, rather …

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  There are estimated to be over 1 billion people in the world living with some form of disability, corresponding to about 15% of the world’s population [1]. In the UK alone, according to a recent survey, one in five people have a disability [2]. As well as facing considerable challenges in their daily lives, …

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To mark Mental Health Awareness Week and to celebrate being able to get together to work and socialise again, Porterhouse had a company breakfast in our offices.

World Lupus Day, held annually on 10 May, is a day for lupus organisations, health practitioners, researchers, and individuals with lupus across the world to collectively raise awareness of this incurable condition [2]. Here at Porterhouse Medical Group, we are adding our voice to this initiative by sharing our knowledge about this overlooked and potentially life-threatening …

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  With travel restrictions continuing to ease after the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s great to see face-­to-­face opportunities to meet industry peers, colleagues and clients on the rise again. However, while this change is welcomed, the past two years have seen huge innovation in virtual technology that has extended the global reach, accessibility and measurability of …

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  April is Stress Awareness Month in the UK. Established in 1992, the purpose of the initiative is to increase awareness of the causes of stress and how to help deal with the pressures of modern-day life. Stress can affect anyone from various parts of life, at work and in personal relationships, and it is …

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  Porterhouse Medical Group is delighted to announce the promotion of Steven Gibney within our global scientific services team. Steve joined our Nottingham-based team last November with a strong academic background, as he had a BSc in pharmacology and an MSc in bioscience from the University of Leeds in 2015 and 2016, respectively. He also …

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  Porterhouse Medical Group is delighted to welcome Shervonne Poleon to Porterhouse Medical US, as we continue to expand our global healthcare communications agency group. Shervonne joins our global scientific services team as an Associate Medical Writer. She has a strong scientific background, having received her PhD in physiological optics from the University of Alabama …

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  Parkinson’s disease is the fastest growing neurological condition in the world. Between 1990 and 2015, the number of people with this disease doubled to over 6 million [1]. This number is predicted to double again to 12 million by 2040, primarily because of an ageing population [1]. In the UK, the lifetime risk of …

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Porterhouse Medical Group is delighted to welcome Josh Ray to our global research, insights and evidence consultancy, Porterhouse Insights. Josh is joining the team as a Research Executive, having graduated from Imperial College London in 2021 with an MSci in Chemistry, where he focussed on the molecular imaging of G-quadruplex DNA for his final year …

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The Porterhouse Medical team were proud to attend this year’s ISMPP EU meeting on driving leadership and best practice in Medical Communications. Two of our medical writers also presented their posters on preprints and digital enhancements, based on research conducted jointly between Porterhouse Medical Group and our colleagues at integrated medhealth communication (imc), UK. Take …

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  In light of the horrifying situation in Ukraine and in support of one of our charity partners for this year, the Reading Refugee Support Group, the Porterhouse Charity Team have collated a few ways in which we can help the refugees affected by this crisis. Reading Refugee Support Group The Reading Refugee Support Group …

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