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  Porterhouse Medical Group is delighted to announce that Tom O’Sullivan has been promoted to the role of Medical Writer in our global scientific services team. Tom joined our Nottingham office in October 2020 as an Associate Medical Writer, strengthening Porterhouse’s scientific expertise with a PhD from the University of Leicester in the mechanisms of …

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  11 April is World Parkinson’s Day; this is a campaign established by Parkinson’s UK aimed at promoting awareness of a complex neurological disorder called Parkinson’s disease (PD). This is a disease that many will have heard of, yet understanding of it is still lacking. PD is the second most common neurodegenerative condition, after Alzheimer’s …

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Porterhouse Medical Group is proud to support World Health Day – A day created by the World Health Organization to raise awareness of priority health issues. The world is still an unequal place with many people living in a landscape of poverty and disease – a situation exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This World Health …

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  Porterhouse Medical Group is delighted to announce that Laura Hemmings has been promoted to the role of Medical Writer. Laura joined our global scientific services team in September 2020, with an MSc in molecular biosciences from the University of Bath and a BSc in biological sciences from the University of Exeter. Despite the challenges …

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  Porterhouse Medical Group is proud to announce that we have passed the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 14001 certification in environmental management. As part of our mission to improve lives, we recognise that we have a responsibility to the environment and to do our part in preventing the escalation of the climate crisis. We …

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  In the UK, March is Brain Tumour Awareness Month, an awareness campaign established in 2004 by member charities of Brain Tumour Research. The primary aim of the campaign is to raise awareness of the lack of funding into brain tumour research [1], but it can also help people to better understand how a brain …

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  Porterhouse Medical Group is delighted to announce a pair of well-deserved promotions in our Nottingham office. First, we are thrilled to congratulate Jessica Sale on her promotion to the role of Medical Writer. Jess joined our Nottingham based team in September 2020 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) degree from …

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  Porterhouse Medical Group is delighted to welcome Jack Bollins to our global scientific services team as an Associate Medical Writer. Jack graduated from the University of Bristol in 2017 with a BSc and a PhD in biochemistry. In addition to his academic qualifications, Jack successfully completed a 3-month internship at Learning Science in Bristol, …

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  Today, 8 March is International Women’s Day. A day to celebrate the achievements of women and raise awareness against inequality. To mark the day, our article raises visibility and celebrates the prominence of the amazing women in the healthcare communications industry and discusses the many benefits of gender diversity in the workplace. Gender diversity …

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  Plain language summaries (PLS) are an important publication enhancement to help non-specialist readers connect with healthcare and science. At the 2021 European Meeting of ISMPP, Porterhouse Medical Group’s Tony Ferrar and Emma Conran presented a poster entitled ‘How readable are plain language summaries?’ which examined the readability of PLS of medical articles. With the …

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  Today, it is common to hear discussions about heart health, brain health and even skin health, but perhaps less so about kidney health. Our kidneys are essential to our overall physical well-being and play critical physiological roles, such as balancing body fluid volume, removing waste products from the blood, producing erythropoietin (EPO) for maintenance …

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  Porterhouse Medical Group is delighted to announce that Luke Smith has been promoted to the role of Medical Writer. Luke joined our global scientific services team in September 2020 with a BA in English literature from the University of Warwick and experience working as an editor. Luke also has a BSc in biomedicine from …

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