News & Views: Press releases

  Porterhouse Medical Group  is delighted to announce that Tony Ferrar has become a Certified Medical Publication Professional after successfully sitting the Certification Exam of the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals. This exam recognises Tony’s expertise in the field of medical publications, and his commitment to developing ethical and transparent manuscripts, adhering to Good …

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  Porterhouse Medical Group is delighted to announce that Jack Gibbons has been promoted to the role of Editor. Jack joined Porterhouse’s meticulous editorial team in February 2020 with a BSc (Hons) in anatomy and human biology and an MRes in biomedical sciences and translational medicine from the University of Liverpool. Since then, he has become an extremely valuable member of the Porterhouse family, …

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  Many congratulations to our Senior Medical Writer Jennifer Shepherd, who has just had a paper published based on some of the findings from her PhD thesis. The paper, entitled ‘A molecular link between cell wall biosynthesis, translation fidelity, and stringent response in Streptococcus pneumoniae’ was published in the eminent journal, Proceedings of the National …

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  Porterhouse Medical Group is delighted to welcome Sarah Das Roy to our growing creative team as a Junior Creative based in our Reading office. Originally from Singapore, Sarah graduated from the University of Reading with a BA in graphic communication in 2020 and has since completed an internship in graphic design and video production. …

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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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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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  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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  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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  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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