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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Come meet some PhD Scientists who are leveraging their scientific backgrounds in communication careers
Emory University School of Nursing Room 201
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Sheila Tefft
Sheila Tefft, a senior lecturer in the Journalism Program at Emory University, was a reporter, editor and foreign correspondent for almost 25 years. She served as Journalism director 2000-2009. Prior to joining Emory, she taught journalism and writing courses at Louisiana State University. She spent 12 years in Asia where she was a correspondent and bureau chief for The Christian Science Monitor.
Sonya Collins
Sonya Collins is an independent journalist covering health care, medicine, and biomedical research. She is a regular contributor to WebMD Magazine, WebMD.com, CURE, Genome, Pharmacy Today, and Yale Medicine. Her stories have also appeared in Scientific American, Georgia Health News, and publications served by the Georgia Public Health News Bureau.
Quinn Eastman
Quinn Eastman writes about basic and clinical biomedical research at Emory. His coverage areas include cancer, neuroscience, cardiac and vascular medicine, respiratory health, immunology and transplantation. Eastman has a decade of experience wielding a Pipetman in biochemistry labs in the United States and Germany.
Chris Gunter
Dr. Chris Gunter serves as the director for communications at the Marcus Autism Center, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and as an associate professor in the department of pediatrics at the Emory University School of Medicine. She is a frequent lecturer on the editorial process for publishing in scientific journals, the changing landscape of publication and the importance of outreach and engagement using all media.
Karen Ventii
Dr Karen Ventii, is a medical communication specialist who is passionate about empowering the next generation of medical writers. Beyond her efforts to train and support the development of medical writers, she also runs a local medical communication agency, specializing in oncology.
Natalie Duggan
Natalie Duggan joined the CDC Foundation as a communications specialist in June 2014. She provides a wide variety of communications services for the Foundation and CDC including blogs, speechwriting, press releases, project management, graphic design and photography support.
JoAnna Pendergrass
JoAnna Pendergrass is a veterinarian and medical writer. JoAnna has worked as a medical writer in hematology/oncology, and has recently expanded her writing experience by writing veterinary-focused articles for wikiHow.com.
Nicola Hanson
Nicola Hanson is a senior medial writer with Envision Pharma Group. She has five years of experience in medical communications agencies partnering with the pharmaceutical industry, working on projects including publication development and medical affairs.
