This HEALTHYWORDS site provides a quick insight into the activities of Dr. Diana A. Taylor, MSc, Berlin.

As readers might quickly gather, I am a professional scientist – trained in the area of Nuclear Physics (Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden) – with recent post-graduate MSc success in the U.K. (Pharmaceutical Information Management). I am currently based in the Berlin offices of International Scientific  Services of PAREXEL.

I am also a Certified Translator, gained while studying and living in Dresden. As far as professional career goes, I have over twenty years experience in the area of drug development (sales training, marketing, product development in Europe, and the Middle East).

Amongst other things, I am also member of the European Medical Writers Association (EMWA), so a special Spring welcome is extended to fellow members who might be dropping in.

INTERNATIONAL SCOPE

My full-time positions have been enhanced by my own series of workshops, conference speeches and on-site training, in the U.S. (DIA, San Francisco, 2004 & Philadelphia, 2005), marcusevans international (Germany) IIR/Informa Life Sciences (Germany, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Czech Republic UK, & Poland), as Guest Lecturer to the Mentorrinennetzerk, Bio-zentrum (J. W. Goethe University of Frankfurt/Main, picture, below) and Geny Research (Moscow, below). IN addtion to the above, as of November 2008 I am registered as Guest Workshop Leader/Speaker with Berlin Seminars (GCP).

Feedback responses from the London 2008 Informa conference on Metrics in which I was an invited speaker:-

“Very well structured, talented speakers and positive brainstorming on a complex topic.”
(Merck Serono International SA, 2008 delegate)

“Heightened my awareness of the need to define metrics and other measures to improve the quality and performance of our clinical studies.” (Cordis Clinical Research Europe, 2008 delegate)

“Interesting opportunity to gather case studies and learnings from other companies on performance metrics.” (F Hoffmann-La Roche AG, 2008 delegate)

SAMPLE UPDATES: 2006-2008

Similar and related activities since 2006 have and will include:

- the second SHAPE-UP Workshop Programme at the Mentorinennetzwerk, Bio.Zentrum, University of Frankfurt/Main. The COURSE DESCRIPTION & FEEDBACK from this and the 2004 programme is here

- a series of talks on career development for the PhD students of the International Max Planck Research School (as arranged by the Max-Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main) in Dresden, October 2006

- guest lecturing on teamwork and its implications on the development of the Clinical Study Report (PAREXEL Akademie, Berlin, Germany)

- two talks in Budapest in both April and May 2007 for Informa, Life Sciences UK: DAT Budapest Testing o7, followed by a sudden call to talk at the the Prague Generics Summit in November, 2007 (picture below).

- a February 2008 conference talk on Metrics in Medical Writing in London, U.K. A reflective commentary based on this talk has been published here: http://www.weltexpress.info/index.php?artikel_id=87102&lan=en&rubrik=5

- a March 2008 workshop in support of the MA programme in Consumer Health Care, as led by Professor Dr. Marion Schaefer of Berlin`s prestigious Charité, Universitätsmedizin.

- and, for December 2008, an invitation to Bayer Headquarters, Basel to present a programme of lectures and seminars on best practice in Medical Writing. More details on this on the dedicated page above.

2006: ‘Healthywords…’, the book is published

My research and industry insights have provided the background for my 2006 book publication, “Healthywords…” which has been published by Tectum Verlag in Germany.

A 2007 review of the book has been published in the Journal of the European Medical Writers Association (Vol. 16, # 2, 2007, p. 89). Written by Karen Shashok, it can be accessed here:hw-review.pdf.

In Cyberspace with the DIA

Finally, I am an active and engaged member on numerous SIAC Committees of the DIA (Drug Information Association) that regularly convene at Conferences and in cyberspace:- “SIACs provide a forum for volunteers to network and exchange information. SIACs also assist DIA in identifying professional development needs in particular interest areas and in providing information to members in career and professional development, to meet those needs”.

Those committess to which I regularly contribute are:

• GCP/QA (Good Clinical Practice & Quality Assurance)

• MW (Medical Writing)

• PET (Professional Education & Training)

• MedCom (Medical Communication)

FUTURES

Thank you for visiting and reading. I look forward to hearing from colleagues – in German, English, Bulgarian or Russian – for future collaborations.

My Twitter updates are here: http://twitter.com/HEALTHYWORDS