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Tuesday, May 7 • 11:00am - 11:45am
Plain Language and Patient-Centric Communication: The Importance of the Patient Voice

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  • Explore the importance of plain language in patient communication and beyond and recognize its role in reducing cognitive burden for all stakeholders, including patients and healthcare providers 
  • Delve into the significance of developing patient-centric communications and its crucial role in amplifying the patient voice, fostering trust, and driving innovation in medical affairs 
  • Examine the ways in which medical affairs can effectively engage with patients and advocacy groups 
Moderators
avatar for Alia Bucciarelli

Alia Bucciarelli

Senior Director, Medical Operations, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Alia is a health communications leader with more than 20 years of experience in the field. In her career she and the teams she has led have developed innovative communication materials to lower cognitive burden and improve the usability of scientific information for health care providers... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Brian Scheckner, PharmD

Brian Scheckner, PharmD

Senior Director, Medical Communications, Neuroscience Franchise Global Medical Affairs, Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Brian Scheckner, PharmD has worked in the pharmaceutical industry since 1999, serving primarily in publication and medical communication leadership roles. Brian is currently Senior Director, Medical Communications, at Jazz Pharmaceuticals, as the Jazz neuroscience medical communications... Read More →
avatar for Dakota Fisher-Vance

Dakota Fisher-Vance

Associate Director, Global Patient Advocacy, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
Dakota Fisher-Vance received her B.A. in biology from Bryn Mawr College in May 2011 and a Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (F.A.P.) diagnosis two months later.Reluctantly, she traded in her post-college job for surgical gowns to have her cancerous colon removed. While working abroad... Read More →
avatar for Lori Neri, ANP, CMPP

Lori Neri, ANP, CMPP

Director of Scientific Communication, Global Medical Affairs, Insmed Incorporated
Lori Neri is a scientific communication professional with over 10 years of medical affairs experience. Her current position is as Director of Scientific Communications at Insmed Pharmaceuticals Incorporated. Lori has vast experience in rare diseases and small biotech. Past opportunities... Read More →
avatar for Sashi Nadanaciva, DPhil

Sashi Nadanaciva, DPhil

Director, Global Medical Affairs Oncology, Publications, Daiichi Sankyo
Sashi Nadanaciva has been a Publications Lead within Global Medical Affairs Oncology at Daiichi Sankyo since 2022. Before this, she was at Pfizer in a Global Scientific Communications role within oncology. She has more than 15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, with... Read More →

Tuesday May 7, 2024 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
Newport I
  Track: Medical Communications