Welcome

You've arrived at the home page of the Indiana chapter of the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA). More than 5,400 biomedical communicators in the United States, Canada, and 26 other countries belong to AMWA, a professional association for biomedical communicators of all types. Here in Indiana, we have about 120 members. Some members work in pharmaceutical, health care, or academic settings; others run free-lance businesses. We meet about four times a year, and in the spring we have a conference where we offer some of AMWA's popular continuing education courses. If you'd like to find out more about our chapter, our officers and committee chairs are listed on the officers page.

Want to learn more about AMWA membership and its benefits? Just follow this link to the national organization's Web site: www.amwa.org.

Stimulating Events Coming your Way...

Increasing Complexities of Clinical Research: Drivers and What To Do About It

When:     Tuesday, May 15, 2012

              11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Where:    Barnes & Thornburg LLP

              5th Floor

              11 S. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN

Cost:      Free lunch and presentation

Registration (required): http://www.ihif.org/conference/register/14

What:     Clinical research is at the heart of drug and device development, but all parties involved are experiencing increasing pressures and complexity in the field of research.   Escalating costs, increasing regulatory requirements, difficulty accessing the right patient, new ethical issues, and more diverse and advanced technologies being studied are driving the complexity of clinical research.  Experts will offer tips and suggestions for navigating the regulatory, bioethical, and operational challenges with executing clinical research.

Speakers:

Gretchen Bowker RAC - Chief operating officer - Pearl Pathways

Jenna Sallee - Executive director - Orthopaedic Research Foundation, Inc.

Greg Manship M. Div., MT (ASCP), CIP, CIM - IRB Coordinator, Adjunct instructor in ethics - University of Indianapolis

Registration opens in mid-to-late June 2012.  The most popular workshops fill up on the first day of registration.  So start planning your schedule now.

Incorporating Your Business

WHEN:  Thursday June 7, 2012      1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT

WHERE:  Online webinar

COST:  Free; registration required

WHAT:  Lori Ann Fox, JD will present an overview of:

• several business entity types
• what you should consider when formalizing your business
• steps that are taken when forming a corporation or an LLC.

Sponsored by SCORE (Service Corps Of Retired Executives)

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Workshops offered throughout Indiana.  Topics range from communications, to computer software training, to management, to marketing, to personal development, to project management.