The Northern California chapter is one of twenty regional chapters of the American Medical Writers Association. With almost 250 members in Northern California, Nevada, and Hawaii, it has been an active and thriving chapter for over twenty years. AMWA members are an integral part of Northern California's large and dynamic medical products industry, as well as its eminent medical research and medical education communities. Learn more.
WHAT'S NEW?
UPCOMING CHAPTER MEETING JANUARY 28, 2012
Saturday, January 28, Delancey Street Restaurant in San Francisco:
Arushi Sinha, PhD, a Northern California Chapter member and a publisher in her own right, will talk about publishing, from journal articles to books. Complete information and a link to registration on the EVENTS page.
SAVE THE DATE!
The 2012 Pacific Coast Conference will be held at Asilomar, CA, May 6-9, 2012.
Thomas Lewis MD, of the UCSF School of Medicine and the USF Fromm Institute, will be the Keynote Speaker. His topic will be the Psychobiology of Emotion and Human Relationships.
The list of workshops and open sessions can be found on the EVENTS page.
RECENT CHAPTER MEETINGS:
November 6, 1011:
A panel of experts, Jean Bedord, Kathy Long, and Myrna Faulds, showed us how to use the Internet to increase our productivity and find jobs, as well as other ways to further our careers.
August 20, 2011:
We had a fabulous potluck social August 20th at the home of our Events Coordinator Catherine Magill. It was such a pleasure to have a mixture of new and longtime members present!
Some highlights from the previous meeting with Dr. Aslanian and some interesting materials about integrative medicine are available on the EVENTS page.
November 16-19, 2011:
Those of us who were fortunate enough to be able to attend the recent National Conference in Jacksonville, Florida gathered for a Chapter dinner at a great Vietnamese restaurant, Indochine, and shared the insights gained from the Keynote speech, Open Sessions, and Workshops.
WE'RE INVITED...
...to network and to learn with our colleagues to the south: the Pacific Southwest Chapter. We have an open invitation to attend their meetings.
SITE MISSION
- Help Northern California AMWA members keep in touch with the chapter and with each other.
- Represent our chapter in the biomedical and communications communities.
- Help writers find the education, tools, and information they need to use the Internet and other publishing media effectively in their professional lives.
