Summer 2009

From the Chair

New members

Sci Comm news

Eurochat

Feature: The day CERN was more popular than NASA

Feature: Biding time

Feature: The importance
of good design

Feature: From around the world

Event Report: The
numbers game

Event Report: When lives are on the line

Event Report: The new media officers

Event Report: Achieving global coverage

Interview: Ian Sample,
The Guardian

Stempra newsletter

Welcome to our new members

On behalf of the committee I'd like to say welcome (or welcome back) to the following new members who have signed up since January:

Pam Beddard, Consultant at PBPR; Tamars Bennett, Press Officer at British Heart Foundation; Chris Bentley, Press Officer at Multiple Sclerosis Society; Alvaro Beteta, Account Manager with Waggener Edstrom Worldwide; Sophie Billyard, Press and PR Officer at the University of Portsmouth; Sam Bompass, from Bompas & Parr; Sarah Bougourd, Communications Officer at the Nuffield Council on Bioethics; Jane Brearley, Head of Healthcare at Waggener Edstrom Worldwide; Alison Cairns, Nutrition Communications Assistant at MRC Human Nutrition Research; Linda Capper, Head of Press, PR & Education at the British Antarctic Survey; Sarah Chidgey, Deputy PR Manager and Press Officer at British Computer Society; Oliver Christophers, Communications Officer at the British Science Association; Helena Clay, Senior Press Officer at St George's, University of London; Neil Coaten, Senior Consultant with Communications Management; Gordon Coutts, Press Officer at St George's, University of London; Sarah Day, Earth Science Communicator at the Geological Society; Clare Doggett, Communications Officer at the Society for Applied Microbiology; Simon Dunford, Press Officer at the University of East Anglia; Mairi Dupar from RSPB; Dr Nigel Eady, Science in Society Officer at the British Science Association; Sara Ellis, Communications Officer at the AMRC; Andy Eymond, Founding Partner of the Madano Partnership; Lisa Faulkner, Research Knowledge Management Intern at Cancer Research UK; Sarah Fenlon, Press Officer at the Alzheimer's Society; Eker Figen, News Service Manager at the AlphaGalileo Foundation; Ruth Francis, Head of Press at Nature Publishing Group; Laura Gallagher, Senior Press Officer at Imperial College London; Samantha Gibson, Head of Communications and Public Affairs at Ovarian Cancer Action; Dr Jenny Gimpel, Media Relations Manager at UCL; Melanie Haberstroh, International PR Officer at King's College London; Jessica Hamzelou, who is studying at Imperial College London; Dr Sarah Heaton, External Relations Officer at the Babraham Institute; Dr Jonathan Heras, Science Illustrator at Equinox Graphics; Rosanna Hill, Account Manager with Waggener Edstrom Worldwide; Andrew Hyde, Publications Manager at Public Library of Science; Rebecca Jenkins, Media Officer at the Royal Society of Medicine; Glenys Jones, a Nutrtionist at MRC Human Nutrition Research; Emma Kemp, Communications Manager at Eurosystem; Naomi Longworth, Account Executive with Waggener Edstrom Worldwide; Claire Macevilly, Communications Manager at MRC Human Nutrition Research; Dr Sinead Malone, R&D Communications Manager at Unilever; Holly Margerison, Nutrition Information Officer at MRC Human Nutrition Research; Natasha Martineau, Head of Research Communications at Imperial College London; Genevieve Maul, Communications Officer at the University of Cambridge; Owen Morris, a Consultant at Communications Management; Saeko Okada, PR Officer at Riken; Pauline Page, Director of R&D Communications at GlaxoSmithKline; Steve Palmer, Head of Press at Cancer Research UK; Timothy Parry, Senior Press Officer at Alzheimer's Research Trust; Susannah Penn, Account Executive at Firebird Public Relations Ltd; Dr Hazel Phillips, Principal Communication Scientist at the Environment Agency; Victoria Picknell, Press Officer at the Zoological Society of London; Hayley Raffill, Account Manager wit Waggener Edstrom Worldwide; Freeha Rafiq, Senior PR and Communications Executive with UCB Pharma; Rebecca Ramsden, Public and Media Relations Assistant at the Society for Endocrinolgy; Caroline Randle, Director of UK Corporate Practice at Waggener Edstrom Worldwide; Danielle Reeves, Senior Press Officer at Imperial College London; Emma Ross, Media Consultant with Apt 20; Ken Rundle, Head of Communications at the Scottish Agricultural College; Clare Ryan, Science Writer at the University of Leeds; Andrew Scheuber, Press and Public Affairs Officer at the Alzheimer's Research Trust; Norval Scott, Press and PR Officer at the University of Edinburgh; Henry Scowcroft, Web Manager at Cancer Research UK; Jeff Sharpe, Account Director with Waggener Edstrom Worldwide; Simon Shears, Science Press Officer at Cancer Research UK; Tom Sheldon, Press Officer at the Science Media Centre; Will Slater, Press Officer at the British Heart Foundation; Colin Smith, Press Officer at Imperial College London; Sarah Stanger, Account Manager with Tudor Reilly; Kosta Stefanov, News Service Manager at the AlphaGalileo Foundation; Tony Stephenson, Account Director with College Hill; Farrah Stevens, PR Communications Manager at the Animal Health Trust; Dr Dave Stevens, Director of Marrella Communications; Carys Thomas-Ampofo, Director of Ash Healthcare; Dr Steven Toole, Manager of Policy & Public Affairs at the Royal Geographical Society; Susan Tyzack, Communications Manager at BOC; Sarah Whitmarsh, Communications Coordinator at the School of Pharmacy; Sarah Wilson, PR & Corporate Communications Manager at CABI; also Zoe Cormier, Emma Mason, Wendy Moore and Mair Shepherd, who are all freelance.

Lucy Goodchild
Stempra Secretary
lucy@stempra.org.uk

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