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Sampoorna Rappaz, PhD

@SamSRappaz

Scientific & plain language writing tutor @sci_ub_unibern @unibern, pediatric cancer researcher in past life @UZH_Science, Alum @UniversityLeeds , She/Her/Dr

Joined April 2009
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“Medical Communications and Writing for Patients” with section editor Lisa Chamberlain James including “Meet and Share session on protecting the public from undue harm during research studies: A report” by Sampoorna Rappaz @SamSRappaz #EMWA #MedicalWriting journal.emwa.org/biotechnology/…

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#ChatGPT affects #scientificwriting. Dr. @SamSRappaz shows in tomorrow's #CoffeeLecture the risks of using ChatGPT as a co-writer. Join us! 📅 Thu, 27 April at 13:00. 📍bib.unibe.ch/scimedCL (Zoom) @unibern @humsoc_ub_unibe @Tgw_Ub_Unibe

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Today's Poetry Thread: COMFORT This poem by Robert Bly has such power to comfort us in challenging times. Feel free to add poems.

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This by Derek Mahon RIP

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If you come across a bear, never push a slower friend down…even if you feel the friendship has run its course.⁣⁣


#RareDiseases Data Sharing Pledge for Orphan Therapies - Sign the Petition! chng.it/WHCDVFbq via @Change


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Webinar “Fact-checking: what medical writers can learn from journalists” @SamSRappaz @Official_EMWA, 16th February Info: emwa.org/education/emwa…

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EMWA members: learn about fact-checking at the MedComms Special Interest Group (SIG) Meet & Share session on Wed 21 Sep, 18:00-19:00 CET. with SIG members @SamSRappaz and @a_e_rosenberg #MedComms #MedicalWriting Email info@emwa.org to receive your invite

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The December issue of #MedicalWriting will be on "Open science and open pharma". With guest editors @MDDelahunty Tanya Stezhka and @ChrisW_PharmaG The deadline for feature articles is 1 Sep 2022 #openscience #openpharma emwa.org/news/medical-w…

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Save the date: Thu 15 Sep, 2-3pm CET The Sustainability and Pharmacovigilance Special Interest Groups #EMWAWebinar "Assessing and Reporting Environmental Risk for Human Medicinal Products throughout Development" by Diana Radovan and Liron Sarid-Krebs emwa.org/news/save-the-…

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It’s finally here! AN IMMENSE WORLD is now officially published (in the US at least). I’ve been working on this since The Before Times, and I’m thrilled that it now exists outside my head and my home. Here's a thread about what the book means to me. 1/

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[CW abuse, ableism] A horrific topic but interesting to see @BuzzFeedNews publishing a #PlainLanguage news article... I hope more articles of this style will follow! #Accessibility #A11y

Plain language version of @BuzzFeedNews investigation: Some People With Disabilities Were Abused And Neglected After Global Company KKR Took Over More Than 600 Group Homes buzzfeednews.com/article/kendal…



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Don't miss the #MedComms Special Interest Group's Meet & Share session on fact-checking. Wed 22 June at 18:00 Contact info@emwa.org for the link #factcheck #medicalwriting

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New preprint from @KispiZuerich @UZH_en dissecting cellular biology of #sarcoma #ChildhoodCancer "Single-cell mapping of tumor heterogeneity in pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma reveals developmental signatures with therapeutic relevance" biorxiv.org/content/10.110…


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Winner of the Geoff Hall Scholarship 2022 The Scholarships are awarded annually based on an essay competition, and the title of this year’s essay was ‘The Ethics of Medical Writing’. This year's winner is Sampoorna Rappaz. Congratulations @SamSRappaz emwa.org/news/winner-of…


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You may be hearing the argument that before the rise of modern commercial infant formula, babies all ate breastmilk and everything was great. As a historian of infant feeding, let me tell you why that’s not true.


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Have you seen the Arabian sand boa, Eryx jayakari? It's like if you asked a toddler to draw a snake

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Join us for the 10th EMWA Symposium at #EMWA53 Topic: Communicating with the Public – what has the COVID-19 pandemic taught us? Date: Thu 5 May Time: 09:00 to 17:00 CET Place: Berlin, Germany with the option to join online berlin.emwa.org/symposium-prog…


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I love that sometimes I’ll write something as a flip joke and the editor will actually leave it in. #goosefacts #birdbook #birdwatching #birds #birding

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