
Our team
A team of expert medical writers
Thanks to the increasing demands of our highly satisfied clients, our team just keeps growing!
Our medical writers are highly qualified scientists (mostly to PhD level) with expertise in a wide range of therapeutic fields and document types.
Many of our experts have previous experience of working within the pharmaceutical industry in various areas including medical writing, clinical and pre-clinical research, regulatory affairs, pharmacovigilance and project management. We also have a pool of preferred freelancer medical writers, Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) writers, statisticians, quality controllers and graphic designers.
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ADMINISTRATION TEAM Helen Baldwin
Catherine Hewitt
Hélène Sardet
Céline Masson
Kristina Corpet
Marianne Bonin
Charlotte Cunningham
Clémentine Almela
MEDICAL WRITING TEAM
Sarah Hopwood
Gaële Ducher
Magali Le Goff
Hannah Bartrum
Séverine Waterdrinker
Kathryn Hall
Dominique Helberg
Sue Tollerfield
James Kistler
Bryony Andrews
Sophie Walker
Lilia De Sequeira
Joana Fernandes
Jonathan Robertson |
Helen Baldwin
Director of ScinopsisNative English, fluent in French
PhD in Pharmacology (1988)
BSc in Pharmacology (1985)
EMWA President (2009-2010)
EMWA Vice President (2007-2009)
EMWA workshop leader (2005-date)
Helen created Scinopsis in 2006. She started medical writing in 1999 and has a great deal of experience in all types of regulatory documents and medical communications.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Medical Writer (1999-2006)
Freelance, France
Clinical Project Manager (1994-1999)
FDM Pharma, France
Senior Research Scientist (1990-1993)
Astra Neuroscience Research Centre, UK
Post-Doctoral Research Scientist (1989-1990)
Department of Neuropharmacology,
Scripp’s Clinic, USA
Helen has 31 publications
from her research career
CATHERINE HEWITT
Head of Business DevelopmentNative English speaker
BA (Hons) Journalism (1994)
Catherine joined Scinopsis in November 2018 and is tasked with heading up the Business Development function and associated commercial activities.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Catherine will contribute more than two decades of commercial experience within the biopharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare industries to the team here at Scinopsis.
Most recently, Catherine has spent eight years as a Business Development consultant, working with niche providers on their commercial and marketing activities.
Prior to that Catherine held business development positions in organisations including ICON Clinical Research, Covance, and Synexus.
Catherine has also worked in corporate communication roles and on patient recruitment strategies following her graduation in 1994.
Hélène Sardet
Business and Project ManagerNative French, fluent in English
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) (2003)
MSc in Clinical trials and Marketing (2002)
Hélène joined Scinopsis in April 2013. Hélène has worked in clinical development since 2003 and has an excellent understanding of the pharmaceutical industry having worked for pharma and biotech companies of varying size and structure.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Clinical Project Manager (2011-2012)
Galderma, France
Clinical Project Manager (2007-2010)
NicOx S.A, France
Clinical Research Associate (2003-2007)
Sanofi Aventis, France
Hélène has managed international Phase I-IV clinical trials in cardiology, central nervous system, rheumatology, dermatology and aesthetic areas.
Céline Masson
Business and Project ManagerNative French, intermediate in English
MSc in Veterinary Pharmacotechnics (2003)
MSc in Animal Physiology (2002)
Céline joined Scinopsis in September 2013. Céline has worked in clinical research since 2004 and has an excellent understanding of the pharmaceutical industry having worked for pharma and biotech companies of varying size and structure.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Clinical Project Manager (2010-2012)
Umanis, full time contract at Galderma, France
Clinical Project Leader (2009-2010)
Naturalpha, France
Clinical Research Coordinator (2004-2008)
Mediscis, France
Céline has managed international Phase I-III clinical trials in neurology, diabetology, nephrology, infectious diseases, cardiology, immunology, dermatology, orphan diseases and nutrition. Céline was involved in setting up a Phase I nutrition research unit and participated in the development of their quality system.
Kristina Corpet
Finance & Human Resources ManagerTrilingual in English, French and German
Degree in Hotel business
Kristina joined Scinopsis in March 2010 and is responsible for the overall management of Scinopsis' finances and administration.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Manager of reception and finance (2007-2009)
Pierre & Vacances, France
Export manager (1997-2001)
Câbles Industriels de Champagne, France
Management assistant (1994-1996)
Hertz France SA, France
Assistant Service Groupe (1992 -1993)
Compass Tours Incoming, Germany
Commercial assistant (1991-1992)
PCSL Software, Germany
Reservation assistant (1990 -1991)
HRS, Hotel Reservation Service, Germany
Marianne Bonin
Quality, Environment, Health and Safety ManagerNative French, fluent in English
BA in Commercial English and Spanish (1985)
Marianne joined Scinopsis in October 2017. She has worked in quality management, clinical research, pharmaceutical sciences and medical devices since 1996. Before joining Scinopsis, she spent 3 years as a consultant in quality management, implementing and maintaining quality systems in various types of companies. She also performed audits, training and coaching in the fields of quality, and health and safety.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
MABC, France
Quality Management Consultant (2015-2017)
Nicox, France
Quality Records Manager (2010-2014)
R&D Training Manager (2010)
Quality Assurance Specialist for CMC and Clinical Trial Supplies Manager (2006-2010)
Allergan, France
Investigational Supplies Coordinator (2006)
Quality Systems Administrator and Good Practices/Quality Trainer (2000-2005)
Quality Assurance Assistant (1998-1999)
Pharmalysis, France
Investigational Supplies Production Manager (1996-1997)
Freelance, France
Manager of a theatre company, Actress, Stage Director (1985-1996)
Charlotte Cunningham
UK Office ManagerNative English speaker
BSc (Hons) Environmental Protection (1999)
Charlotte joined Scinopsis in September 2016 and is responsible for the overall management of the UK office.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Project Manager and Patient Information Leaflet User Testing (PILUT) Manager (2013-2016)
Spectrum Regulatory Solutions, Horsham, UK
Project Coordinator (2011-2013)
Spectrum Regulatory Solutions, Horsham, UK
Sales/Office Administrator (2008-2011)
Networks Unlimited, Pulborough, UK
Helpdesk Coordinator (2001-2008)
Sykes & Son Ltd, London, UK
Charlotte has over 15 years’ administration experience within several very diverse industries.
Clémentine Almela
Marketing & Communication AssistantNative French
MA in Digital Communication (2017-2019)
BA Communication (2015)
Technical Degree in communication (2012-2014)
Clémentine has joined Scinopsis on a 12-month work placement as part of the Business Development team. Due to her creative and dynamic approach, Clémentine will be responsible for co-ordinating the marketing and communications activities including all digital output. This placement will form part of her Masters degree. Prior to joining Scinopsis in and around her studies Clémentine worked in a variety of communications roles.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Communication officer (2017-2018)
La Poste, France
Communication and Promotion assistant (2017)
Ed Universal, France
Assistant Press Officer (2015)
Town Hall of Montpellier, France
Clémentine has experience in digital communication; internal communications; event management, and direct marketing in additional to press and public relations.
Sarah Hopwood
Head of Medical WritingNative English, fluent in French
PhD in Neuropharmacology (2000)
BSc (first class honours) in Pharmacology (1996)
Currently enrolled in the EMWA
advanced professional development programme in medical writing.
Sarah joined Scinopsis in September 2009 after working as a medical writer in an international medical communications agency for 3 years. She is very experienced at writing a wide range of regulatory documents and medical communications covering many therapeutic areas. She has experience of managing complex medical writing projects with multiple medical writers.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Medical Writer (2006-2009)
Envision Pharma, UK
Post-Doctoral Research Associate (2003-2006)
Department of Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine
and Intensive Care, Imperial College London, UK
Post-Doctoral Research Associate (2001-2003)
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
and Chemistry, King’s College London, UK
Sarah’s research experience includes
depression, anaesthetics, stroke therapy
and neurotrauma. She has 15 full publications
from her research career.
Gaële Ducher
Principal Medical WriterBilingual in English and French
PhD in Physiology (2005)
MSc in Physiology (2000)
BSc (Hons) in Sport Sciences (1999)
Currently enrolled in the advanced EMWA professional development programme in medical writing
Gaële joined Scinopsis in November 2011 and is experienced at writing a wide range of regulatory documents and medical communications covering many therapeutic areas.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Research Associate (2010-2011)
Department of Kinesiology, Penn State University, USA
Post-doctoral research fellow (2006-2009)
Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Australia
Fellowship researcher (2003-2005)
Inserm ERIT-M0101, France
Gaële has extensive research experience in rheumatology, paediatrics, medical imaging and sport sciences.
Gaële has 25 publications from her research career. She has served as a reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals and as an expert for research organisations and universities.
Magali Le Goff
Principal Medical WriterBilingual in English and French
PhD in Biochemistry/Ophthalmology (2002)
MSc in Biotechnology (1998)
Engineer in Chemistry/Biochemistry (1998)
EMWA Foundation Certificate in Medical Writing (2012)
Currently enrolled in the EMWA advanced professional development programme in medical writing.
Magali joined Scinopsis in February 2012 and is experienced at writing a wide range of regulatory documents and medical communications covering many therapeutic areas.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Research Associate (2009-2012)
Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
Research Associate (2002-2009)
Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
Magali has extensive research experience in ophthalmology, oncology, biochemistry and biotechnology and has published 10 articles from her own research and 2 reviews in ophthalmology. Magali has served as a reviewer for peer-reviewed journals including Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Hannah Bartrum
Senior Medical WriterNative English, intermediate in French
PhD in Organic Chemistry (2009)
MSci in Chemistry (2005)
MA Natural Sciences (2004)
Currently enrolled in the EMWA professional development programme in medical writing.
Hannah joined Scinopsis in September 2014.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (2012-2014)
Université Joseph-Fourier, France.
Postdoctoral Research Associate (2009-2012)
Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Nottingham, UK in a collaborative project with Pfizer, Sandwich, UK.
Hannah has been involved in writing journal articles containing her research results, which have been published in several peer-reviewed journals.
Séverine Waterdrinker
Senior Medical WriterBilingual in English and French
MSc in International Drug Development and Registration (2003)
MSc in Pharmacology (1999)
Currently enrolled in the EMWA professional development programme in medical writing.
Séverine joined Scinopsis in September 2014 after 15 years in Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Quality in the pharmaceutical industry. She has an extensive experience in CTD dossier preparation in many therapeutic areas.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Global Regulatory Affairs (2009-2014)
Novartis, Switzerland.
European Regulatory Affairs (2002-2009)
Allergan, France.
Clinical Quality (1999-2002)
Allergan, France.
EU Clinical Trials Directive Trainer (2005-2010)
CEFIRA, France.
Kathryn Hall
Senior Medical WriterNative English
PhD in Molecular Virology (2010)
BSc in Microbiology with Immunology (2004)
Kathryn joined Scinopsis in November 2015 after 2 years working for a medical communications agency.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Medical Writer (2013-2015)
Oxford PharmaGenesis, UK
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2009-2013)
University of Leeds, UK
Kathryn has medical writing experience in cardiovascular medicine and has published her own research in oncology and virology in peer-reviewed journals.
Dominique Helberg
Senior Medical WriterNative English speaker
MSc in Clinical Nutrition (2013)
BSc (Hons) Human physiology & Chemistry (2011)
Dominique joined Scinopsis in August 2016 after 2 years of medical writing. She is experienced at writing regulatory documents and medical communications in a number of therapeutic areas.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Medical Writer (2014-2016)
Spectrum Regulatory Solutions, Horsham, UK
Practice Manager (2011-2013)
W1 Dental, London, UK
Dominique has medical writing experience in oncology, analgesics, antimuscarinics, dentistry, mental health and nutrition.
Sue Tollerfield
Principal Medical Writer UK Team LeaderNative English, intermediate German
PhD in Chemistry (1989)
BSc (Hons) in Chemistry (1985)
Sue joined Scinopsis in November 2017. She has over 16 years’ experience of medical writing in the pharmaceutical industry.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Head of Clinical Study Management, Clinical Team Lead, Principal Clinical Project Manager (1999-2007)
International Study Manager, Clinical Project Manager (1995-1999)
Clinical Project Co-ordinator, Clinical Research Associate (1991-1995)
Schering Health Care Ltd, UK
Science Editor (1989-1991)
British Industrial Biological Research Association, UK
Sue has clinical development experience in a range of therapeutic areas including oncology (leukaemia and lymphoma, breast cancer, colorectal cancer and transplantation), X-ray, ultrasound and MRI contrast media, and hormone replacement therapy (pill and patch). Sue’s medical writing experience covers protocols and amendments, patient information leaflets and informed consent forms, clinical study reports, investigator brochure and PSUR updates, responses to regulatory authorities’ questions, integrated efficacy and safety summaries, and manuscript, abstract and slide set preparation.
Sue’s PhD research involved the synthesis and biological evaluation of some phosphate triester derivatives of the antiviral drug ara-A.
Sue has 10 full publications from her PhD research and from pharmaceutical industry clinical development studies.
James Kistler
Senior Medical WriterNative English, conversational French
PhD in Microbiology (2014)
BSc in Medical Microbiology (2005)
James joined Scinopsis in January 2016 after 2 years working as a postdoctoral researcher in oral microbiology.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2014-2016)
Queen Mary University of London, UK
Molecular Biologist (2006-2010)
The Doctors Laboratory, UK
Medical Technical Officer (2005-2006)
Health Protection Agency, UK
James’ research has included the use of molecular methods to characterise the composition of the human oral microbiome in health and disease, and the evaluation of novel oral hygiene products.
James has published articles from his research career in several peer-reviewed journals.
Bryony Andrews
Senior Quality ControllerNative English
BSc (Hons) in Psychology (2002)
Bryony joined Scinopsis in 2011 as a freelancer and then in 2013 as a full-time employee. Bryony's professional experience includes quality control of documents (including CTD Modules 2.5 and 2.7, phase 1-4 clinical study reports and protocols), reviewing, editing and formatting documents, and writing regulatory reports, business plans and European grant funding applications.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Quality Controller and Personal Assistant (2011-2013)
Freelance, UK
Manager of a charity (2008-2009)
UK
Professional grant application writer (2003-2008)
Kerrier Council, UK
Sophie Walker
Medical WriterNative English, intermediate French
PhD in Neuroscience (2016)
MSc in Neuropsychopharmacology (2010)
BSc (Hons) in Experimental Psychology (2003)
Sophie joined Scinopsis in January 2017 following 10 years of experience in behavioural neuroscience research.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Doctoral Research Assistant (2012-2016)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Research Technician (2007-2012)
University of Sussex, UK
Sophie’s research has focused on understanding the enduring effects of both early life experience and drugs of abuse on brain circuits subserving social, emotional and motivated behaviours.
Sophie has published her research in several peer-reviewed journals.
Lilia De Sequeira
Medical WriterNative English, intermediate French
Fellowship in Surgery (1996)
MS in General Surgery (1993)
MBBS in Medicine (1991)
Lilia joined Scinopsis in January 2017 following a career in clinical practice.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Medical Practitioner (2004-2014)
Goa, India
Surgical Fellow (1993-1997)
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK
Lilia has clinical experience in a broad range of therapeutic areas including general surgery; neurosurgery; plastic surgery; vascular surgery; gastroenterology; burns; chronic conditions (e.g. diabetes, hypertension, kidney diseases, liver diseases, asthma); tropical diseases; tuberculosis, and psychiatric conditions.
Joana Fernandes
Medical Writer & Business Development AssociateBilingual in English and Portuguese, intermediate Spanish
PhD in Health Science and Technologies, Molecular and Cellular Biology (2014)
MSc in Molecular and Cellular Biology (2009)
BSc in Biology (2007)
Joana joined Scinopsis in September 2017 after working for one year as a Science Writer and Translator and 8 years as a researcher in cellular and molecular neuroscience.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Freelance Science Writer, Translator and Specialist Editor (2016-2017)
Postdoctoral Researcher (2015-2016), Faculty of Science and Technologies, University of Coimbra, Portugal
PhD (2010-2014), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Joana’s research focused on the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal death in brain ischemia and the role of genetic players in the development of neuropsychiatric disorders, such as autism spectrum disorders. Her research was published in peer-reviewed neuroscience journals.
Joana has also experience writing about new medical and pharmaceutical developments in a broad range of therapeutic areas.
Jonathan Robertson
Medical WriterNative English
PhD in Neuroscience (2018)
MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience (2013)
BSc (Hons) in Biology (2012)
Jonathan joined Scinopsis in May 2018 following 5 years of experience in cognitive neuroscience and behavioural genetics research.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Doctoral Researcher University of Sussex, UK
Jonathan developed and used genetic tools to dissect the roles of neurotransmitter receptors in behaviours related to cocaine and alcohol abuse.
Jonathan also has experience in medical imaging and genetic models of neurodegenerative diseases. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals.