Promotions

Amritha Kidiyoor has been promoted to the position of Senior Clinical Research Scientist. Amritha joined IMPACT in 2018 as part of our first Fellowship class, and over her last 3+ years at IMPACT, she has authored CSRs, protocols, IBs, narratives, and non-standard submission documents, establishing herself as a precise and talented writer. Amritha is a dedicated team player, and truly enjoys mentoring junior writers. She is always willing to go the extra mile to help a colleague in need, often behind the scenes. Amritha also plays an integral role in IMPACT culture, and is involved in multiple company initiatives, always demonstrating her sense of humor and positive attitude.

Jeff Golden has been promoted to the position of Senior Director, Regulatory Services. Jeff joined IMPACT in May of 2016, and since that time has been a driving force in shaping the direction and growth of what we now know as the Regulatory Services Department. Under Jeff's leadership, the Regulatory team has grown substantially, more than doubling the size of the department overall. He provides outstanding regulatory services to our clients and is a member of IMPACT’s Leadership Team. Jeff’s depth of knowledge in regulatory affairs, as well as his leadership skills and problem-solving acumen, have made him an incredible asset to IMPACT over the past 5 years,

Jen Waters has been promoted to Senior Quality Control Specialist. Jen joined IMPACT in the fall of 2019 and quickly became a wonderful QC reviewer. She is trained and qualified for all project types. Medical writers and QC reviewers who have worked with Jen agree that she has wonderful communication, flexibility, and impressive focus on her QC tasks. Her attention to detail and knack for tracking cross-document consistency is something to be admired. Jen’s kind and friendly personality make her a pleasure to work with and a wonderful addition to our QC department. Behind the scenes of day-to-day projects, Jen plays an important role at IMPACT as co-leader of Impact on Literacy, mentor, and as a backup for QC resourcing.

Arif Rahman has been offered and has accepted a position to join IMPACT as a Clinical Research Scientist I beginning on January 1st, following the completion of the fellowship program. Arif has done an outstanding job during his time in the fellowship program. He has excelled across the board on each of his projects and assignments and has proven to be a promising regulatory medical writer and a great team player. Among many other qualities, Arif’s strong scientific knowledge, intellectual curiosity, and positive attitude are some of his greatest strengths and make him a welcome addition to the IMPACT team.

Paige Dexter has been offered and has accepted a position to join IMPACT as a Clinical Research Scientist I beginning on January 1st, following the completion of the fellowship program. Paige has rolled with the punches since joining the fellowship program and has demonstrated an ability and willingness to go above and beyond to ensure project tasks are on track and successfully executed. Even under times of pressure and uncertainty that inevitably come with challenging/unpredictable projects, Paige has consistently displayed an eagerness to learn, a positive attitude, and impressive flexibility and teamwork. 

Team Feature

For this month's team feature, we are delighted to introduce another group of medical writers: Evan DuBose, Julia DiFiore, and Alexis Hoeferlin, who are under the stewardship of Caroline Drucker. 

While in graduate school in neurobiology at Duke, Caroline realized the part she most enjoyed was writing and speaking about research projects, particularly when they had a clear connection to human health. Prior to IMPACT, Caroline worked as an editor for Natural History magazine and as the Research Project Manager and Communications Coordinator in Duke’s Center for Human Disease Modeling. Now at IMPACT, she enjoys working on diverse projects and filling different types of roles. She also values building relationships with not only her colleagues, but also the Sponsor teams.

While in graduate school, Evan had the opportunity to complete an internship at a CRO working with the regulatory affairs department. This piqued her interest in clinical trials and regulatory writing. As a medical writer, Evan enjoys the opportunity to collaborate with Sponsors on various indications to help advance their drug product closer to the goal of providing a therapeutic benefit for their intended patient population. 

Prior to working at IMPACT, Julia was a graduate student at the University of North Carolina. She had always enjoyed writing and after finding out about medical writing as a career, was excited to be able to combine her scientific training with her interest in writing. After taking some courses related to clinical trials and regulatory affairs and then an internship at a CRO, she decided that this would be a great career for her. Outside of working on documents, Julia has really enjoyed collaborating with others at IMPACT as well as the opportunity to work on various indications with different Sponsors. She finds the constant learning and overcoming challenges to be fun parts of the job.

Alexis discovered her interest in regulatory writing during her postdoctoral fellowship and made her way to medical and scientific writing when she took a position as a science writer at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center. She was quickly drawn to oncology clinical trial development and protocol writing. She joined IMPACT in May of 2021 to expand her medical writing skills in the CRO environment and has highly enjoyed the different document types, therapeutic areas, and sponsor interactions she has experienced so far. Alexis is looking forward to authoring IND documents and working with complex clinical trial designs at IMPACT.

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