Joyce H. Email & Phone Number

Chapel Hill, NC, US

Research Triangle Park

I edit pharmaceutical protocols, abstracts, reports, dossiers, informed consent forms, surveys, scientific posters, statistical analyses, psychometric, and data management plans, literature reviews, and manuscript submissions for medical journals for three primary teams: Surveys and Observational Studies, Health Preference Assessments, and Biostatistics. I.

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Co-leads inclusive language initiatives for medical writing and publications at RTI Health Solutions, with experience in constructing demographic survey questions and responses regarding race, ethnicity, and gender identity. 2022 Inclusive Language presenter at the regional and national American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) conferences. Instructor.

United States

Helped lead Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging initiatives focused on training and education opportunities, heritage month celebrations, inclusion strategies, inclusive language, and more.

Copyedits a large variety of publications, including business proposals (RFPs), feature articles, books, textbooks, cookbooks, press releases, etc.

Research Triangle Park

Research Triangle Park

Co-leads internal RJE/EDIB activities for RTI-HS and coordinates with the RJE program team to ensure consistency and alignment across RTI International.

Research Triangle Park

Reviews and edits promotional pharmaceutical documents for healthcare providers, businesses, and consumers. Responsible for ensuring accuracy, proper spelling, grammar, and syntax, with a detail-oriented eye toward providing consistency, clarity, and context. Works on branded and unbranded printed materials, digital projects, responsive web design, slide.

• Researches and writes the weekly Top Drawer column for the Home and Garden section of The News & Observer. The column focuses on highlighting the best ideas of home and garden decor, blogs, product reviews and recipes.
• Columnist at The Independent Weekly. Wrote "Feed With Care," a regularly appearing column focused on the challenges and triumphs of feeding children with multiple foodallergies. The column became a valued resource for.
• Contributing writer of reported, first-person, Q&A, blog, and opinion pieces for Essence magazine, The Independent, Ebony.com, Duke Divinity School's Faith & Leadership online magazine, WomenAdvanceNC, and Signal Hill.

Selected and edited the weekly television book cover, edited features wire copy and columns, wrote TV bets, chose photos, and wrote cutlines. Used QuarkXpress to design the weekly TV book cover.

Wrote lifestyle, trend and consumer-oriented health stories inthe features department. Also wrote a bi-monthly health briefs column. Principal writer for the paper's Health tab.Attended seasonal UNC-Chapel Hill health seminars to keep in touch with the latest trends in medicine.

Raleigh, NC

Wrote press releases and interviewed big winners; wrote copy for newsletters; conducted analyses of social media platforms and advertising methods used by various states; culled and maintained media archives database for daily news clips and more.

Staff writer for Pulitzer Prize-winning daily newspaper in Raleigh, N.C. Covered local government in the town of Chapel Hill and two Raleigh suburbs. Wrote everything from political profiles to budget meeting and human interest stories. Covered Meadowmont, the controversial and largest mixed-use development ever built in Chapel Hill. Was part of the team.

B.A., Journalism, Dean'S List

Activities and Societies: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Social Media Certificate, 2013

Education record