Who we are

Cate Foster (MA, ISMPP CMPP™) worked at Blackwell Science for 17 years in regular journal and supplement production departments, initially as an editor then as a manager. That experience provided key training in the transfer to working in med comms as an editor and publication manager, working for Watermeadow Medical (part of Ashfield Healthcare Communications) for 13 years, and Oxford PharmaGenesis for 5 years. Cate has a background in publication ethics and transparency, having authored two articles on transparency in medical publishing, and guidelines for congress materials.

Jackie Marchington (PhD, ISMPP CMPP™) has over 30 years’ experience as a medical publication professional. She is passionate about ethical publication practices and fair attribution (aka copyright geek). Jackie is co-chair of ISMPP’s Publication Practices Committee and was a member of the now retired Global Alliance of Publication Professionals. She is the Head of Compliance and Ethics at IPG Health Medical Communications.

Steve Banner (PhD, MSc, ISMPP CMPP™) has 14 years’ experience as a medical publication professional, gained working across several different agencies, and currenty a Communication Team Leader at Oxford PharmaGenesis. His focus is primarily publications and has substantial experience developing and submitting congress materials, encountering many of the challenges that face publication professionals when attempting to adhere to good publication practice with regard to congress materials. He is an advocate for good practice within the medical communication industry, the development and promotion of clear guidance and serves as an item writer for the CMPP™ examination and provides mentoring support for CMPP™ candidates.

Nina C Kennard (ISMPP CMPP™) has 18 years’ experience as a medical communication and publication professional. During this time she has led both European and global medical communication projects including publication strategy and development, in a wealth of therapy areas. From a scientific and medical writing background, Nina is an advocate for the transparent publishing of scientific data and believes that improving access to real world, patient-focused evidence will continue to improve quality of care for patients. She is a patient reviewer for the BMJ and an active member of ISMPP – helping to promote publication ethics and transparency. Nina is the Head of Cello Health MedErgy, the medial affairs division of Cello Health Plc, where she leads a large team of scientific and account management staff while providing executive oversight and strategic direction on key accounts.

Eleanor Raynsford (PhD, ISMPP CMPP™) has over 12 years’ experience as a medical publication professional. She started her career on the agency side, working in global medical communication agencies supporting global and local publication planning and development across a variety of therapy areas. Eleanor is now a Global Medical Publications and Communications Senior Manager at Ipsen, responsible for oncology asset publication strategy and delivery, and with a side focus on publication process and publication management software best practice. She is an active member of ISMPP having served on the European Meeting Programme committee 2020-2024 initially as Vice Chair and then as Chair in 2024.

Gina D’Angelo (PharmD, MBA) has over 17 years of experience as a scientific/medical publication professional. She has led global publication teams for large/mid-size pharmaceutical companies such as Wyeth, Pfizer, Shire, and Takeda across various therapeutic areas, including Neuroscience, Rare Genetic Diseases, Infectious Diseases, and Immunology. Additionally, Gina had also been heavily involved in medical agency partner management and several process improvement and compliance initiatives throughout her scientific publications career. Prior to her work in pharmaceutical publications, Gina has worked in other pharmaceutical industry roles including clinical trial supply management and medical communications/information.

Rebecca Crawford (BSc Hons, PhD) is the Publications Lead at GSK for the Greater China and Intercontinental Region, based in Singapore. She has been at GSK since 2018, prior to this she spent 10 years at Nucleus Global (a medical communications agency) where she gained experience across a diverse range of medical communications strategies including peer reviewed publications. At GSK, she is responsible for overseeing the planning and delivery of the data dissemination plan for the region and ensures that GSK operates within industry standards as well as their own governance framework. Rebecca is passionate about expanding the reach and accessibility of medical research to diverse audiences therefore aiding informed decision making by HCPs, patients and consumers.