At Whipbird Communications we embrace the credo to “just know” what needs to be done and how, backed by over 20 years of experience and expertise.

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  • Unwavering passion for the clear communication of complex scientific and medical concepts ethically and effectively to a broad and varied audience, underpinned by a creative drive and intellectual curiosity to provide exceptional innovative solutions for clients.

  • Dependable, reliable, flexible and committed to delivering high quality work on time and on budget.

  • Over 20 years of experience and expertise in science, medicine and healthcare.

  • Committed to the profession. Certified Medical Publication Professionals (CMPPs) and PhDs; certifications from the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA). Members of AMWA, the Australasian Medical Writers Association and the International Society for Medical Publication professionals (ISMPP).

  • Committed to ethical standards. Adhere to the highest ethical standards and practices in the industry such as publishing guidelines (GPP 2022 and ICMJE), reporting guidelines (EQUATOR - Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research, including CONSORT, PRISMA and ARRIVE), and regulatory guidelines (FDA, USA; TGA, Medicines Australia, Australia).

  • Comprehensive experience writing about clinical trials outcomes and biomedical, clinical, scientific, medical and translational research.

  • Experience working with a diverse and extensive range of funding agencies.

  • Extensive experience developing and delivering professional development training providing tailored solutions for a vast array of learning opportunities including developing and delivering scientific and medical writing training and education for students and researchers at any career stage.

Experience in numerous major clinical and research areas:

  • Oncology (breast, brain, gynecologic, genitourinary, gastrointestinal, lung, head and neck cancers)

  • Respiratory disease

  • Diabetes

  • Endocrinology

  • Hematology

  • HIV/AIDS

  • Metabolism

  • Obesity

  • Immuno-oncology

  • Medical imaging (including CT, MRI, PET)

  • Medical devices

  • Robotic (robot-assisted) surgery

  • Surgery

  • Medical oncology

  • Surgical oncology

Research specialties include:

  • Biomedical research

  • Cancer research

  • Clinical research

  • Medical research

  • Scientific research

  • Translational research

  • Molecular genetics

  • Molecular biology

  • Cell signaling pathways

  • Immunology

  • Small molecules

  • Precision medicine

  • Allergy

  • ‘Omics’ - genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics

Diverse Clients

Testimonials

“Thanks so much for the revised version of your outstanding review. I very much appreciate your contribution of this excellent information to our journal and your patience in so thoroughly addressing the reviewer comments and my editorial suggestions. You are a miracle worker (writer) and this would not be possible without you."

Editor - CA : A Cancer Journal for Clinicians & JE - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

“Thank you so much for your great help. I asked you to edit this manuscript with a strict deadline. Thanks to you we can submit the way we wish. We are always happy to work with you.”

NK - Department of Cancer Biology, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

“Words cannot express how indebted I am to you; without your 'superhuman energy' and 'addictive inspiration' our final sprint for a timely grant submission would not have been possible."

BB - Brain Tumor Program, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

“Thank you so much for your manuscript edits (they are fantastic). You are good!”

JN - Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Keck School of Medicine of USC

“Thank you for getting this grant to me so fast - it looks much better. Thanks for fitting all the Aims into the page limit! You are amazing!”

PG - UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

“Thanks for all your help. These grant edits are brilliant and thanks a million for doing this on a Sunday.”

JGA - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

“Wow…beautiful! THANK YOU!!!... I love what you have done with this grant proposal! What you sent is perfect… Again, you are awesome!”

LK - Women’s Cancers Program, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

“This grant could not have been awarded without your dedication and hard work. Thanks for your outstanding efforts!!”

TD - Awardee, Foundation for Women’s Cancer - Gynecologic Cancer

“Thank you so much for the very helpful edits and comments in the manuscript. You really spent a lot of time on it and I appreciate it. You really made some significant improvements.”

JF - Beckman Research Institute

“Thank you. I really appreciate you taking the time to edit our manuscript and provide feedback AND I learned a lot too”

CB - Department of Supportive Care Medicine, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Founder, Managing Director, Nicola Welch PhD, CMPP

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I have an unwavering passion for the clear communication of complex scientific and medical concepts to a broad and varied audience, underpinned by a creative drive and intellectual curiosity to provide exceptional innovative solutions for clients. Put simply, I love to write and build and nurture strong and lasting partnerships with diverse stakeholders to accelerate client-focused outcomes.

As a Principal Medical Writer with over 20 years of professional experience and expertise in medicine, science and healthcare, I am committed to ethically and effectively communicating science and medicine to key stakeholders.

I am a leader in medical communications demonstrated by my experience recruiting, managing, training and supporting a team of medical writers and program managers to drive the timely preparation of exceptional medical writing deliverables that convey science and medicine in a strategic innovative way to reach the right audience at the right time.