Donna Simcoe

Bio

Donna Simcoe is a Medical Publications Consultant and principal at Simcoe Consultants, Inc., a biomedical company focusing on medical publication development. Ms. Simcoe holds three Master's degrees in Biomedical Writing, Biotechnology, and an MBA, as well as being a certified medical publication professional (CMPP). She has 30+ years of publication management and medical writing in the pharmaceutical industry. Her industry career includes roles of increasing responsibility in publication strategy, planning, and medical writing at Cephalon (now Teva), Wyeth (now Pfizer), AstraZeneca, and Cadence (now Mallinckrodt). She has managed publication programs across more than 12 therapy areas. She has authored more than 10 journal articles and 10 oral presentations, and has provided medical writing support for more than 45 journal articles and 40 posters/oral presentations. Ms. Simcoe is former advisory board member and current faculty member in the UCSD Extension Medical Writing Certificate Program. Ms. Simcoe has volunteered for several committees of the International Society of Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP), was former president of the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) Pacific Southwest chapter and supports volunteer programs locally in San Diego.