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The Westin Boston Seaport District

Mar 02, 2026 11:00 AM - Mar 04, 2026 12:30 PM

425 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210, USA

Medical Affairs and Scientific Communications Forum

The longest running neutral forum cultivating interdepartmental relationships in medical affairs.

Session 10 Track 2: Honing Your Tetris® Skills: Resource Management in Medical Writing to Optimize Time and Talent

Session Chair(s)

Fabiana  Ebihara, MSC

Fabiana Ebihara, MSC

Director, Medical Writing Services

Parexel International, United States

This discussion will share approaches to balancing workload, timelines, and career development. Managing medical writing resources often feels like a high-stakes game of Tetris®, fitting the right people, skills, and timelines together under constant pressure. In this session, Kim Jochman and Julia Forjanic Klapproth will explore practical strategies for balancing capacity and demand, optimizing team structures, and leveraging opportunities for career development. The discussion will share real-world approaches to overcoming bottlenecks, building flexibility, and ensuring quality without burnout - helping medical writing groups align resources with organizational goals more effectively.

Learning Objective :

At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:

  • Understand common resourcing challenges faced in medical writing
  • Identify strategies for overcoming these resourcing challenges to increase productivity and utilization and to better support medical writers in career progression

Speaker(s)

Kim  Jochman, PHD, RAC

Speaker

Kim Jochman, PHD, RAC

Merck & Co., Inc., United States

Senior Director, Medical Writing

Julia  Forjanic Klapproth, PHD

Speaker

Julia Forjanic Klapproth, PHD

Trilogy Writing & Consulting GmbH , Germany

Senior Partner

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