Author: JB Ashtin

Contributed by Ashlee Hartger, Marketing Manager Twas the Night Before Christmas… The year is 2019 and a thin, seemingly wealthy Grace from Boston wakes up on Christmas morning to find a shiny new Peloton bike in her elegantly festive living room, gifted by her husband. Grace happily receives the bike. On her first ride sheRead…

Contributed by Ashlee Hartger, Marketing Manager It’s the year 2000. My best friend and I are in my grandma’s living room dancing to Blink-182’s “All the Small Things.” We crank the volume just as Tom DeLonge’s perfectly nasal voice sings “Turn the lights off, carry me home” and collapse into a fit of “Na-na, na-na,Read…

Contributed by Pete Luongo, MD Senior Scientific Director “Scientific storytelling.” It’s what all the cool kids are doing. On every corporate website, at every congress, there is always an anecdote about the importance of using an organization’s messaging to tell a story about the brand. The buzzphrase leaked its way into the scientific world inRead…

Contributed by Melissa Kraft, SHRM-CP, Associate Director, Operations Battling Burnout: The Need for Wellness in the Workplace Disengagement, fatigue, increased work hours, decreased productivity and quality of work, lack of motivation, isolation, increased and/or unexplained ailments – any of these sound familiar? They are just a few symptoms of workplace burnout, characterized by the MayoRead…

Patient Experience Week: A Celebration of the Warrior Spirit Written by Ashlee Hartger with contributions from Kimberly Bregger Rare Disease We’ve all been a patient in some capacity. Whether it be an annual check-up with our primary care physician, or an emergency trip to the urgent care for an ankle sprain, most of us haveRead…

Contributed by Connor Galloway, Sr Director, Business Development & Strategy If you know me, then you know that shining a big spotlight on the plight of rare disease patients and families is a particularly strong passion of mine. When I was in high school, my childhood friend Andy lost a lifelong battle with Duchenne muscularRead…

  Contributed by Joni Bradley, PharmD, President/CEO Welcome to 2019! For many of us, the New Year presents a time for reflection. It inspires us to take stock and look back on our successes (and sometimes failures) of the previous year, and then look forward to the opportunities that are possible for the year ahead.Read…

Contributed by Ashlee Hartger, Marketing Support Manager There’s something about the holidays that appeal to a person’s sentimental side. Even myself, a glorified skeptic, am writing this excerpt by the glow of Christmas tree lights. Snowflakes are making their graceful descent to the powder-dusted earth, and the soft beat of “The Little Drummer Boy” isRead…

  Contributed by Ashley Minear, Manager, Operations Fresh out of college, I landed my first “big-girl” job at a Texas design firm. My emotions were at an all-time high and I was ready to give it my all. I left everything I knew behind and moved from Michigan to Texas. I was excited for theRead…

This article was contributed by Lauren Rautiola, Associate Account Director at JB Ashtin. As an author or study sponsor seeking publication for your clinical research, you want to avoid the dreaded resubmission cycle. How can you increase your chances of being published in an authoritative medical journal? In this article, we present a case studyRead…