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Alanna Orpen

Alanna is Senior MarComms Executive at F1000. She obtained a…

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Alanna is Senior MarComms Executive at F1000. She obtained a BSc in Zoology from the University of Durham and assisted with cheetah conservation and land rehabilitation projects in Africa. Then she experimented with art infused science events and educational activities during her Masters in Science Communication at Imperial College London. From 2014 to 2017, Alanna worked as part of the Communications team at BioMed Central by blogging and coordinating media activity around published research.

Posts

“Promote open research practises among early career researchers in sub-Saharan Africa and to encourage our policy-makers to take advantage of such an openly accessible platform.”

19 Dec 2019

“Identify and break down barriers preventing medical humanities scholars from publishing in Wellcome Open Research”

16 Dec 2019

Physical violence to mothers not only harms the mother but could also lower her child’s intelligence

11 Dec 2019

Quality guaranteed? Market and regulatory failures found to incentivise production of falsified and substandard medicines

06 Nov 2019

Transitioning to the open sharing of knowledge

22 Oct 2019

Looking into the life of parasites and how to fight the diseases they carry

11 Oct 2019

“Scientists can build upon each other’s work to create a cathedral of information that is reproducible, robust and accessible by all”

17 Sep 2019

A population with unmet healthcare needs

15 Aug 2019

The importance of diversity and inclusion

20 Sep 2018

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