Sarah Hendry, MBA

Linguist, Strategist, Communicator

United States

What she brings to the table:

A background in psycholinguistics, cognitive science, and discourse analysis – how language works in the brain, and how we interact with each other to get our meaning across

Deep subject matter expertise in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry with experience working in over a dozen therapeutic areas across audiences and challenges

A love of finding the story behind the data, words and numbers alike

Ask her about:

Her side projects co-authoring medical journal articles on effective communication

Her varying abilities speaking and reading Spanish and Mandarin

Portfolio

Copywriting / blog posts

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AI and ML power better predictions for patient impact | GSK

Skip to Content Skip to Search Share article Read time: 4 mins Biology has been digitised over the last decade thanks to the genetic revolution, and we have access to more data than ever. Thanks to breakthroughs in genomics, artificial intelligence and through our innovative partnerships, GSK is decoding this data with unprecedented speed, scale, and precision.

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Combining genetics and tech to double success rates for patients | GSK

Among the billions of individual data points and genetic interactions, there exists an infinite number of possible pathways we could investigate. Given the complexity of this data, we need more advanced tools to help us analyse it at scale. That's where AI comes in, to help us separate the relevant from the interesting.

maslansky+partners
08/18/2021
The language strategy behind communicating gene therapy - maslansky+partners

Working with patients is one of the best parts of doing Language Strategy work in healthcare. Health is so personal, and talking about illness with a group of strangers isn't an easy thing for everyone to do. But often, we at m+p get the opportunity to listen to these very personal stories and pass them directly onto the companies creating life-saving medicines.

maslansky+partners
02/08/2019
Words to Watch: Polar Vortex - maslansky+partners

Last week, temperatures in the northeastern and midwestern United States dropped to record lows. Wind chills were in the negatives (reaching as low as negative 60 degrees Fahrenheit in some places), schools and businesses were closed, flights were grounded. All this and more catastrophe was caused by one weather event - our first word to watch - the Polar Vortex.

Hoping Greatly
Home | Hoping Greatly

Achieving your goals in today's world can sometimes feel impossible. So much stands in our way. But more is possible. Milly Silencio serves as a spiritual advisor and community mentor, tapping into her diverse lived experience in addition to her formal training in urban studies to help you and your community do just that - think bigger, and hope greater.

Medical publications (co-authorship)

BioMed Central
04/28/2021
Optimizing language for effective communication of gene therapy concepts with hemophilia...

Background For communities of people living with hemophilia and other genetic conditions, gene therapy could represent a paradigm shift in treatment strategies. As investigational therapeutic modalities such as gene therapy become more widely used and discussed, there is a critical need for all stakeholders to communicate using a lexicon that is intelligible, accurate, consistent, and representative of novel treatments.