ABOUT
RACHEL PASCAL
A health communications specialist for more than a decade. You’re in safe hands.
Experienced health and medical writer
You’re here because you need a specialist. Someone with the experience to take your health communications challenge off your hands.
You’re in luck.
With a portfolio that spans patient advocacy, policy and PR; advertising and traditional medical writing; all the way through to marketing and journalistic storytelling, I might be the most versatile health and medical writer you’ll speak to today.
I’ve worked with them all.
Top-tier pharma, patient advocacy organisations and health charities. Health tech start-ups, medical education specialists and clinical research giants. Businesses hoping to capitalise on years of health communications insight.
Your health communications need an expert.
Whether you need someone who can translate dense clinical data into compelling patient stories, or build evidence-based campaigns that resonate with healthcare professionals, I bring the experience (more than a decade in the industry) to make it happen.
Ready to see what expert health communications can do for your project?
RACHEL'S
EXPERIENCE
Freelance Writer | Health, wellbeing and medical writing (2022-present)
- I work for a variety of clients in the health, medical and wellbeing space. Check out my portfolio to read writing samples and see what those clients say about me.
Havas SO | Healthcare PR, marketing, patient advocacy, and creative communications (2018-2022)
- Writing Team Lead
- Principal Medical Writer
- Senior Medical Writer
Raremark / Tudor Reilly Health | Patient-focused digital communications / clinical trial recruitment and retention (2017-2018)
- Content Manager
- Writer for TRH Communications
OmniaMed | Evidence-based HCP communications (2015-2017)
- Writer / Editor, Projects and Journals
PAREXEL | Strategic value communications for health products (2011-2015)
- Senior Associate, Strategic Communications
- Associate, Compliance and Quality Assurance (HERON Health, acquired by PAREXEL in 2013)
- Copywriter, CampInMyGarden.com, 2011
- Copywriter, Yell Adworks – 2010-2011
- Teacher / Editor – SPOL English Language School, South Korea – 2009
- Plain English-certified
- PRINCE2, Project Management
- Proofreading and Editorial Training, London School of Media and Journalism
- Introduction to InDesign, London School of Media and Journalism
- Philosophy and English BA (2:1), University of Bristol – with an interest in Philosophy of Medicine, Philosophy of Science and Ethics, and Philosophy of Language
- Antibiotics / antibiotic resistance
- Oncology, including
- Gastrointestinal cancers, lung cancer (including ALK-positive, EGFR-positive), blood cancers, gynaecological cancers (including breast and ovarian)
- Living well with cancer, including exercise, nutrition, and mental health
- Hereditary cancers / predictive testing for cancer risk
- Brain metastases
- Infectious diseases, including
- Complex bacterial infections
- COVID-19
- Neurological illnesses, including
- Multiple sclerosis
- Epilepsy
- Metabolic conditions, including
- Diabetes
- Complications of diabetes (i.e. CKD)
- Rare diseases, including
- Sickle cell disease
- Cystic fibrosis
- IPF
- Haemophilia A and B
- Respiratory illnesses, including
- Asthma
- COPD
- Rheumatology, including
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Mental health
- Depression / paediatric depression
- Anxiety
- Veterinary health
- Women’s health, including
- Endometriosis
- PCOS
- Female fertility
- Wound care, including
- Diabetic wound care
- Burns
- Leg ulcers
- Wound care complications
Other healthcare topics
- Clinical trial recruitment and retention
- Digitisation of healthcare
- Patient health data
- Living well with chronic conditions
- Wellness and nutrition
testimonials
“Rachel is one of the best writers I’ve ever worked with.”
GETTING TO
KNOW
RACHEL
Hey! It’s me, Rachel Pascal. I’m a South-East-London-based mum-of-two, and wife (-of-one), with a love of writing and storytelling – especially stories about how we might live healthier lives in a healthier world.
I’m a qualified yoga teacher and hold a Black belt in Choi Kwang Do (so watch out!) I’m a lover of reading (expect lots of popular science and crime fiction on that bedside table) and coffee-shop afficionado. I’m also a long-time coeliac .
On a Sunday night, you’ll find me drinking a G&T, eating a veggie curry and watching Death In Paradise (while dreaming of sunnier climes!) On a Monday morning, I’m ready for anything: mostly chasing around after my young sons.
