18 December, 2014
NEW YORK - Sudler & Hennessey, one of the best regarded global healthcare communications companies, is pleased to announce that experienced medical education and communications professional Jo Pearson has joined the London-based agency S&H Medical Communications.

Jo established her career working for agencies such as MediTech Media and Virgo Health. Her background is in academic research and she obtained her PhD from the University of Oxford studying immune mechanisms in inflammatory disease. In her new role, Jo will be responsible for managing the team and continuing to drive growth in the medical communications sector.

On her appointment, Jo said: "I am really looking forward to working with the team to strengthen and grow our medical communications offering at a time when clients are facing more challenges than ever before. Sudler has the heritage and dynamism to provide innovative solutions and deliver high-quality programs achieving brand objectives."

David Higgins, Managing Director of S&H London said: "With her strong scientific background and agency experience, we're delighted Jo has joined the S&H Group to lead the Medical Communications team."

For more information, please contact david.higgins@sudler.com (T. +44 207 307 7808), or jo.pearson@sudler.com (T. +44 020 7307 7876).

For more information, contact:
cathy.robins@sudler.com (212-614-3818)

About Sudler & Hennessey
The S&H Group is a global healthcare marketing and communications organization with offices around the world. The network includes two global communications agencies: Sudler & Hennessey and Sentrix Global Health Communications, with US headquarters in New York City. S&H also has specialized divisions in medical education (IntraMed Educational Group, Precept Medical Communications, Current Medical Directions, and MedComs), as well as in market research and strategic planning, branding, publication strategies, sales training (HealthAnswers and Transart), digital solutions (Sudler Digital), eHealth solutions (Sudler eHealth Group), consulting (Primary Source), healthcare management (Quality Matters), and consumer health marketing (Sudler Consumer).www.sudler.com.

S&H is part of Young and Rubicam Group, and part of WPP (NASDAQ: WPPGY; www.wpp.com).

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