About

Rita Buckley is an award-winning health writer, journalist, and author with over 30 years of experience writing for medical communications agencies, professional societies, and nonprofits. Since the mid-1990s, she's been the go-to writer for renowned physician-scientists in academic medicine.

Typical assignments include: speeches; conference and symposium coverage and reporting; book chapters and books; original research articles; journalism; web content; patient recruitment materials; grants; manuscript reviews; journal supplements; consumer science and health writing; expert panel reports and evidence-based practice guidelines; and manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals. Her work typically involves some combination of research, writing, editing, and proofreading services.

She previously owned a marketing communications and public relations writing firm. Her clients included, among others, Osram Sylvania, Raytheon, W.R. Grace, Hewlett-Packard, Varian, New Balance, and Kronos.

She has been widely published in literary journals and the business press; trade publications; consumer, medical, and science websites; medical and scientific journals. She is the author of Childhood Obesity (Mercury Learning and Information, LLC) and a collection of short stories, Mr. Chiardi & Other Stories.

Awards and Recognition

  • American Medical Writers Association • 2010 Will Solimene Award for Excellence in Medical Communication for The Lehman Series: Expert Panel on Weight Loss Surgery – Update (Obesity, February 2009) • 2010 Will Solimene Award for Excellence in Medical Communication for What to do About High Cholesterol (Harvard Health Publications, 2009) • 2005 Will Solimene Award for Excellence and Outstanding Quality for the Lehman Center Report: Best Practices in Weight Loss Surgery (Obesity Research, February 2005) • 2005 Will Solimene Award for Excellence and Outstanding Quality for Teaching, Learning, Doing: Best Practices in Education (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, July 2005) http://www.prweb.com/releases/Rita_Buckley/Medical_Writing_Award/prweb4134404.htm
  • American Medical Writers Association • 2010 Will Solimene Award for Excellence in Medical Communication for The Lehman Series: Expert Panel on Weight Loss Surgery – Update (Obesity, February 2009) • 2010 Will Solimene Award for Excellence in Medical Communication for What to do About High Cholesterol (Harvard Health Publications, 2009) • 2005 Will Solimene Award for Excellence and Outstanding Quality for the Lehman Center Report: Best Practices in Weight Loss Surgery (Obesity Research, February 2005) • 2005 Will Solimene Award for Excellence and Outstanding Quality for Teaching, Learning, Doing: Best Practices in Education (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, July 2005) http://www.prweb.com/releases/Rita_Buckley/Medical_Writing_Award/prweb4134404.htm
  • American Medical Writers Association • 2010 Will Solimene Award for Excellence in Medical Communication for The Lehman Series: Expert Panel on Weight Loss Surgery – Update (Obesity, February 2009) • 2010 Will Solimene Award for Excellence in Medical Communication for What to do About High Cholesterol (Harvard Health Publications, 2009) • 2005 Will Solimene Award for Excellence and Outstanding Quality for the Lehman Center Report: Best Practices in Weight Loss Surgery (Obesity Research, February 2005) • 2005 Will Solimene Award for Excellence and Outstanding Quality for Teaching, Learning, Doing: Best Practices in Education (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, July 2005) http://www.prweb.com/releases/Rita_Buckley/Medical_Writing_Award/prweb4134404.htm