Chapter Advisory Council Representative

Brittany Jaekel is a technical writer at Bright Research, a Minneapolis-based CRO specializing in medical devices. In her role, she provides crucial support to medtech companies aiming to meet their clinical research goals and bring their devices to patients and practitioners. She specializes in conducting clinical literature reviews, developing white papers, and creating scientific conference materials. She joined AMWA in 2024.

Brittany earned her PhD in Hearing and Speech Sciences from the University of Maryland-College Park, and her masters in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She currently lives in a northwest suburb of Minneapolis/St. Paul, following stints in Madison, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. In her personal life, Brittany is an award-winning poet and writer. She serves as the creative non-fiction editor at the Great Lakes Review (a literary magazine featuring authors connected to the Great Lakes region) and provides website support to several literary groups and authors based in the Twin Cities.