Duke City Consulting helps research teams, life-sciences companies, and medical communication practitioners bring new and ambitious work into focus, clarifying the logic and strengthening the case behind a competitive proposal, a complex scientific document, or a question about using AI responsibly. Led by J. Kelly Byram (MS, MBA, ELS), DCC brings deep judgment across science, editorial craft, business, and technology—and the candor to tell you what’s working and what isn’t.
Research & Proposal Consulting
Strategic review and development for PCORI, comparative clinical effectiveness research, SBIR/STTR, and translational health proposals—clarifying the logic, structure, and case for funding before submission.
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Training & Team Coaching
Medical and scientific communication training and team coaching, grounded in real reviewer experience and practical, defensible workflows.
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DCC Cyber
Responsible, secure, defensible AI for freelancers, small teams, and professionals—from someone who worked with AI in biomedical research long before the current Gen AI wave.
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I was trained as an editor at W. W. Norton, worked in technology and finance, and built my expertise in biomedical and medical research—where I first worked with machine learning and AI years before generative AI reached the consumer market. I serve as a PCORI reviewer and was among the reviewers who helped establish PCORnet. That range is the point: complex work rewards judgment that travels across domains.
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