Each of the Surgeon General's Reports since 1964, has required a remarkable level of scientific subject matter expertise and writing capabilities, exceptional quality control, and reliable management. Based on Cygnus’s consistently high level of performance, cooperative and capable staff, strong commitment to customer satisfaction, adherence to contract schedule and budget, and superior standards of quality control, Cygnus provided scientific publishing and knowledge translation services for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ) for more than 20 years.
The report’s release, scheduled on the exact day of the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health, presented significant challenges that were intensified by a government shutdown and CDC/HHS clearance/changes requiring extensive revisions. In order to respond to peak demand time constraints, Cygnus used a staff cross-trained in several publications functions (i.e., reference verification, layout, etc.) which offered the team the flexibility to increase task capacity within a short period of time, as needed.
Due to the technical nature of the Surgeon General's Reports, we provided high-level subject matter expertise for various project tasks, including our Senior Chemist, Dr. Yao-Ren Dai, who reviewed chapters to ensure the correct usage of terms, genes, and proteins.
