About Andrew Smiley

Andrew Smiley is the executive director of AHCJ and its Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism, and an assistant professor at the Missouri School of Journalism. Smiley comes to AHCJ from a sports broadcasting background, including nearly a decade at the Golf Channel/NBC Sports and a decade at ESPN, where he won an Emmy.

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• Jaleesa Baulkman, editor, Medscape, Bronx, New York
• Matt Blois, journalist, FreightWaves, Nashville, Tenn., @matt_blois
• Kalonda Bradshaw, M.D., Private Practice, Houston, Texas
• Dana Branham, health reporter, The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Okla., @danabranham
• Autumn Cammarata, independent journalist, Wildwood, Mo.
• Kelly Close, editor, Close Concerns, San Francsico, Calif.
• Petrina Craine, professor, Columbia University, Brooklyn, New York
• Elizabeth Damstrom, assistant clinical professor, Idaho State University, Blackfoot, Idaho
• Jesenia De Moya Correa, communities reporter, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn., @jeseniademoyac
• Erin Douglas, environment reporter, The Texas Tribune, Houston, Texas, @erinmdouglas23
• Nora Eckert, investigative reporter, The Post Bulletin, Rochester, Minn., @noraeckert
• Marisa Fernandez, health care reporter, Axios, Washington, D.C.
• Leif Greiss, health reporter, The Morning Call, Allentown, Penn.
• Zahida Hafeez, Ph.D. student, University of Illinois at Chicago, Brookfield, Wisc.
• Nada Hassanein, environmental and health inequities reporter, USA TODAY, Tallahassee, Fla., @nhassanein_
• Chimere Holmes, licensed psychotherapist, Be Ye Renewed Counseling, West Chester, Penn., @Rev_Holmes
• Deborah Kaplan, independent journalist, Westfield, N.J., @kaplanink
• Sandra Kern, stakeholder communications team lead, Penn State Health, Mechanicsburg, Penn.
• Greg Kim, reporter, KYUK, Bethel, Alaska
• Betsy Ladyzhets, science writer/data journalist, independent journalist, Brooklyn, New York, @betsyladyzhets
• Jason Laughlin, reporter, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn.
• Olivia Lee, psychiatric nurse practitioner, Eating Recovery Center, Chicago, Ill.
• Nora Macaluso, independent journalist, Philadelphia, Penn., @noramacaluso
• Simran Malhotra, health reporter, The Red & Black, Suwanee, Ga., @_simrankm
• Rosalba Mancuso, independent journalist, Grammichele, Sicily
• Pam McAllister Johnson, retired, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Ky.
• Amy Mercer, communications, College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C.
• Jessica Meszaros, sustainability reporter / morning edition host, WUSF Public Media, Tampa, Fla., @jmmeszaros
• ChrisAnna Mink, health reporter, The Modesto Bee, Torrance, Calif., @CMMink
• Shaena Montanari, investigative reporter, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, Phoenix, Ariz.
• Trisha Myers, nurse practitioner, Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America, McCormick, S.C.
• Andrew Nelson, digital storyteller, Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub), Grand Forks, N.D.
• Halle Parker, environment reporter, Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate, New Orleans, La., @_thehalparker
• Diana Ribeiro, independent journalist, S. Domingos de Rana, Cascais, @Diana_S_Ribeiro
• Nicolas Rivero, reporter, Quartz, Brooklyn, New York, @NicolasFuRivero
• Tracie Russell, independent journalist, Andover, Mass.
• Monica Samayoa, environment reporter, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Portland, Ore., @m0nica10
• April Simpson, senior reporter, Center for Public Integrity, Dallas, Texas, @aprilleticia
• Rachel Somerstein, associate professor, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, New York, @rachesomerstein
• Amiah Taylor, student, Johns Hopkins University, Newark, Del.
• Carol Thompson, reporter, Lansing State Journal, Lansing, Mich., @thompsoncarolk
• Elizabeth Thompson, independent journalist, Chapel Hill, N.C.
• Deborah Ungerleider, md, Freelancer for Nascent Medical, Franklin Lakes, N.J.
• Eldon Wegner, professsor emeritus of sociology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Naomi Weinshenker, psychiatrist, self-employed psychiatrist/Psychology Today blogger, Montclair, N.J.
• Hilary Weissman, health writer, HealthiNation for GoodRx, Brooklyn, New York
• Kate Wells, reporter, Michigan Radio, Ann Arbor, Mich.
• Carah Wertheimer, associate editor, MedTruth, Boulder, Colo.
• Brandon Wheeldon, convergent journalism student, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Littleton, Colo.
• Sharon Worcester, reporter, Mdedge/Medscape, Birmingham, Ala., @SW_MedReporter
• Brandon Yadegari Moreno, independent journalist, Berkeley, Calif.
• Nick Zagorsky, senior staff writer, Psychiatric News, Washington, D.C.
• Bill Zimmerman, specialty editor for health & medical projects, The Villages Daily Sun newspaper, The Villages, Fla.

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Andrew Smiley is the executive director of AHCJ and its Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism, and an assistant professor at the Missouri School of Journalism. Smiley comes to AHCJ from a sports broadcasting background, including nearly a decade at the Golf Channel/NBC Sports and a decade at ESPN, where he won an Emmy.