Career Development: Freelance Center
Directory of independent journalists
These AHCJ members are independent journalists who have agreed to be listed for potential employers. We encourage potential employers to contact these writers and editors using the contact information they have provided in their résumés. Employers should also consider placing an ad with AHCJ to reach an even wider group of expert health journalists.
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Arizona |
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Erin Kelser |
Tucson |
Communicable diseases and outbreaks, infection control, antibiotic resistance, phage therapy, the human microbiome; transgender health and gender issues, sexuality and sexual health; public health and healthcare disparities; alternative and integrative medicine, plant-based medicines of Asia and of the Americas, plant-based nutrition; nursing roles and the nursing profession |
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Tabitha M. Powledge |
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Infectious disease and microbiology; cancer; endocrinology and hormones (estrogens and testosterone, menopause, and menstruation); test-tube babies, IVF, prenatal diagnosis, and other embryo and fetal technology; bioethics; health policy; medical policy; basic biomedical research; diet and nutrition; the brain and neuroscience; human behavior, animal behavior, and psychology; genetics, genomics, and biotechnology; epigenetics; archeology and paleontology; evolution (including primate evolution and human evolution); and science policy. |
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California |
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Larry Beresford |
Oakland |
Hospice, palliative care, end-of-life care and related health care subjects. |
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Heather Boerner |
San Francisco |
Nutrition, alternative therapy/yoga, mental health, sexual health, LGBT health, chronic illnesses and health care policy |
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John Cannon |
San Diego |
Editor of articles and books, especially in the areas of quality measurement, health care politics, public health, environmental health, border health, consumer issues, fitness, profiles, features |
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Cheryl Clark |
San Diego |
Healthcare payment reform, quality measurement, physician practice issues, treatment variation, less is more. Why/how healthcare works right, sometimes, and why/how it works wrong. |
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Heather Johnson |
Oakland |
General health and wellness, fitness, consumer health, celiac disease |
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Jane Neff Rollins |
Montrose |
Conference coverage; consumer health and wellness; cancer; complementary and alternative medicine; dermatology; diabetes; doctor-patient communication; endocrinology; epidemiology; gastroenterology; health care navigation; health insurance; heart health; immunology/transplantation infectious disease, neurology; ophthalmology; patient education; pharmacoeconomics; public health (especially HIV/AIDS and TB); rheumatology; women’s health |
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Sue Russell |
San Diego/Los Angeles |
Health and fitness. Alternative/integrative health. Violence in women. Abuse of children. Mental and physical health issues affecting criminals and law enforcement personnel, including their impact on criminal justice issues, investigations, and forensic science. Celebrity health and business profiles. |
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Kathy Jean Schultz |
Santa Barbara |
Medical innovations and scientific advances, including stem cell research and organoid advances |
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Stephanie Stephens |
Los Angeles |
General health and wellness, women's health, baby boomer health and lifestyle, mental health, psychology/psychiatry, natural/integrative health, health policy, neurology, cardiology, cancer, aging and caregiving, physical therapy, healthcare professions, dermatology and plastic surgery |
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Lisa Zamosky |
Los Angeles |
Health insurance, health care business and policy, consumer health, health literacy and biopharma |
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Colorado |
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Catherine Dold |
Boulder |
General health and wellness, recently specializing in addiction and recovery, mental health, nephrology, oncology, environmental issues |
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Elizabeth Marglin |
Boulder |
General health and wellness, fitness, aging, yoga, integrative health, sustainability, environmental issues |
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Connecticut |
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Fairfield |
Women's health, breast cancer, fitness, baby boomer wellness |
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Nancy Monson |
Shelton |
Women’s health, nutrition and diet, stress reduction, lifestyle medicine, therapeutic benefits of hobbies and creative activities |
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District of Columbia |
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| Ryan Basen | Washington, D.C. | Sports medicine, medical cannabis, health policy, careers in medicine, alternative medicine, wellness and physical activity. | Bio | Résumé | Website | Clips | Twitter |
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Merrill Goozner |
Washington, D.C. |
Health policy; coverage of federal health-related regulatory agencies, especially FDA and CMS; technology development, especially pharmaceuticals and biotechnology; neglected and rare diseases |
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Bonny P. McClain |
Data informed stories from the intersection of medicine, health policy, and health economics |
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Judith M. Orvos, E.L.S. |
Washington, D.C. |
Women’s health, oncology, HIV/AIDS, urology, urgent care, CAM |
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Stephenie Overman |
Washington, D.C. area |
Workplace health, safety and wellness |
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David Pittman |
Washington, D.C. |
General medical and health, mental health, pharmaceuticals, health policy, hospital care and management, medical education, cancer, HIV/AIDS |
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Florida |
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Barbara Goodheart |
Fort Lauderdale |
Diabetes and addiction; biology, biotechnology, cardiology, clinical trials, diagnostics, digestive disease, endocrinology, hypertension, NSAIDS, nutrition, pain, pharmaceuticals, pharmacology, physiology, psychiatry, pulmonary disease, rheumatology, urology, virology |
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Wendy Lyons Sunshine |
Ophthalmology, environmental health, behavioral health, child development |
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Michael Stone |
Health care management and physician leadership; emerging technologies; medical education; feature profiles of physicians, pioneering programs and techniques, academic departments, etc.; environmentally friendly practices; holistic community medicine; telehealth/telemedicine; other web-based applications; chronic diseases and disorders; volume-outcome correlations; immunotherapy; treatment plan adherence and incentives; malpractice |
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Georgia |
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Nancy Groves |
Lawrenceville |
Ophthalmology, optometry, cancer, public health, general health and wellness, conference coverage, notetaking |
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Judith L. Kanne |
Atlanta |
Public Health; Nurse Updates; Health Literacy; Healthy Aging |
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John Andrew "Andy'' Miller |
Atlanta |
Health insurance, Medicare and Medicaid; the uninsured and underinsured; medical industry trends; consumer health; prescription drugs; hospitals and physicians; long-term care; medical research; mental health and substance abuse. |
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Hawaii |
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Susan Ince |
Kapa’au |
Consumer health, trade journals, narrative, investigative, profiles, medical meeting coverage, interpreting health studies for consumers. Cardiology, neurology, gastroenterology, genetics, oncology, aging, women’s health, fertility, psychology |
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Illinois |
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Rita Colorito |
Chicago |
Cancer research, chronic disease management, consumer safety, integrative medicine, aging and caregiving, health care costs and insurance, health care technology, mind/body connection, sleep health, women’s health, conference coverage |
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Marcia Frellick |
Chicago |
Specializes in nursing issues, weaving stories from studies, explaining how medical devices work, exploring ethical issues. |
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Richard Hyer |
Chicago |
General medicine, including allergy/immunology, critical care, diabetes, hematology/oncology, influenza, ophthalmology, radiology, renal, and surgery. |
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Mary Chris Jaklevic |
Chicago |
Business of health care, public policy, quality measures, nutrition and obesity |
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Bridget M. Kuehn |
Chicago |
Clinical research, mental health, substance abuse, infectious disease, health policy, and data-driven journalism |
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Indiana |
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Kurt Ullman, R.N., M.H.A. |
Carmel |
Diabetes, asthma, cardiology, rheumatology, oncology, psychiatry |
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Maryland |
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Karen Infeld Blum |
Baltimore |
Health and medicine; cardiology; transplant; developmental disabilities/autism; pharmacy; anesthesiology; oncology |
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Pat McNees |
Bethesda |
Consumer health, clinical research, mental health and illness, grief and bereavement, health care policy, history of medicine |
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Massachusetts |
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Joseph Burns |
Falmouth |
Health care business strategies and health care policy, particularly how health plans and physicians implement health care strategies and health care policy. |
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Phyllis M. Hanlon |
Central Massachusetts |
Human-interest stories, profiles and articles on medical/healthcare topics, religion, academics and business for magazines and newspapers; custom publications |
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Tinker Ready |
Cambridge |
Health policy, biomedical research, women’s health |
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Michigan |
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Andrea King Collier |
Lansing |
Health care disparities, medical and health care for consumers, professional papers |
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Steve Raphael |
Metropolitan Detroit |
The business of health care, with an emphasis on provider financial performance; high tech, including all areas of life sciences, as well as engineering and automotive; signficant editing and supervisory experience. |
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Minnesota |
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Harriet Hodgson, B.S., M.A. |
Rochester |
Children's health, caregiving, dementia, anticipatory grief, post-death grief |
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Maryn McKenna |
Minneapolis |
Public health, global health, infectious disease, epidemiology, medical narrative |
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Kay Schwebke, M.D., M.P.H., M.A. |
St. Paul |
Investigative health stories, health quality, public health, consumer health |
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Missouri |
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Lola Butcher |
Springfield |
Health care business and policy; Medicare policy |
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Jeanne Erdmann |
Wentzville |
Erdmann writes features, news, and narrative. Her stories cover immunology, neuroscience, cancer, genetics, and technology. |
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David L. Fortney |
Kirksville |
Consumer health and wellness, safety, health care business, human interest stories and profiles, medical narrative, hospital and medical history, custom publications, international and public health, environmental issues, mental health |
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Tammy Worth |
Kansas City |
Consumer health, business, policy, social determinants |
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Nebraska |
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Elizabeth Mack |
Bennington |
Mindfulness, women's integrative health, aging, oral health, environmental health |
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New Jersey |
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Ann Roberts Brice |
Morristown, N.J. |
Feature articles and news stories on the business of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Topics include: evolving US health care policies. FDA prescription drug approvals and withdrawals. Generic drugs and biosimilars. OTC switch products and dietary supplements. Company R&D pipelines and clinical trials. Industry lawsuits. Medical research breakthroughs. Company financial results. Profiles of emerging biotech firms. |
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New Mexico |
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Bryant Furlow |
Albuquerque |
Health care policy and legislation, cancer research, public health and epidemiology, international health issues, investigative journalism |
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New York |
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Vanessa G. Ahern |
Albany |
Autism, emergency preparedness, women’s health, pregnancy, parenting, mental health, wellness, technology |
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Rita Baron-Faust |
New York City |
Women’s health issues, aging issues, Alzheimer’s disease, autoimmune diseases, mental health (depression, anxiety, etc), cardiovascular diseases, breast cancer, cancer/oncology, culture and health, sexuality |
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Katherine Eban |
Brooklyn |
Investigative, Homeland security/bio-terror, Public health, Drug safety, Pharmaceutical supply chain: counterfeiting, diversion, parallel trade |
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Paul Cerrato |
Warwick |
Clinical medicine, medical news, women’s health, nutrition, diabetes, and healthcare information technology |
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Martica Heaner, Ph.D. |
New York City |
Nutrition, fitness, weight loss and all health |
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David Levine |
New York City |
Mental health, neuroscience, oncology, sleep disorders, pharmaceuticals, alternative medicine |
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Irene S. Levine, Ph.D. |
Chappaqua |
Mental health, mental illness, relationships, aging, women, travel health |
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Barbara Mantel |
New York City |
Public health, mental health, health policy, medical research, gun control |
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Yael L. Maxwell |
New York City |
Interventional cardiology, general medicine/health, FDA/CMS news, fitness, conference reporting, on-camera interviewing |
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Carol Milano |
Brooklyn |
Careers in health and science; occupational health; practice management; complementary/alternative medicine; environmental health |
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Laura Newman |
New York City |
Newsletters, feature stories, profiles, oncology, evidence based medicine, urology, imaging, clinical outcomes research, practice guidelines, Medicare, public policy |
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Barbara Sadick |
New York City |
Consumer health and medical articles, health study interpretation, articles on the patient experience, features, news, obesity |
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Liz Seegert |
Little Neck |
Issue and policy concerns range from health disparities to health literacy to e-health. |
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New York City |
Neuroscience, addictions, psychology, brain and behavior, health. |
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Paul Raeburn |
New York City |
Families, psychology, psychiatry, science, genomics, medicine, health policy. |
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Arlene Weintraub |
New York City |
Health care, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medicine, aging |
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Susan Milstrey Wells |
Waterford |
Mental health, substance abuse, co-occurring disorders, trauma, violence, social determinants of health, homelessness; speeches, blog posts, white papers, articles, reports | |
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Irene Wielawski |
Pound Ridge |
Health care policy and financing, barriers to medical care among the poor and uninsured, health system reform, medical science | |
North Carolina |
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Beth Howard |
Charlotte |
Consumer health, aging, wellness, prevention, nutrition, health care, hospital safety, medical education |
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Bonny P. McClain |
Data informed stories from the intersection of medicine, health policy, and health economics |
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Sibyl Wilmont, R.N., M.S.N., M.P.H. |
Research Triangle area |
Public health, social/environmental determinants of health, nursing, pharmaceuticals/biotech/medical devices, academic/clinical research interpretation, health care media analysis, individual/corporate profiles. |
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Ohio |
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Cleveland/Northeast Ohio |
Geriatrics/aging issues; eldercare; long-term care issues (including financing); chronic disease management; consumer health/wellness; integrataive/holistic medicine; medical education (all levels), healthcare technology; the “business” of healthcare, the “business” of eldercare; doctor/patient relationships. |
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Oklahoma |
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| Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton | Tulsa | Native American health, rural health care access, mental health, nutrition | Bio | Résumé | Clips |
Oregon |
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Andrew Holtz, M.P.H. |
Portland |
Public health, social determinants, medical research, health literacy |
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Pennsylvania |
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Richard M. Kirkner |
Phoenixville |
General and vascular surgery, bariatric surgery, colon, esophageal and breast cancers, eye care, health economics and medical practice management. |
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Eleanor Mayfield |
Pittsburgh |
Biomedical research, cancer (clinical trials, treatment, prevention), cardiovascular health, child health, clinical trials, diabetes, health, medicine, medical treatment, HIV/AIDS, women’s health |
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Eric T. Rosenthal |
Wynnewood |
Issues and controversies in oncology; social history of cancer; appropriate and effective communication of medical information to the public; medicine and the media; medical consumerism |
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Robin Warshaw |
Glenside |
Medicine and medical research, women’s health, cancer research and treatment, breast cancer, neuroscience, consumer health and wellness, patient experience, quality of life, rape, higher education, social issues, profiles, ghostwriting. |
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Tennessee |
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Salynn Boyles |
Nashville |
All health/medical topics; have written extensively about cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, alternative treatments, weight loss, and nutrition |
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Texas |
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Laura Beil |
Dallas |
Consumer health, medicine, science, health policy, narrative |
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Charlotte Huff |
Dallas/Fort Worth |
Medicine, science, psychology, business of health, health insurance, doctor-patient interactions |
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Kim Krisberg |
Austin |
Public health practice and policy, occupational health and safety, health equity, prevention science, health reform, social determinants of health, environmental public health, medical education |
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Nadia Whitehead |
El Paso |
General health and wellness, biomedical engineering, infectious disease, cancer, medical research, basic sciences, food and nutrition, and other health-related issues |
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Frieda Wiley |
Huntsville |
Cardiology, endocrinology, geriatrics, integrative medicine, telemedicine, Affordable Care Act, oncology, consumer awareness, service pieces, health and wellness | |
Virginia |
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Debra L. Gordon, M.S. |
Williamsburg |
Healthcare reform, the Affordable Care Act, accountable care organizations, patient-centered healthcare, patient empowerment, mHealth, health information technology, managed care, clinical topics (variety of therapeutic areas) |
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Kathleen Hall |
Richmond |
Consumer health education, cancer, general health, diabetes, mental health, heart health |
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Jennifer Salopek |
McLean |
Academic medicine, advocacy, healthcare policy, innovation, patient-centered care, professional societies, social media |
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Washington |
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Robert Duke |
Bellingham |
Grassroots local healthcare reform, elder care, disability, end of life, palliative care, hospice |
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Kristin Harper |
Seattle |
Infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, public health, population health, global health, health disparities |
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Sally James |
Seattle |
Genetics and cancer, biotechnology, neuroscience of learning, consumer health, vaccines |
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Washington, D.C. |
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