BIO
I am an independent journalist, specializing in science and health care coverage. I contribute to The New York Times, The Guardian, NBC News and Thomson Reuters Foundation. I have also written for The Nation, The Atlantic, New York, The Marshall Project, The Village Voice, The New York Observer, Men's Journal, City & State, Quartz, Out and The Advocate.
I am particularly interested in climate change, public health and psychology and how the science of each field intersects with public policy.
Following years of volunteer work in the HIV field, I started my journalism career reporting on that epidemic. I went on to serve as editor at large at HIV Plus and then at POZ magazine, and also covered viral hepatitis and cancer for POZ's sister publications, Hep and Cancer Health.
In my investigative work, I exposed Governor Rick Scott's administration for overseeing the effective blocking of $70 million to combat Florida's HIV crisis in The Guardian. I also broke new ground in the narrative behind Harvey Weinstein's questionable financial dealings with the HIV charity amfAR. And I assisted with a Times investigation into nursing homes that are hotbeds of a highly fatal drug-resistant fungal infection.
I graduated cum laude from Columbia University with departmental honors in English and an honors creative writing certificate.
My work has received multiple awards from NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists. This includes the Excellence in HIV/AIDS Coverage Award, once for a 2014 article in POZ about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV, and then for my 2019 Rick Scott investigation; and an Excellence in Profile Writing Award for my 2020 article in The Guardian about how the HIV epidemic prepared Dr. Anthony Fauci to battle Covid-19.
I am often a guest Sirius Satellite Radio and have also spoken with NPR and iHeart Radio's Daily Dive podcast and have appeared on NBC News Now.
My photography has accompanied my reporting in The Guardian, NBC News and POZ. I shoot with a Canon 5D Mark IV.
The son of a general surgeon and an English teacher, I grew up in the heart of Seattle, where I had the unusual experience of attending the same small school K–12. I have called New York City home since my Columbia days.
In my spare time, I enjoy reading (novels, psychology, history, memoirs and biography), seeing theater, dance and movies, biking around New York, writing fiction, cooking and photography.
I encourage you to follow me on Facebook and Twitter.
For a podcast of me discussing my work, volunteer work and life, click here.
I am particularly interested in climate change, public health and psychology and how the science of each field intersects with public policy.
Following years of volunteer work in the HIV field, I started my journalism career reporting on that epidemic. I went on to serve as editor at large at HIV Plus and then at POZ magazine, and also covered viral hepatitis and cancer for POZ's sister publications, Hep and Cancer Health.
In my investigative work, I exposed Governor Rick Scott's administration for overseeing the effective blocking of $70 million to combat Florida's HIV crisis in The Guardian. I also broke new ground in the narrative behind Harvey Weinstein's questionable financial dealings with the HIV charity amfAR. And I assisted with a Times investigation into nursing homes that are hotbeds of a highly fatal drug-resistant fungal infection.
I graduated cum laude from Columbia University with departmental honors in English and an honors creative writing certificate.
My work has received multiple awards from NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists. This includes the Excellence in HIV/AIDS Coverage Award, once for a 2014 article in POZ about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV, and then for my 2019 Rick Scott investigation; and an Excellence in Profile Writing Award for my 2020 article in The Guardian about how the HIV epidemic prepared Dr. Anthony Fauci to battle Covid-19.
I am often a guest Sirius Satellite Radio and have also spoken with NPR and iHeart Radio's Daily Dive podcast and have appeared on NBC News Now.
My photography has accompanied my reporting in The Guardian, NBC News and POZ. I shoot with a Canon 5D Mark IV.
The son of a general surgeon and an English teacher, I grew up in the heart of Seattle, where I had the unusual experience of attending the same small school K–12. I have called New York City home since my Columbia days.
In my spare time, I enjoy reading (novels, psychology, history, memoirs and biography), seeing theater, dance and movies, biking around New York, writing fiction, cooking and photography.
I encourage you to follow me on Facebook and Twitter.
For a podcast of me discussing my work, volunteer work and life, click here.