Science Writing in the Age of Denial, University of Wisconsin, April 2012


Association of Health Care Journalists, Atlanta, April 2012


Pediatric Grand Rounds, University of Chicago Children’s Hospitals, April 2012


Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science, March 2012


SoCOn 2012, Kennesaw State University, February 2012


ScienceOnline 2012, Raleigh, NC, January 2012


“Healthcare Transparency,” HealthWatch USA, Lexington, Ky., November 2011


“Crossing the Divide: On the Adventure of Communicating Science to the Public,” University of Louisville, October 2011


World Conference of Science Journalists, Cairo, June 2011


Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Fellowship Forum, June 2011


“Do you want antibiotics with that?” webinar, STOP Foodborne Illness, May 2011


“Farm antibiotics and human health,” Association of Health Care Journalists, April 2011


“Gutenberg Meets Google,” New England Science Writers, March 2011


Science Online 2011, January 2011


National Association of Science Writers, November 2010


Inside/Out Lecture Series, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University, November 2010


“The New Food Safety Science,” Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, September 2010


Vaccine Dinner Club, Emory University, September 2010


Lessons Learned from the Influenza Pandemic 2009, Belgian Presidency of the European Union, Brussels, July 2010


Tuesday seminar, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, December 2009


Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, April 2009


American Society of Journalists and Authors, April 2008


Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, April 2008


Association of Health Care Journalists, annual meeting, March 2008


Changing Dynamics in the Asia Pacific, East-West Center Media Conference, Bangkok, January 2008


Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Orientation Day Keynote, August 2007


MIT Executive Forum of Atlanta, March 2007


Association of Health Care Journalists, annual meeting, March 2007


Covering the Next Health Crisis, Nieman Foundation, Harvard University, November 2006


World Congress on Communication for Development, Rome, October 2006


CDC Communicators’ Roundtable, June 2006


Knight Foundation Public Health Journalism Boot Camp, keynote, June 2006


International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases, March 2006


Association of Health Care Journalists, annual meeting, March 2006


Gnat Line News Briefing, keynote, University of Georgia, February 2006


Media and Judiciary Conference, State Bar of Georgia, January 2006


Increasing Health Risks In a Globalized World, National Press Foundation, October 2005


Advanced Health Care Law Seminar, State Bar of Georgia, October 2005


Public Health and the Law in the 21st Century Conference, June 2005


American Society for Microbiology, annual meeting, June 2005


Council of Science Editors, annual meeting, May 2005


Graduation speaker, University of Georgia Department of Biological Sciences, May 2005


Inter-American Press Association seminar, April 2005


Write Around Home, Athens (Ga.) Classic Center Cultural Foundation, March 2005


Knight-Wallace Fellows Program, University of Michigan, November 2004


Center for Peace and Security Studies, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, November 2004


Wistar Institute, University of Pennsylvania, November 2004


Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, November 2004


Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, annual meeting, October 2004


Investigative Reporters and Editors, annual meeting, May 2004


Council of Science Editors, annual meeting, May 2004


Triangle Lecture Series, Center For Public Health Preparedness and Research, Emory University, February 2004


National Environmental Public Health Conference, December 2003


Public Relations Society of America (Georgia Chapter), Annual Collegiate Conference, February 2003


Terrorism At Home: Challenges For The Media Covering America’s Security, Joan Shorenstein Center and Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, February 2003


The Press and Public Policy: Covering Permanent War and Bioterrorism, University of Michigan, January 2003


Investigative Reporters and Editors, annual meeting, 2003


Association of Health Care Journalists, annual meeting, 2003


Center for Health, Culture and Society, Emory University, 2001

 

teaching and public speaking


for media appearances and soundfiles, visit this page

Writer in residence

Texas A&M University

November-December 2010


Professional in residence

Grady College of Journalism

University of Georgia, September 2010


Alexander Dawson Foundation

Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

Boulder, CO June 2010

Las Vegas, NV July 2010


Health Journalism Fellowships

East West Center/Hong Kong University

Senior trainer, Yunnan and Hong Kong

September 2009


Asian College of Journalism

Chennai, India

Single sessions, March 2007, 2008


“Reporting and Public Health,”

Journalism and Media Studies Centre

Hong Kong University

Single session, February 2007


“Public Health and the Media,”

Southeastern Institute for Training and Evaluation

Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Course designer and instructor, October 2006


“Summer Science Writing Intensive,” Journalism Department, Emory University

Course designer and instructor, May 2006


“Popular Science Writing”

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Georgia

Single sessions, 1998-2006


“Health and Science Writing”

Department of Journalism

Emory University

Single sessions, 2000, 2001


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Georgetown University

Georgia State University

Johns Hopkins University

Northwestern University

University of Michigan

University of Minnesota