bio

I am currently Senior Fellow in the Center for Health, Culture and Society at Emory University and a PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco. My research concerns the social history of vaccination and the politics of environmentalism and public health in the late 20th century U.S. I write a regular column for the Los Angeles Times; since 2003, I have covered alternative medicine, nutrition and the history of medicine for the paper. I taught public health at the University of California at Berkeley from 2004 to 2007, and I currently teach a course on the history of public health at Emory.

I’ve also worked as a consultant for a variety of health, development and media organizations, including:
  • California HealthCare Foundation
  • Children's Environmental Health Network
  • Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
  • David and Lucile Packard Foundation
  • Institute for Global Health
  • Institute for Health Policy Reform
  • New America Media
  • Public Health Institute
  • Washington Toxics Coalition