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US science writer and journalist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Apoorva Mandavilli is an American investigative journalist whose work has focused on medical science.[1] During the COVID-19 pandemic, she joined The New York Times as a health and science writer.[2] In the spring of 2019, she was writer-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin, where she joined a panel discussion on vaccine refusal while writing about containing a measles outbreak in Lowell, Massachusetts.[3][4][5]
Apoorva Mandavilli | |
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Nationality | American |
Education | |
Occupation | Journalist |
Employer | The New York Times |
Known for | medical science articles |
Website | apoorvamandavilli |
Mandavilli is known for her work on autism, most notably being the founding editor-in-chief of Spectrum, an online publication that stemmed from the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative and is now part of The Transmitter.[6] She also co-founded Culture Dish, an organization dedicated to enhancing diversity in science journalism, and is the founding chair of the Diversity Committee for the National Association of Science Writers.[7]
Mandavilli was the 2019 winner of the Victor L. Cohn award for scientific journalism.[1]
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