Moderator:
Tim Collinson
Speaker: Seema Yasmin, Emmy Award-winning Journalist, Epidemiologist, Author and Medical Doctor
Seema Yasmin is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, epidemiologist, author and medical doctor. She is director of the Stanford Health Communication Initiative, clinical assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at Stanford University, and a Visiting Professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management where she teaches crisis communications and leadership. Yasmin is a medical analyst for CNN and a science correspondent for Conde Nast. Her reporting appears in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, WIRED, Scientific American, and other outlets. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news reporting with her team from The Dallas Morning News in 2017 and is the recipient of two awards from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
Yasmin trained in medicine at the University of Cambridge and in journalism at the University of Toronto. She served as an officer in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where she investigated outbreaks in prisons, hospitals and other settings. Her scholarly work focuses on the spread of health misinformation and disinformation and how it impacts public health. She teaches classes on science journalism, global health storytelling, practicing medicine with empathy and compassion, and advanced clinical communication skills.
She is author of four books including the forthcoming, Viral BS: Medical Myths and Why We Fall for Them.
Tim Collinson
Speaker: Seema Yasmin, Emmy Award-winning Journalist, Epidemiologist, Author and Medical Doctor
Seema Yasmin is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, epidemiologist, author and medical doctor. She is director of the Stanford Health Communication Initiative, clinical assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at Stanford University, and a Visiting Professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management where she teaches crisis communications and leadership. Yasmin is a medical analyst for CNN and a science correspondent for Conde Nast. Her reporting appears in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, WIRED, Scientific American, and other outlets. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news reporting with her team from The Dallas Morning News in 2017 and is the recipient of two awards from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
Yasmin trained in medicine at the University of Cambridge and in journalism at the University of Toronto. She served as an officer in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where she investigated outbreaks in prisons, hospitals and other settings. Her scholarly work focuses on the spread of health misinformation and disinformation and how it impacts public health. She teaches classes on science journalism, global health storytelling, practicing medicine with empathy and compassion, and advanced clinical communication skills.
She is author of four books including the forthcoming, Viral BS: Medical Myths and Why We Fall for Them.
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