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  • Katelyn Jetelina

    An epidemiologist trying to make sense of this world

  • Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD

    Emergency Medicine physician and creator of You Can Know Things and The Public Health Roundup.

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    Welcome! I'm a PhD epidemiologist and write on public health issues through the lens of neighboring. My work has been featured in TIME Magazine, Christianity Today, the Washington Post, and NPR and read in 150+ countries. *All thoughts are my own.*

  • Elisabeth Marnik, PhD

    Elisabeth Marnik, PhD, is a science communicator and immunologist. Drawing on personal experience growing up anti-science, she launched Science Whiz Liz in 2020 and now serves as Executive Director of The Evidence Collective.

  • Matthew Facciani, PhD

    Social scientist who studies misinformation, media literacy, and AI. Author of Misguided.

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    I'm Michelle, chemistry PhD, science educator and cosmetic chemist, and I'm here to help you figure out which beauty products are and aren't worth buying, using science.

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    Your weekly pulse on New York public health — concise, evidence-based, and action-oriented.

  • David Higgins, MD, MPH

    Physician, researcher, and writer focused on how evidence and trust shape real-world medical and public health decisions.

  • Matt Willis

    Matt Willis is a physician, epidemiologist and former Public Health Officer for Marin County, California.

  • Julia Tellerman

    Julia Tellerman, MPH, is an infectious disease epidemiologist in New York. She is driven by the mission to make health information accessible and actionable to improve health outcomes.

  • Katie Sharkey, MD, PhD
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    Epidemiologist \ud83e\udda0\ud83e\udd13\ud83d\udcc8UIC-School of Public Health, scientist for the resistance, views my own

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