Effective Writing for Health Care

Please note, speakers are based on last year, subject to change.

Jerusha Achterberg, MA, MPH
Faculty Associate,
Harvard University
Instructor,
Harvard Extension School

Jonathan Adler, PhD
Professor of Psychology,
Olin College of Engineering
Visiting Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
Chief Academic Officer,
Health Story Collaborative

Neal Baer, MD
Executive Producer and Showrunner,
Designated Survivor,
Netflix
Lecturer,
Global Health and Social Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Erika Bailey, MA, MFA
Head of Voice and Speech,
American Repertory Theater
Lecturer on Theater, Dance and Media,
Harvard University

Paul Bain, PhD, MLIS
Reference and Education Librarian,
Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Annie Brewster, MD
Practicing Physician,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor,
Harvard Medical School

Julie Buring, ScD
Senior Epidemiologist,
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Professor of Epidemiology,
Harvard Medical School; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Kyle K. Courtney, MSLIS, JD
Copyright Advisor,
Office for Scholarly Communication,
Harvard University

Jeffrey M. Drazen, MD
NEJM Group Editor,
Parker B. Francis Distinguished Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Julie Sévilla Fraysse, MM
Cellist,
Opéra national de Paris

Chiara Gabbi, MD, PhD
Affiliate Scientist,
Karolinska Institutet

Jonathan Gaffin, MD, MMSc
Division of Pulmonary and Respiratory Diseases,
Boston Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
Harvard Medical School

Susan M. Gilroy, MLS, PhD
Librarian for Undergraduate Programs for Writing,
Harvard University

Terry Gipson, MFA
Preceptor in Public Speaking,
Harvard College Writing Program

Naomi Hein, MRes
Instructor and Assistant Director of Writing and Communication Services,
Department of Graduate Education,
Harvard Medical School

Courtney Humphries, SM
Freelance Journalist and Author

Thomas R. Jehn, PhD
Sosland Director of the Harvard College Writing Program,
Harvard University

Pagan Kennedy
Contributing Op-Ed Writer,
The New York Times

Elizabeth B. Klerman, MD, PhD
Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Suzanne Koven, MD, MFA
Writer in Residence,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Daniela J. Lamas, MD
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine,
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Instructor in Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
Staff Writer,
Twentieth Century Fox

P. Scott Lapinski, MS
Scholarly and Research Librarian,
Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Debra Malina, PhD
Perspective Editor,
The New England Journal of Medicine

Apoorva Mandavilli
Reporter,
The New York Times

Luana Marques, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology,
Harvard Medical School
Director, Community Psychiatry PRIDE,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Mallika Marshall, MD
Instructor in Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
Urgent Care Physician,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Medical Reporter,
WBZ-TV
Contributing Editor,
Harvard Health Publications

Anne McGovern, MA
Science Writer,
MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Donna L. Mumme, PhD
Director of the Academic Resource Center,
Harvard University

Lise E. Nigrovic, MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine,
Boston Children’s Hospital
Emergency Medicine,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and of Emergency Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Julie Paik, MD, ScD, MPH
Nephrologist and Clinical Researcher,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the VA Boston Healthcare System (VABHS)
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Ali Raja, MD, MBA, MPH, FACHE
Deputy Chair,
Department of Emergency Medicine,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Radiology,
Harvard Medical School

Emilie J. Raymer, PhD
Faculty,
Harvard College Writing Program
Faculty Director,
Harvard Writing and Public Service Initiative
Editor for Effective Writing for Healthcare,
Harvard Medical School

Pamela Rist, MS, ScD
Assistant Professor,
Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology,
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Lisa S. Rosenbaum, MD
National Correspondent,
The New England Journal of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Instructor in Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Jane A. Rosenzweig, MLitt, MFA
Director,
Harvard College Writing Center Preceptor in Expository Writing,
Harvard University

Ellen W. Seely, MD
Endocrinology,
Diabetes and Hypertension Division,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Douglas S. Smink, MD, MPH
Chief of Surgery,
Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
Associate Professor in Surgery,
Harvard Medical School

Caren G. Solomon, MD, MPH
Deputy Editor,
The New England Journal of Medicine
Department of Medicine,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Ranjana Srivastava, MD, OAM, FRACP
Medical Oncologist,
Monash Health
Columnist,
The Guardian

Peter Suber, PhD, JD
Director of the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication,
Harvard University Library
Director of the Harvard Open Access Project,
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society

Mark Taubert, MD, MSc
Consultant Physician,
Velindre NHS Trust Honorary Senior Lecturer in Palliative Medicine,
Cardiff University

Monique A. Tello, MD, MPH
Contributing Editor,
Harvard Health Publishing
Department of Medicine,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Shreya Trivedi, MD
General Internist and Co-Director of Innovations in Media & Education Delivery,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Chief Executive Producer,
Core IM Podcast
Lead Correspondent,
Curbsiders Podcast

Winfred Williams, MD
Deputy Editor,
The New England Journal of Medicine
Associate Chief,
Division of Nephrology,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Corinne Zimmermann, MA, MEd
Art Museum Educator

Jeffrey M. Drazen, MD
NEJM Group Editor

Elizabeth G. Phimister, PhD
NEJM Deputy Editor

Caren G. Solomon, MD, MPH
NEJM Deputy Editor

Debra Malina, PhD
NEJM Perspective Editor

Lisa S. Rosenbaum, MD
NEJM National Correspondent

Emily Claire Adams, AM
PhD Candidate in History,
History Prize Instructor,
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Elizabeth Brogden, PhD
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Sarah E. Case, PhD, MPhil
Preceptor in Expository Writing,
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Cynthia F. C. Hill, MS, PhD
Instructor,
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Asher Orkaby, PhD
Lecturer, Harvard Extension School, Tufts University

Michael Ortiz
PhD Student in American Studies,
Diversity & Inclusion Fellow,
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Greta Pane, PhD
Instructor,
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Post-doctoral Fellow in English Literature,
Boston University

Andrew Pope, PhD
Lecturer on History and Literature,
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Emilie Raymer, PhD
Preceptor in Expository Writing,
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Katherine Rose
PhD Candidate and Pedagogy Fellow in Anthropology,
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Amber Dahlin, PhD, MMSc
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Monik C. Jiménez, ScD, SM
Associate Epidemiologist,
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Rachel Kelly, PhD, MPH
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Instructor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Jessica A. Lasky-Su, MS, DSc
Associate Statistician,
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Anne McGovern, MA
Science Writer,
MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Rebecca Givens Rolland, EdD, MA, MS
Oral and Written Language Specialist,
Neurology Department,
Boston Children’s Hospital
Adjunct Lecturer on Education,
Harvard Graduate School of Education

Djøra Soeteman, PhD, MsC
Affiliated Faculty,
Center for Health Decision Science,
​​​​​​​Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health