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Joann Ellison Rodgers is Director of Media Relations and Public Affairs for Johns Hopkins Medicine. For 18 years, she was a reporter, then national science correspondent for the Hearst Newspapers, winning a Lasker Award for Medical Journalism. She is president of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, former president of the National Association of Science Writers, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is a lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology at the Hopkins School of Public Health, a freelance writer and author of six books. Among these are The Academics' Guide to Media Relations (Foundation for American Communications, 1994) and Psychosurgery: Damaging the Brain to Save the Mind (Harper-Collins, 1992). Her latest Book, | Home > News and Information Services > Media Relations Staff > Gary Stephenson Gary Stephenson
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| Home > News and Information Services > Media Relations Staff > Christen Brownlee Christen Brownlee
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Christen L. Brownlee, a science writer and editor by training, joined the media relations staff at Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Division of Media Relations and Public Affairs in August 2007.| Home > News and Information Services > Media Relations Staff > Kim Hoppe Kim Hoppe
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Kim Hoppe is the Associate Director of Communications and Public Affairs for the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. Prior to joining Hopkins, in June 2004, Kim was the media relations manager for an international franchising company headquartered near Washington D.C. Before that, she spent nearly 10 years as a senior newsroom producer, medical news producer, and newscast producer at the Baltimore CBS and ABC television affiliates. During that time, Kim received an Emmy award nomination for television production. A graduate of the University of Connecticut, Kim earned her bachelor of arts in journalism. She is a member of the Public Relations Society of America. | Home > News and Information Services > Media Relations Staff > Audrey Huang Audrey Huang
Most recently, Huang was a science writer and communications officer at the Genetics and Public Policy Center, part of the Berman Bioethics Institute at Hopkins, located in Washington, DC. As a freelance editor and writer, Huang has written for the National Institutes of Health, the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and the Ontario Genomics Institute. She holds a master’s degree in science writing from Johns Hopkins University where she currently teaches a graduate course in grant writing. She has extensive research experience in developmental biology, molecular and cell biology and genetics, having studied the molecular mechanisms involved in muscle cell development at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and mammalian embryonic development at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. Huang studied chromosome structure in fruitflies and yeast during her postdoctoral training at the Carnegie Institution of Washington Department of Embryology. She holds a Ph.D. in genetics and a B.A. in Biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley. Beats covered:
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Audrey M. Huang, M.A., Ph.D., is the Director of Basic Science Research Communications. A science writer and molecular geneticist by training, she joined the media relations staff at Johns Hopkins Medicine in 2006.| Home > News and Information Services > Media Relations Staff > John Lazarou John Lazarou
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John M. Lazarou, a former journalist and public radio talk show host joined the media relations staff at Hopkins in January 2002. Lazarou comes to Hopkins after two years at a local public relations agency, where he practiced media relations. His areas of responsibility include dentistry, dermatology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, plastic surgery, women's health and the Weight Management Center. Prior to relocating to Maryland, Lazarou was the media relations representative for Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in New Jersey. Before entering public relations, he worked as a newspaper reporter and feature writer in New Hampshire as well as a journalist and a talk show host for public radio stations in the New York and New Jersey area. He received his bachelor of arts in communications from Temple University and holds a master of arts in liberal studies from Fordham University.| Home > News and Information Services > Media Relations Staff > David March David March
March’s areas of responsibility at Hopkins include cardiology/cardiac surgery, HIV/AIDS, infection/infectious disease, otolaryngology, pulmonary and pathology. Prior to joining the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, March was a media relations consultant for Vancouver General Hospital in British Columbia, Canada. March received his bachelor of sciences degree in biology from Memorial University of Newfoundland, and holds a master of health administration degree from the University of Ottawa. Beats Covered
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David B. March, a science writer and former public relations agency consultant, joined the media relations staff at Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Office of Corporate Communications in May 2004. March comes to Hopkins from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he practiced media relations for Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center.| Home > News and Information Services > Media Relations Staff > Katerina Pesheva Katerina Pesheva
As a senior media relations representative, Katerina is responsible for reporting on faculty research and assisting media in developing stories about basic science and clinical research. Prior to joining the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Katerina worked at the University of Missouri-Columbia as a research assistant and a health writer for a federal project designed to improve media coverage of arthritis and rheumatologic diseases. Prior to that, she worked as a medical and general-assignment reporter for two newspapers in St. Louis. Katerina has a master’s degree in Journalism and Strategic Communication from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism and a bachelor’s from Truman State University. Beats Covered
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| Home > News and Information Services > Media Relations Staff > Beth Simpkins Beth Simpkins
Beth holds a bachelor's degree in Public Relations from the University of Florida. |
Beth Simpkins joined the Office of Communications and Public Affairs in September 1996. Beth maintains the Johns Hopkins Medicine Media web site, addresses the information technology needs of the department, coordinates mass e-mail communication pieces including the | Home > News and Information Services > Media Relations Staff > Elizabeth Tracey Elizabeth Tracey
Elizabeth Tracey, MS, brings more than 15 years of broadcast and print medical journalism experience to the position of Director of the Johns Hopkins HealthNewsfeed radio service, a daily one-minute objective medical news program broadcast throughout the United States and internationally via Voice of America. This free service, now in its 17th year, highlights medical information of interest to the general public. More information about Health Newsfeed. |
| Home > News and Information Services > Media Relations Staff > Eric Vohr Eric A. Vohr
Before joining the Hopkins media team, Vohr was teaching journalism and English composition at Goucher, Loyola and Villa Julie colleges. Prior to that, Vohr worked as the city editor at the Carroll County Times in Westminster, Md. He has also worked as the night editor at the Bennington Banner Newspaper in Bennington, Vt. and as a reporter/editor for the Cambodia Daily Newspaper in Phnom Penh. Vohr has written freelance articles for a number of outdoor sports publications including Ski Magazine, Adventure Cycling Magazine, National Ski Areas Association Magazine and The Washington Post. He also writes a weekly health/fitness column and an automotive column. Vohr received his bachelors of arts degree in creative writing at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash. He is currently enrolled in the masters in creative writing program at The Johns Hopkins University. Beats Covered
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| Home > News and Information Services > Media Relations Staff > Vanessa Watsa Vanessa Wasta
Vanessa Wasta joined the Public Affairs Office for the Kimmel Cancer Center in September 1998. She holds a bachelor of science in biology and a master of business administration with a concentration in marketing. Previously, she worked in the Marketing and Public Relations Office for the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center. Beats Covered |
Senior Media Relations Representative, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Maryalice Yakutchik
Maryalice Yakutchik is a writer specializing in basic science research for Johns Hopkins Medicine. Before joining the media relations staff in June 2008, she was an international correspondent producing live Web expeditions for the Discovery Channel, a writer and producer of Web documentaries for Fusionspark Media, and an instructor of journalism at Loyola College in Maryland. She also regularly contributed freelance work to a range of media, including the Philadelphia Inquirer, Smithsonian magazine and National Public Radio. Her latest book, Womens Lacrosse: A Guide for Advanced Players and Coaches was published in April 2008 by the Johns Hopkins University Press.
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