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Elizabeth Mechcatie, Editor, has been with the News division for 25 years as a Reporter and Senior Reporter, most prominently heading up our coverage of the FDA and its advisory committees as well as approvals of new drugs, devices, and biologics. Elizabeth has been instrumental in the launch of several columns on new drugs and prescribing, including the Drugs, Pregnancy, and Lactation column which addresses the relative risks of drugs for pregnant and nursing women and the fetus and nursing newborn. In addition to a BSN from Duke University, Elizabeth has an MA in science/environmental reporting from New York University. |
Mollie Kalaycio Mollie Kalaycio joined Frontline as an intern in April 2017, before being brought on as a web content editor in January. She is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, where she majored in Theatre with a minor in Creative Writing. She also has a Master’s Degree in Professional Writing from Chatham University. |
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Doug Brunk is an award-winning reporter who has been covering health care since 1991. Before joining the company, he wrote for the health sciences division of Columbia University and was on the editorial staff at Contemporary Long Term Care magazine when it won a Jesse H. Neal Award. He has a master's in magazine journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Doug is based in San Diego. |
M. Alexander Otto began his reporting career covering the pharmaceutical industry for a national pharmacists' magazine and freelancing for the Washington Post and other newspapers. He then joined BNA, now a part of Bloomberg News, covering health law and the protection of people and animals in medical research. Alex next worked for the McClatchy Company, a major newspaper chain. Based on his work, Alex won a year-long Knight Science Journalism Fellowship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2008-09. He joined Frontline shortly thereafter. Alex has a newspaper journalism degree from Syracuse University and a master's degree in medical science -- a physician assistant degree -- from George Washington University. Alex is based in Seattle. |
Mitchel L. Zoler joined the company’s Philadelphia bureau in 1992 and since then has covered more than 300 medical research meetings around the world. Previously, he covered medicine and science for publications including Medical World News, Cardiology Times, Urology Times, Hospital Practice, and Science Digest. A fellowship through the American Association for the Advancement of Science landed him at Newsweek early in his career. Mitchel has a Ph.D. in microbiology and did post-doc work in virology. Follow him on Twitter @mitchelzoler.
Senior Editors |
Jeff Evans
Catherine Hackett
Mark S. Lesney, PhD
Katie Lennon
Lora T. McGlade, MS
Richard Pizzi
Amy Reyes
Susan Rita Ruel, PhD
Glenn Williams
Multimedia Producer
Tyler Mundhek |
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Associate Editors
Lucas Franki
Gwendolyn B. Hall
Jane Locastro
Emily Welsch |
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Kathy Scarbeck, Editorial Director, has had editorial oversight of the wire service since its launch in 2006. In her 20 years with the company, Kathy has worked as a reporter, editor, and editorial manager of web and wire service products. She graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Notre Dame and a Master's of Arts degree in Journalism from Indiana University. Connect with her via LinkedIn. |
