Scientific Illiteracy and the Media

Dr. Snyderman is a board certified Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeon and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She is a Visiting Consulting Professor in the School of Global Health at Stanford University and co-founded the Stanford University-NBC News Global Media Fellowship. She is also a Consulting Professor of Medical Communication in the School of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Her corporate work began at Johnson & Johnson where she created online medical curricula for the public...She is a New York Times  bestselling author, having written five books. As a medical journalist for ABC and NBC News, she has traveled the world extensively and has reported from some of the world’s most troubled areas. Her reporting has garnered her some of the industry’s most distinguished honors including an Emmy, DuPont, Edward R Murrow and Gracie awards. She is routinely called upon to explain some of the most complicated scientific breakthroughs to the public via television, radio, and print.