I am a freelance science and health writer based in Brooklyn, New York. Recently I’ve been writing for Scientific American, Nature Medicine, Slate, Redbook, Glamour, Better Homes and Gardens, and O: The Oprah Magazine. I am also an adjunct assistant professor in CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism.
In 2010, I won the American College of Emergency Physicians Journalism Award for my piece Cold Relief, published in Popular Science in February 2009. Articles I have written for Scientific American and Mother Jones have also been featured in issues that won American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME ) Awards for General Excellence.
Please check out my blog at the Public Library of Science, Body Politic, as well as my clips and resume. I can be reached at melinda.wenner at gmail.com.