Commentary

Op-eds and commentary

Writing for general readers on epidemics, surveillance, and the systems that protect public health. Commentaries in scientific journals are listed in my CV.

STAT First Opinion · June 2025Ending U.S.-global health research partnerships will cost America
STAT First Opinion · February 2025The ‘disease detectives’ dodged a bullet, but another might be coming
The Hill · 2024The bird flu outbreak has spread to humans. Are we too late to prevent the next pandemic?
STAT First Opinion · May 2024From sewage to safety: hospital wastewater surveillance as a beacon for defense against H5N1 bird flu
NBC News THINK · September 2022Is Biden correct that the pandemic is over? Not exactly.
Barron’s · 2022The CDC got lost trying to follow the science
New York Daily News · 2022To combat COVID, we must have better indicators
CNN Opinion · March 2020What we’ve learned from the HIV pandemic

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