Dr. Alex Berezow is a science and medical writer, editor, senior manager, and data analyst.
His medical writing has been published in a variety of peer-reviewed scientific journals, such as JAMA Pediatrics and Periodontology 2000. His data analysis projects can be found in full on GitHub.
His general audience articles have appeared in a wide range of publications, including BBC News, CNN, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Wired, Scientific American, The Economist, and many others. His most recent books are The Next Plague and How Science Will Stop It (2018) and Little Black Book of Junk Science (2017). He penned nearly 40 columns for USA Today and wrote a monthly column for the Puget Sound Business Journal.
Dr. Berezow, who holds a Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Washington, has given invited talks at seminars and conferences all over the world, including Dartmouth, UPenn, University of California-Berkeley, and Université de Lausanne. He is also Medical Writer Certified (MWC) by the American Medical Writers Association.
In his spare time, he enjoys reading, learning, traveling, trying new coffee shops, playing chess, and cheering on the Washington Huskies and Seattle Sounders.