Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program
Alumni

SHERP students benefit from an extensive and tight-knit alumni network in seeking internships and jobs. There's also a lively SHERP-only e-mail listserv used by more than 160 "SHERPies" to swap advice and news about job openings. If you're a graduate of SHERP or a current student, you can join the discussion at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sherpies/.

SHERP alumni and friends who wish to provide tuition assistance to students who need it may now contribute to the Bill Burrows SHERP Scholarhip Fund, named for SHERP's founding director.

Supporters may contribute online via this secure site or may send SHERP a check made out to New York University, with 'Bill Burrows Scholarship Fund' written in the lower left corner. The address is Bill Burrows SHERP Scholarship Fund c/o SHERP, NYU Department of Journalism, 20 Cooper Square, NY, NY 10003.

Returning to NYU from all over the world, about 200 alumni gathered in September 2007 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of SHERP with a full day of events.

The list below reflects the last known professional position held by each SHERP graduate since the program began in 1982. To discourage spammers, the e-mail addresses listed below use "[at]" instead of the correct "@" symbol. When sending e-mail, replace "[at]" with "@".

Some of this information may be outdated. Updates and corrections are welcomed. Please send them to sherp.journalism@nyu.edu.


SERP 1 (1982)

Rae Bretana, medical communications, freelance writer.
Carole Bullock, senior communications manager for public and media relations, American Heart Association.
Peter Geller, licensed acupunturist and Chinese herbologist, self-employed.
Jeanne Herb, assistant commissioner for policy, planning and science, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Kimberly J. Landes, senior project manager of litigation team, CACI, Inc.
Rita Lazzaroni, freelancer.
Sean Mulligan, freelance web developer / technical writer, construction manager, StructureTone, Inc.
Leslie Wiman Rose, administrator of corporate & foundation relations, Association of Graduates, US Military Academy.
Janet Schumacher, freelance science writer
Dawn Stover, freelancer and editor at large, Popular Science.
Cheryl Platzman Weinstock, freelance science writer and speaker.


SERP 2 (1983)

Shirley Cordes, freelance science writer
Elizabeth Hartzell deSimone, associate editor, The Walking Magazine.
Naomi Freundlich, freelance,
Michael Friedman, on-air meteorologist, Ch. 10 News, & WCBS Radio 88.
Samuel Friedman, legislative analyst, New York Department of Health.
Patrice Heinz Shelkun, freelance science writer.
Karen Heller, promotion, Sold Worldwide.
Marianne Hjertstrand, medical reporter, Swedish Television Channel 1.
Melissa Lee Kim, Mary Glasgow Publications Ltd., London.
Franca Lebow, freelance medical writer.
Gerry Regan, projects director, GAR Media.
Ruth Taswell, RT Editorial Services.
Laurel Van Leer, freelancer.
Patricia Wittig, freelance medical writer.


SERP 3 (1984)

Maria Borelius, reporter, Swedish National Television.
James, L. Eng, reporter, Associated Press, Seattle.
Debra Glicksman, science editor, Prentice Hall.
Joyce Gramza, producer, Sciencentral, Science & Technology News Network.
James Killgore, contributor, Omni, and freelancer for publications in Scotland, ,
Michael Krapin, freelance television and science writer,
Jay Letto, conference coordinator, Society of Environmental Journalists.
Kerry B. McCabe, registered nurse and freelance writer for nursing journals.
Elizabeth Mechcatie, writer, International News Group.
Brian Nadel, editor-in-chief, Mobile Computing & Communications.
Gregory Pope (deceased).
Janet Weinrib, freelancer,


SERP 4 (1985)

Robert Anderson, contributing editor, Natural History Magazine.
Shira Birnbaum, freelancer and educational consultant, emergency medical technician.
Sheryl, Burpee, contributor, Fitness Newsletters and Freelance.
Karen Fitzgerald, freelancer.
Eva Lynne Greene, section head, medical science liaisons, Proctor & Gamble Pharmaceuticals.
Eric Justice, editorial director, BioScience Communications.
Sally Rose, editor, Provincetown Banner.
Meiyu Song, freelance science writer, Canada
Lora A. Sporny, adjunct associate professor of nutrition and education, Teachers College of Columbia University. ,
Kathy Wollard, Newsday columnist, author.


SERP 5 (1986)

Sarah Tilyou Albaneze, senior editor, McMahon Publishing Group.
Jani Denler Bergan, associate, WeissComm Partners.
Kellyn Betts, senior editor, American Chemical Society (Environmental Science & Technology).
John Carpi.
Christian Coles, assistant professor, Disease Prevention & Control, Dept. of International Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University.
Doris Day, dermatologist and author.
Richard Lewit, owner & winemaker, Alison Wines & Vineyards.
Zheng Zheng Li, technical assistant, Prodigy.
Eileen A. McCaffrey, self-employed medical writer & editor as a partner in The Content Firm LLC.
Damian McNamara, International Medical News Group, Miami Bureau.
Lori Oliwenstein, science writer, health sciences public relations, University of Southern California; managing editor, Alternative and Complimentary Therapies; freelance writer and editor, www.lorioliwenstein.com.
Diana R. Romero, assistant professor of population & family health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
Robin Trohn Sussingham, independent radio producer, Partner IntelliCast Communications. ;


SERP 6 (1987)

Jeffrey Brune, director, Campbell Creek Science Center. Jeff_Brune[at]blm.gov
Catherine Dold, freelance health and science writer, www.catherinedold.com.
Anita Flanagan, freelance science writer.
Timothy Folger, associate editor, Discover magazine. Adjunct professor, NYU. ;
Elizabeth (Beth) Hanson, freelancer.
Hildy Rubin, freelance documentary writer/producer.
Brianna Politzer Stevens, freelance health and medical writer. ,
Jane Treuhold, attorney.
Marisa Venegas science producer, CBS Evening News.
Luba Vikhanski, freelancer, science writer at Weizmann Institute of Science in Tel Aviv.


SERP 7 (1988)

Ted Allen, Cookbook author, "Ted" on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Senior Editor, CHICAGO.
Meg Campbell, freelancer.
Maria T. Crocitto, CEO, Advantage Communications, LLC.
David Fishman, principal consultant & freelancer, Downshift Media.
Rosemarie Zaloum Foster, medical writer/editor, Foster Medical Communications.
Elizabeth (Betsy) Hanson, freelancer.
Anita Jacobo, Freelance science writer.
Gary Klinger, assistant professor, St. Francis College.
Karen (Kay) Locitzer, freelance science writer.
Michele Opanowicz-Brady, director of information design, Information Builders, Inc.
David Siegel, freelance science writer.
Stefanie Silverman, freelance editor/proofreader.
Karen McNulty Walsh, principal media & communications specialist, Brookhaven National Laboratory.


SERP 8 (1989)

Debra Brinson, senior technical writer, OSIsoft, Inc.
Kristine Caggiano Garland, public affairs officer, Plum Island Animal Disease Center. ,
Vernon Church, writer/filmmaker.
Regina Fitzsimmons, Associate editor, Scientific American Magazine.
Elisabeth Kirschner, writer, drugstore.com.
Guillermo Metz, writer/editor, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Center.
Mary Raffalli, producer, CBS Reports.
Kathy Svitil, senior science writer, California Institute of Technology.
Andrea Lynne Taylor, public information coordinator, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Center.
Bruno Tedeschi, city editor, Newark Star-Ledger.
Laura Worsham, freelance science writer


SERP 9 (1990)

Elizabeth Azar, freelancer, American Psychological Association,
Laura Carter, associate editor, Dartmouth Medicine Magazine; assistant director of publications, Dartmouth Medical School.
David Davis, contributor, Hudson Valley Magazine and freelance.
Donald B. Marti Jr., director of technical marketing, SpikeSource.
Jane Newman, director of special projects, Mass General Hospital & Harvard Medical School. ,
Robert Service, northwest correspondent, Science Magazine.
Ben Stein director of media relations, National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Melissa Stewart, children's writer, freelance.
Chana Freiman Stiefel, freelance.
Fleur Templeton, freelance science writer.
Kathryn Kittridge Bush White, associate producer, The Chedd-Angier Production Co.
Nira Worcman, corporate communications manager, Roche.


SERP 10 (1991)

Grace Begany, multimedia writer/project manager, Ehrlich Associates, Inc.
Sean Christopher Duke, editor and co-founder, Science Spin magazine, Ireland.
Sunja Eve Edmunds, associate editor, Psychology Today.
Nancy Finton, researcher/contributor, Living Well magazine.
Jason Kahn, manager of publications & editorial services, Cardiovascular Research Foundation.
Beth Ann Meehan, senior account executive, Bank of America.
Suzuki Noriko Takezaki, writer/researcher Tokyo Bureau, The New York Times,


SERP 11 (1992)

Damaris Christensen, student, Union Theological Seminary-Presbyterian School of Christian Education, freelancer,
Kristin Choo, freelancer.
Ruth Coxeter, researcher, NBC News.
Josie Glausiusz, writer and editor, freelance.
John Kincaid, former intern, Psychology Today
Theres Luthi, science editor, Die Weltwoche, Zurich.
Yvonne Miller, associate producer, CBS News "Coast to Coast".
Judy (Pantel) Silverman, researcher, NBC News.
Peter Svensson, former intern, Medical Tribune.
Theresa Tamkins senior editor, Health.com.


SERP 12 (1993)

Estee Lee Dardik-Lichter, freelance science writer.
Gloribel Esquilin Delgado, freelance writer, screenwriter, Puerto Rico.
Karen de Seve, exhibition developer & project manager, Liberty Science Center.
Peter Doskoch, senior editor, Guttmacher Institute. ;
Daniel Drollette Jr., freelance science journalist, www.dandrollette.com.
Peter R. Fairley, freelancer and author, energy and technology.
Thomas Ferraro, senior planning editor, NBC News.
Pamela Frost Gorder, science writer, research communications, Ohio State University. ,
Julia (Ferraro) Kozakova, freelance.
Hui-Chen Lin, anchor, Taiwanese TV.
Antonio Regalado, Brazil Correspondent, Wall Street Journal. ,
Jacqueline Stanfill (Olsen), communications director, GeoTrans, Inc.
William Wills, freelance science writer.


SERP 13 (1994)

Esther Buterman, senior vice president, Editorial Services, Edelman.
Brenda DeKoker Goodman, full-time stringer Atlanta Bureau, The New York Times.
Yaelle Meyer, freelancer.
Chaz Godwin, national account manager, Healthcare Group, Multivu.
Troy Goodman, reporter, The Birmingham News.
Kal Szigeti, documentation manager, SunGard Energy Solutions. ,
Alison Levine, director, planned gifts, Earthjustice.
Cynthia Pereira, executive editor, Ogilvy Healthwold. ,
Steven Vames, reporter, DowJones Newswires.
Karin Vergoth, producer, Science Friday (National Public Radio).
Bob Wallace, master teacher of science, general studies program, New York University.
William Winkler, Car Stereo Review.


SERP 14 (1995)

Barbie Bischof, PhD candidate, Florida International University.
Germaine Clark, ABC News Discovery Channel. clarkger[at]earthlink.net
Erica Garcia, reporter, Money magazine.
Alison Ginsberg, producer, Paula Zahn Now, CNN.
Cheryl Harris editor, Physics Today.
Annette Heist, senior producer, Science Friday (National Public Radio),
Lucia Huelamo, Marisol Ares, Spain.
Mary Sidney Kelly-Harbert, investigator, Southern Center for Human Rights. ,
Peter Modica, vice president and medical writer, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide.
Gretel Schueller, freelance writer and associate professor of journalism, SUNY-Plattsburgh. ,
Gunjan Sinha, freelancer science writer. www.gunjansinha.com.
Dan Vergano, science correspondent, USA Today.
Suzanne Zolfo, freelancer.


SERP 15 (1996)

Charles Bergquist, producer/director, Science Friday (National Public Radio).
Christopher Dickey, adjunct professor, SHERP, vice president for operations & scientific affairs, Rogers Medical Intelligence Solutions.
Odette Frey, science editor, Swiss Public Radio.
Unmesh Kher, freelancer.
Carol Kopf, freelancer.
Ken Macdonald, freelancer. .
Kathleen (Kat) McGowan, freelancer writer and contributing editor, Psychology Today.
Kathleen O'Reilly, freelancer.
Barry Seidman, freelance writer and executive producer, Equal Time for Freethought (WBAI radio).
Debra Summers Goldstein, senior publications manager, The Trust for Public Land. ,


SERP 16 (1997)

Michael Albano,
Sophia Cariati, freelancer.
Yu-tzu Chiu, freelance Taipei correspondent, BNA.
Karina Chobanyan, line producer, CNN Headline News.
Chad Cohen, freelance producer, NOVA Science Now; correspondent, National Geographic Television.
Andrew Paul Gannon, scientific program director, Thomson Gardiner-Caldwell London.
Sharon Guynup, freelancer.
Martha Jordan Heil, senior editor/strategic planner, American Institute of Physics. ,
Cat Lazaroff, policy press secretary, Earthjustice.
David S. Levin, financial editor, The Capital Group Companies.
Samuel Moore, senior associate editor, IEEE Spectrum Magazine.
Christopher Morrison, senior writer, Windhover Information.
Margaret Ann Quigley, freelancer.
Bijal Trivedi, freelancer.


SERP 17 (1998)

Holger Matthias Breithaupt, news editor, EMBO Reports, European Molecular Biology Organization.
Thomas James Clarke, science reporter, Channel 4 News (U.K.).
Lisa Drayer, nutritionist & health reporter, freelance contributor for CNN. WCBS-TV, columnist for Women's Health Magazine; nutritionist in private practice, www.lisadrayer.com. ,
Rene Ebersole, senior editor, Audubon Magazine. ,
Amy Erickson, senior science writer, The Translational Genomics Research Institute.
Martha Jordan Heil, editor/strategic planner, American Institute of Physics.
Tien-Shun Lee, metro reporter, Daily Record of Morris County, New Jersey.
Apoorva Mandavilli, senior news editor, Nature Medicine.
Marci Mikesell, senior medical writer, Embryon Inc.
Reetpaul Rana.
Jenette Restivo, documentary producer, The History Channel, National Geographic, Discovery Channel.
Nada Mangialetti Rose, clinical psychologist, occasional freelance.
Joanna Rudnick, documentary filmmaker (director/producer); development director, Kartemquin Films.
Hope Vanderberg, editor, New Youth Connections Magazine.


SERP 18 (1999)

Christen Brownlee.
Whitney Clavin, NASA-Spitzer Science Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Meredith Fisher, associate producer, ScienCentral, Inc.
Laurie Ann Goldman, freelancer.
Patricia Hemminger, supervising editor, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
Agnes Kolor.
Diane Martindale.
Suzanne Mengel.
Keely Savoie, freelancer, Science & Politics.
Trevor William Thieme.


SERP 19 (2000)

Julia Karow, editor, In Sequence.
Sara Kuzmarov, associate producer, CBS News.
Diane Lanigan, strategies applications director, National Kidney Foundation.
Aude Lecrubier, medical & science Writer.
Alison McCook, news editor, The Scientist.
J.R. Minkel, freelancer, Scientific American.
Heather Sparks, senior copywriter, Saatchi & Saatchi.
Kirsten Weir, freelancer.


SERP 20 (2001)

Alexi Baker, PhD student in history of science, Oxford University.
Vivienne Caballero, United Nations Development Programme.
Kuan-Yi Chen, masters' student in urban affairs, Hunter College; freelancer.
Annachiara Danieli, freelancer for weekly newspaper Il Nuovo Friuli, Italy.
Graciela Flores, freelance science writer.
Dana Frisch, medical student, NYU.
Diana Jong, student, Boston University Law School.
Kristen Kresge, science writer, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. ,
Jesse Logan, associate producer, WGBH-TV.
Tariq Malik staff writer, Space.com.
Gregory Mone, freelance science writer.
Atsushi Tomita, PhD student and research assistant, City University of New York.
Amanda Urban.
Clementine Wallace, freelance writer and part-time adjunct, NYU Journalism Undergraduate program.


SERP 21 (2002)

Raena Blumenthal.
Jeanna Bryner, assistant editor, Science World Magazine (Scholastic Inc.). ,
Lindsay Carswell, associate producer & web writer, ScienCentral News.
Joan Malespina, freelancer.
Britt Norlander, editor, SuperScience, Scholastic Inc. ,
Stephanie Riesenman, freelancer.
Deidra Robinson.
Namrita Talwar, associate information officer, United Nations.
Sarah Zielinski, assistant editor, Smithsonian Magazine.


SERP 22 (2003)

Querida Anderson, print and online editor, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News. ,
Caitlin Cox, science and medical writer, freelance.
Aimee Cunningham freelance writer.
Jessica Ebert, freelance science journalist.
Emily Hager, associate producer, New York Times Television.
Shan Li, communication specialist, Jenel Management Inc.
Laura Mahachek, scientific information specialist, McCarter & English, LLP.
Donald Monroe, freelance science & technology Writer, www.donmonroe.info.
Michael Mooney, assistant editor, MAMM Magazine.
Olga Norstrom, associate health & nutrition editor, First Magazine for Women, Bauer Publishing.
Prachi Patel, technology writer and radio reporter, freelance.
Michael Schirber freelance science writer.
Meghan Smith, assistant to the senior vice president of current programming & East Coast development, ABC/Disney.


SERP 23 (2004)

Lauren Aaronson, assistant editor, Popular Science magazine.
Corey Binns, freelance writer. www.coreybinns.com.
Michelle Bryner, associate editor, Chemical Week magazine.
Bjorn Carey associate editor, Popular Science magazine.
Cody Crane associate editor, Science World magazine.
Sarah Davidson
Leilani Del Mar Gallardo, Southeast Asia Urban Environmental Management Applications Project.
Cecilia Dobbs Waase.
Sara Goudarzi, staff writer, LiveScience.com/Space.com. www.saragoudarzi.com.
Rebecca (Becky) Kessler, senior editor, Natural History magazine,
Maria Kolesnikova, commodities reporter, Bloomberg News Moscow. ,
Abigail Leonard, associate producer, CNN medical unit.
Brandon Miller, freelancer.
Todd Neale staff writer, MedPageToday.com.
Finale Patel
Jessica Steyers. researcher, Good Morning America.
Ker Hueng Than, staff writer, LiveScience.com/Space.com.


SHERP 24 (2005)

Sabina Borza associate editor, Thomson Healthcare.
Susan Cosier, associate editor, Plenty Magazine.
Ciara Curtin, Senior Writer, Genome Technology magazine.
Kristina Fiore editor, MedPageToday.com.
Bob Grant, staff writer, The Scientist. ,
Andrew Klein, media coordinator, Weill Cornell Medical College. ,
Julie Leibach, assistant editor, Audubon Magazine. ,
Melissa Mahony, copy editor, Wildlife Conservation Magazine.
Karen Schrock, editor, Scientific American Mind.
Alison Snyder associate producer, World Science Festival.
Andrea Thompson, staff writer, LiveScience.com and SPACE.com. ,
C. Melinda Wenner, freelance writer, blindedscience.blogspot.com.
Edyta Zielinska, associate editor, The Scientist.


SHERP 25 (2006)

Andrea Anderson science reporter, GenomeWeb Daily News.
Lindsey Bewley freelance writer.
Rachele Cooper science writer, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Emily Driscoll associate producer, ScienCentral News, www.emilydriscollonline.com.
Jeremy Hsu staff writer, LiveScience.com and Space.com.
Meredith Knight staff reporter, Mile High News.
Ben Leach health, science environmental and technology reporter. The Press of Atlantic City,
Jennifer Moser freelance editor and writer.
Morgen Peck freelance writer.
Kristin Phillips science writer, American Museum of Natural History.
Josh Romero associate editor, IEEE Spectrum.
Peter Sergo freelance writer.
Molly Webster assistant editor, OnEarth Magazine, freelance writer.
Erica Westly freelance writer, www.ericawestly.com.