Speaking Engagements

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• NPR: All Of It with Alison Stewart (January 23, 2025): Sports For Staying Healthy As We Age; Hidden Gem Museums In Our Area; New Mel Brooks Docuseries; Philip Glass's 'Songs from Liquid Days' At 40

• New York Times (January 14, 2025): This Might Be the Best Sport for a Longer Life

• Kent State (November 4, 2025): Guest lecture in "Reporting, Writing and Editing," taught by Professor Ellen Austin

• NPR: Here & Now (October 14, 2025): Are you really brilliant, or is your AI chatbot just flattering you?

• Global Health Catalyst HOPE+ Summit at Dana Farber Cancer Institute (September 20, 2025): From Silence to Storytelling: Tackling Stigma Through Global Health Reporting

• Oxford Union (May 15, 2025): Conversation with Christos Christou, International President of Doctors Without Borders

• Sir William Dunn School of Pathology - University of Oxford (May 13, 2025): Basics of Science Communication

• Oxford Union (May 1, 2025): Week 1 Debate: This House Believes the NHS is Beyond Repair

• American Society of Journalists and Authors Meeting (September 25, 2024): Journalism Award Winners Share Their Secrets

• Hunter College (September 24, 2024): Guest lecture in "Science Communication for Human Biologists," taught by Professor Julia Zichello

• Mind4Youth (September 23, 2024): Keynote at Global Advocacy Conference

• National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (December 19, 2023): Effective Communication with the General Public about Scientific Research that Requires the Care and Use of Animals — A Workshop

• The Harker School (April 18, 2023): Research Symposium - Alumni Keynote Simar Bajaj

• MIT (February 24, 2023): Guest lecture in "Global Health Informatics to Improve Quality of Care," taught by Professor Leo Celi

• Harvard College (December 5, 2022): Guest lecture in "Narrative Scientific Journalism," taught by Professor Michael Pollan

• UCSF School of Medicine (November 2, 2022): Vaccine Apartheid: Can we decolonize the distribution of health resources?

• Harvard Kennedy School (September 9, 2022): Vaccine Hesitancy: Between Miracle & Mistrust

• Humans of Harvard College (February 28, 2021): Simar Bajaj

• Providence, Rhode Island City Council (November 23, 2020): National Lung Cancer Awareness Month Conversation

• TEDx (January 29, 2020): Breaking the Locks: Why I Cut My Hair After 17 Years