Contributor

Sheri Fink

Reporter, Physician

Dr. Sheri Fink has reported on health, medicine and science in the U.S. and from every continent except Antarctica. Her articles have appeared in such publications as the New York Times, Discover and Scientific American, and she has contributed to the public radio newsmagazine PRI’s “The World,” covering the global HIV/AIDS pandemic and international aid in development, conflict and disaster settings. Fink's book War Hospital: A True Story of Surgery and Survival (Public Affairs, 2003) won the American Medical Writer's Association special book award and was a finalist for the Overseas Press Club and PEN Martha Albrand awards. Fink has taught at Harvard, Tulane and the New School. She was the recipient of a Kaiser Media Fellowship in Health from the Kaiser Family Foundation.