Miriam E. Tucker
Senior Writer, Elsevier/International Medical News Group
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- Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Industry
- Writing and Editing
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Miriam E. Tucker's Overview
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- Senior Writer at Elsevier/International Medical News Group
- Writer, Health/Medicine/Lifestyle at Freelance
- Past
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- Contributing writer at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Contributing writer at The Washington Post
- Contributing writer at Diabetes Forecast
- Education
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- The Johns Hopkins University
- Taylor Allderdice High School
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Miriam E. Tucker's Summary
Diabetes is both my personal and professional passion. I have lived with type 1 diabetes since 1973, and wrote my first scholarly report on the subject in 1977 at the age of 12 (www.miriametucker.com/diabetes, last item).
I've been writing about diabetes professionally since joining the International Medical News Group in 1986. Back then, the condition wasn't recognized as the epidemic that it is today. I've seen diabetes evolve from the "Rodney Dangerfield of diseases" to one that now earns enormous respect and attention. There is never a "slow" time in the diabetes research field, and the demand for information about it never slows either.
In addition to diabetes, I also write about vaccines, infectious disease, geriatrics, pediatrics, behavioral health, public health, and a wide range of other medical topics. I especially enjoy writing about any subject for which I can provide new insight.
In March 2011, I was named by Huffington Post as one of "16 Health Experts to Check Out on Twitter." (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2morrowknight/health-and-fitness-supers_b_835642.html#s255343&title=Miriam_E_Tucker)
Specialties
Diabetes, obesity, preventive medicine, vaccines, infectious disease, pediatrics, geriatrics, public health, psychology, behavioral medicine
Miriam E. Tucker's Experience
Senior Writer
Elsevier/International Medical News Group
Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Publishing industry
June 1986 – Present (26 years 1 month) Rockville, MD
Since 1986 I've had the privilege of covering clinical diabetes for IMNG's physician audiences. Since the January 2006 launch of Clinical Endocrinology News, I have delved into specialized diabetes topics such as new technologies.
Childhood and Adult vaccination is another area of expertise. I travel regularly to Atlanta to cover vaccine advisory committee meetings at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and have written extensively about new vaccines, new target groups for vaccination, vaccine shortages, and vaccine controversies.
Beyond those two specialty “beats,” I write about any and all medical subjects. Some areas I’ve covered recently include laser medicine, thoracic surgery, and hospital infection control.
I also ghostwrite a monthly column for Pediatric News on infectious disease, working closely with five specialists to craft opinion pieces in each of their own unique voices.
As IMNG has evolved into multimedia reporting, I have recorded video interviews with physicians at medical meetings by myself, and also conducted on-camera interviews when working with video staff.
Writer, Health/Medicine/Lifestyle
Freelance
June 1986 – Present (26 years 1 month)
My full-time job doesn't leave a lot of room these days for freelance features, but I'm still open to the possibility if the right topic came along.
Previous non-diabetes subjects I wrote about for major newspapers include the strep throat/OCD connection, probiotics, and overmedication in the elderly (http://www.miriametucker.com/Other_Reporting.html).
Contributing writer
The Washington Post
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; WPO; Newspapers industry
January 2000 – December 2004 (5 years)
Contributed several articles to the Health section and a personal essay in Style Plus (May 2004)
Miriam E. Tucker's Education
The Johns Hopkins University
BA, Natural Science
1982 – 1986
Activities and Societies: I was a science editor of The Hopkins Newsletter, 1984-1986
Taylor Allderdice High School
1979 – 1982
Miriam E. Tucker's Additional Information
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Diabetes education, general health, public health, psychology, culture/lifestyle
- Groups and Associations:
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Association of Healthcare Journalists, National Association of Science Writers, DC Science Writers Association, American Independent Writers
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- Honors and Awards:
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Selected by the Association for Healthcare Journalists as a health journalism fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Feb. 8-13, 2009
Recipient of the 1999 Harcourt Health Sciences Star Performer Award for outstanding contributions to the success of the International Medical News Group and its (then) parent company, Harcourt Health Sciences (1999)
Hundred-word autobiography about living with diabetes published in The Washington Post's Y2K commemorative millennium edition (January 1, 2000)
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