Seema Yasmin
CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, MEDICINE - PRIMARY CARE AND POPULATION HEALTH at Stanford University
Biography
Stanford University
Bio
Seema Yasmin is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, poet, medical doctor and author. Yasmin served as an officer in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where she investigated disease outbreaks and was principal investigator on a number of CDC studies. Yasmin trained in journalism at the University of Toronto and in medicine at the University of Cambridge.
Yasmin was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news in 2017 with a team from The Dallas Morning News and recipient of an Emmy for her reporting on neglected diseases. She received two grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. In 2017, Yasmin was a John S. Knight Fellow in Journalism at Stanford University investigating the spread of health misinformation and disinformation during epidemics. Previously she was a science correspondent at The Dallas Morning News, medical analyst for CNN, and professor of public health at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Her writing has earned awards and residencies from the Mid Atlantic Arts Council, Hedgebrook, the Millay Colony for the Arts and others. Her first book, The Impatient Dr. Lange (Johns Hopkins University Press, July 2018) is the biography of an AIDS doctor killed on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Her second book, Debunked! Pseudoscience, Medical Myths and Why They Persist, is forthcoming in November 2019. A major title about women is forthcoming from HarperCollins in 2020.
Yasmin’s unique expertise in medicine, epidemics and journalism has been called upon by The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, the Aspen Institute, Skoll Foundation and others.
Academic Appointments
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
- Faculty Affiliate, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
Honors & Awards
- Mayborn Award for Literary Non-Fiction, Mayborn School of Journalism, University of North Texas. (2015)
- Mayborn Award for Literary Non-Fiction, Mayborn School of Journalism, University of North Texas (2016)
- Westfield Trust Prize for Academic Excellence, Queen Mary University of London (2005)
- Unit Commendation, United States Public Health Service (2014)
- Public Health Award for Media Excellence in Print Media, Texas Public Health Association (2015)
- National Health Journalism Fellowship Award, Center for Health Journalism, University of Southern California (2015)
- John P. McGovern Award in Health Promotion, University of Texas at Austin (2016)
- Physician Excellence in Reporting, Texas Medical Association (2016)
- Finalist, Pulitzer Prize (2017)
- Reporting award, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting (2015)
- Reporting award, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting (2017)
- Emmy, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (2016)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
- Global Health Faculty Fellow, Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health (2020 - Present)
Professional Education
- MD, University of Cambridge
- Journalism, University of Toronto
- Biochemistry, Queen Mary University of London
Videos
Imperfect Heroes | Seema Yasmin | TEDxOakLawn
Seema Yasmin: How to conquer a pandemic with communication
2016 McGovern Lecture: From Ebola to Zika with Dr. Seema Yasmin
Alumni Day 2021 - Seema Yasmin, MB BChir
Doctor Debunks Medical Myths | WIRED
Dr. Seema Yasmin Answers 50 of the Most Googled Coronavirus Questions | WIRED
Dr. Seema Yasmin and Zahra Noorbakhsh in conversation
KEYNOTE SPEAKER | Dr. Seema Yasmin for ACR21
Dr. Seema Yasmin: "WIRED How to prepare for the pandemic"
Dr Seema Yasmin: Misinfodemics – pandemics of microbes and misinformation
Getting Public Health Communication Right (w/Dr. Seema Yasmin)
Pulitzer Center Student Webinar: Responsible Reporting on Epidemics with Dr. Seema Yasmin
Get Smart, Stay Calm: Ebola in Dallas | Seema Yasmin | TEDxUTD
Medical Myths and Why We Fall for Them | Dr. Seema Yasmin
All my Covid questions ANSWERED with Dr. Seema Yasmin | No Filter with Naomi
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