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The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing is committed to improving the quality of science news reaching the public. Comprised of a panel of distinguished journalists and scientists, CASW develops and funds programs to help reporters and writers produce accurate and informative stories about developments in science, technology, medicine and the environment.

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Professional information

Name: Joann Ellison Rodgers, M.S.
Title/position: Board member
Biography: Joann Ellison Rodgers, an award-winning science and medical writer and editor, is a graduate of Boston University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She was national science correspondent and columnist for the Hearst Newspapers and winner of a Lasker Award for medical journalism before joining Johns Hopkins Medicine, where she served as Executive Director of Media Relations and Public Affairs for 25 years and subsequently as Senior Advisor for Science, Executive and Crisis Communications at JHM. She was recently named Faculty Scholar and Senior Communications Adviser at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. Rodgers is past president of CASW and NASW, a Fellow of the AAAS, member of Sigma Xi, and on the faculty at Johns Hopkins's' Bloomberg School of Public Health. The author of seven books, including Sex: A Natural History (Henry Holt), and Media Guide for Academics, Rodgers consults and speaks frequently on crisis and risk communictions, and on news media relations. As a freelance, she has published widely in science, educational, and popular periodicals, including The New York Times Magazine, Psychology Today, Genetics in Medicine and Parade.