Member since Dec 2023
Nsikan Akpan is the managing editor for Think Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He previously worked for New York Public Radio as the health and science editor for the WNYC/Gothamist newsroom. Before NYPR, he worked at National Geographic as a science editor overseeing its COVID-19 coverage, and as a science producer for PBS NewsHour, where he co-created an award-winning video series named ScienceScope. He shared a 2020 Emmy for the PBS NewsHour series “Stopping a Killer Pandemic” and in 2019 received a George Foster Peabody Award for the PBS NewsHour series “The Plastic Problem.” Nsikan has also worked for NPR, Science News Magazine, Science Magazine, KUSP Central Coast Public Radio, the Santa Cruz Sentinel and as a writer at the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University. He holds a doctorate in pathobiology from Columbia University and is an alum of the science communication program at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/how-to-stop-coronavirus-surges-from-winning-the-war-cvd
Case surges, overrun hospitals, and a second lockdown this summer could deal a heavy blow to the United States. Here's what we need to turn the tide.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/how-to-minimize-coronavirus-risk-during-your-holiday-trip
From tests to quarantines, here’s what scientists recommend if you must take a trip during the pandemic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/we-just-became-doctors-our-first-assignment-is-the-coronavirus
Medical residents spend years training to turn calamities into victories, but the scale of the COVID-19 crisis has been daunting.
https://gothamist.com/news/when-should-nyc-worry-about-lees-path-making-sense-of-hurricane-forecasts
Gothamist looks at why hurricane season is suddenly popping off and whether they need to start preparing for Hurricane Lee.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/genetic-genealogy-can-help-solve-cold-cases-it-can-also-accuse-the-wrong-person
Genetic genealogy can help solve cold cases. It can also accuse the wrong person.