2000/2001 Kaiser Mini-Fellows and Fellows' Work
1999/2000 Kaiser Mini-Fellows and Fellows' Work
1998/1999 Kaiser Mini-Fellows and Fellows' Work
1997/1998 Kaiser Mini Fellows and Fellows' Work
2000/2001 Kaiser Mini-Fellows
David Barry, freelance health writer
Reporting Area: The methamphetamine epidemic in California--its manufacture, distribution and toxic waste.
Karen Brown, health and general assignment reporter, WFCR-FM public radio, Amherst, MA.
Reporting Area: Mental health problems and options among immigrant communities, especially war refugees.
Elena De La Cruz, features writer, La Opinion, Los Angeles
Reporting Area: Asthma and air contamination--chronic asthma among Latino children, the effects of air pollution, and prevention efforts.
Tamara Hill, medical/news reporter, Corpus Christi Caller-Times, TX
Reporting Area: Diabetes, with special focus on children, Hispanics and African Americans
Karen Houppert, freelance writer
Reporting Area: The U.S. military health care system, military hospitals and military medical policy, and the transition to TriCare
Beatrice Motamedi, freelance writer and editor
Reporting Area: The men of Martin Luther Way-improving healthcare access, outcomes and life expectancy among African-American men in a low-income neighborhood in Berkeley.
Elizabeth Neus, national reporter, medical/health care policy, Gannett News Service, Washington D.C
Reporting Area: Organ transplantation--organ allocation and distribution, media coverage and political decision-making
DeShong Perry, producer, KPNX-TV/Phoenix, AZ
Reporting Area: Child safety issues, focused initially on water accidents and drowning
Jane West, freelance television documentary and feature producer
Reporting Area: The quality and delivery of mental health services to refugees and people traumatized by disaster.
Eric Whitney, independent radio producer
Reporting Area: The Centers for Disease Control-projects to improve global public health.
1999/2000 Kaiser Mini-Fellows
Cassie M. Chew, health care reporter, Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
Reporting Area: The development of online health information websites and online pharmacies-their content, audiences and implications for the health care system.
Dan Collison, independent radio and television documentary producer
Reporting Area: Mentally ill ex-offenders-making the transition back to the community.
David Hanners, investigative reporter, The St. Paul Pioneer Press
Reporting Area: Insights from the Minnesota Tobacco Documents depository into the tobacco industry's marketing and lobbying activities.
Tom Jennings, independent documentary producer
Reporting Area: Medical privacy issues-balancing confidentiality of patients' medical records with treatment outcomes research to improve the overall quality of health care.
Susan Leffler, independent special projects producer, West Virginia Public Radio Network
Reporting Area: The impact of welfare reform on access to health care for the working poor in West Virginia.
Sharon Lerner, reporter and columnist, The Village Voice
Reporting Area: Sex education in schools, and federal funding for abstinence-only education programs.
Julia Lobaco, national editor, Vista magazine
Reporting Area: Hispanic health issues-providing accessible health care and prevention information for Hispanic audiences.
David Nather, health care reporter, Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
Reporting Area: Can managed care handle the challenge of caring for people with disabilities?
Dmae Roberts, independent documentary public radio producer
Reporting Area: Teen mental health, from a teen perspective-depression, anxiety, suicide, violence, anger, and the effects on families, insurance coverage, incarceration, counseling.
Sabin Russell, reporter, The San Francisco Chronicle
Reporting Area: U.S. trade policies on pharmaceuticals, and their impact on South Africa's efforts to access AIDS drugs.
Sally Squires, reporter, Health Section, The Washington Post
Reporting Area: Using television to inform children about public health issues.
Bill Zeeble, reporter, KERA-FM Radio, Dallas
Reporting Area: Diabetes, with particular focus on minority communities at highest risk.
1998/1999 Kaiser Mini-Fellows
Lori Bergen, public television producer, Kansas Public Television
Reporting Area: Access to health care in rural communities in Kansas
Bill Lichtenstein, producer, The Infinite Mind public radio series, New York City
Reporting Area: Caring for the mentally ill in the community: what happens when a state mental hospital closes
Andy Miller, health/business reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Reporting Area:Enrollment in Medicare and Medicaid HMOs: a comparative look at the experiences of patients and providers in different states
Duncan Moore, reporter, Modern Healthcare
Reporting Area: The decline of the staff-model HMO: why did this model of delivering care fail?
Ann Pappert, freelance health and medical journalist, New York City
Reporting Area: Insurance access and coverage problems, and the impact on the healthcare women receive
Mary Beth Pfeiffer, projects editor, The Poughkeepsie Journal
Reporting Area: Efforts to prevent the high incidence of car accidents involving teen drivers
Mario Rossilli, reporter, The Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Reporting Area: New HIV/AIDS drugs and their impact on treatment, access and financing issues
Terri Russell, medical reporter, KOLO-8 Television/Reno, Nevada
Reporting Area: Legalizing the medical usage of marijuana
Eric Schoch, science and technology writer, The Indianapolis Star and News
Reporting Area: The impact of genomics and genetic testing on the quality and availability of health care and public health in the U.S.
Eric Whitney, associate producer, High Plains News Service, Montana
Reporting Area: The understanding and treatment of mental illness, focused on the rural West
1997/1998 Kaiser Mini-Fellows
Julie Appleby, health/business reporter, Contra Costa Times
Reporting Area: How is cost cutting affecting emergency care?
Rea Blakey, health reporter, WJLA-7 Television/Washington, D.C.
Reporting Area: Scientific research into the efficacy of alternative medicine and alternative therapies
Ariana Cha, public health/race and demographics reporter, The San Jose Mercury News
Reporting Area: The participation of minorities, women and children in clinical drug trials and medical research
Debi Chard, health and medical reporter, WCSC-5 Television/Charleston, South Carolina
Reporting Area: The uninsured and under-insured in South Carolina, and the implications of lacking health insurance on the health care they receive
Andrew Finlayson, associate news director, KTVU-2 Television/San Francisco and Oakland
Reporting Area: Local health departments in the Bay Area--what is their role, and are they adequately staffed and financed to deal with the key health challenges they face today?
Joel Kaplan, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University, New York
Reporting Area: Mental health treatment and services--the impact of welfare reform, budget cuts and HMOs on the mental health care and benefits low and moderate income people receive
Medill News Service, (radio and television), Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
Reporting Area: Skin cancer--how dangerous and how preventable?
Sue Reinert, business/health reporter, The Patriot Ledger
Reporting Area: The implications of for-profit companies competing with the American Red Cross to provide blood and blood components to hospitals and patients
Terri Russell, medical reporter, KOLO-8 Television/Reno, Nevada
Reporting Area: Domestic violence and its impact on health care delivery and training
Stephen Smith, senior producer/national projects, Minnesota Public Radio
Reporting Area: Infertility treatments and new birth technologies--the ethical, social, personal and financial issues involved
