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John Carroll, Editor-in-Chief, FierceBiotech
john@fiercemarkets.com | @JohnCFierce
John D. Carroll is a biotech analyst with 35 years of prize-winning experience in journalism. Aside from his daily industry coverage for FierceBiotech, where he was named editor in 2003, Carroll has been a regular speaker at biotech events around the globe. He's been a keynote speaker for several state associations as well as biotech groups in London and Cambridge, U.K.; addressed student audiences at MIT and Harvard; and been quoted in The New Yorker, the Financial Times, the Boston Globe and other publications. Carroll has covered genomics, biotechnology, healthcare and other business topics for American Banker, Managed Care and many other publications. He has contributed stories from Central America and Ireland to the Dallas Morning News and Time and wrote for the Houston Press. Carroll spent 6 years as editor and publisher of the Dallas Business Journal, was publisher of Texas Business and early in his career was part of a Pulitzer Prize-winning team of reporters and editors at the Kansas City Star & Times. He can be reached at john@fiercemarkets.com.
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Tracy Staton, Senior Editor, FiercePharma & FiercePharmaMarketing
tracy@fiercemarkets.com | @TracyStaton
Tracy Staton is the editor of FiercePharma and FiercePharmaMarketing. She has been a freelance writer for 8 years. Before that, she served as editor of the Dallas Business Journal, editor of Texas Business magazine, and a senior editor at American Way, the inflight magazine of American Airlines. She is based in Vermont and can be reached at tracy@fiercemarkets.com, or find her on LinkedIn.
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Eric Palmer, Senior Editor, FiercePharma & FiercePharmaManufacturing
epalmer@fiercemarkets.com | @EricPFierce
Eric Palmer is a business and technology journalist with more than three decades of prize-winning experience as a reporter and editor with daily, weekly, monthly and online publications. He was healthcare reporter for The Kansas City Star before becoming deputy business editor for the daily newspaper. He spent 8 years as editor of The Kansas City Business Journal, which had a strong emphasis on the healthcare industry. He is an avid fly fisherman, cooks and collects wine, and likes to travel with his family. Eric is based in Kansas City and can be reached at epalmer@fiercemarkets.com.
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Stacy Lawrence, Senior Editor, FierceMedicalDevices
slawrence@fiercemarkets.com | @StacyALawrence
Stacy has been writing and editing about the business of emerging technologies for more than 15 years. Most recently, she was the biopharma business bureau editor with Elsevier. Prior to that, she was the finance columnist with biotechnology industry publication BioCentury. Stacy also has written for publications including Nature Biotechnology, San Francisco Business Times, New Scientist, MIT Technology Review, Business 2.0, and Wired. Stacy can be reached at slawrence@fiercemarkets.com.
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Damian Garde, Editor, FierceBiotech & FierceCRO
dgarde@fiercemarkets.com | @DamianFierce
Damian is an editor with FierceMarkets' Life Sciences publications, writing for FierceBiotech, FierceMedicalDevices and FierceCRO. Prior to joining Fierce, he worked for Patch.com in Maryland, and The Albuquerque Journal and Weekly Alibi in Albuquerque, NM. Damian lives in Washington, DC, and considers himself the foremost Carmelo Anthony apologist in the greater metropolitan area. He can be reached at dgarde@fiercemarkets.com.
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Michael Gibney, Production Editor, Life Sciences
mgibney@fiercemarkets.com | @MichaelGFierce
Michael is the production editor with FierceMarkets' Life Sciences group. He also writes for FierceDrugDelivery and FierceMedicalDevices. A graduate of the University of Missouri's School of Journalism, Michael has worked as an editor for Patch.com in Connecticut and a writer for the Bozeman Daily Chronicle in Montana. Michael lives in Washington, DC, and enjoys hiking, running and exploring the city's bookstores and movie theaters. He can be reached at mgibney@fiercemarkets.com.
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Carly Helfand, News Editor, FiercePharma, FiercePharmaMarketing & FierceVaccines
chelfand@fiercemarkets.com | @CarlyHFierce
Carly Helfand is a news editor with FierceMarkets' Life Sciences group, writing for FierceVaccines, FiercePharma and FiercePharmaMarketing. Carly got her start covering pharma while earning her master's at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, where she concentrated in business reporting. She has completed journalism projects on four continents, and her work has appeared in various outlets such as The Boston Globe, The Washington Post's Wonkblog and Cape Town's Weekend Argus. Carly prefers watching pro hockey to nearly everything. She also plays the Irish fiddle. You can contact her at chelfand@fiercemarkets.com.
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Varun Saxena, News Editor, FierceMedicalDevices & FierceDrugDelivery
vsaxena@fiercemarkets.com | @VarunSaxena2
Varun Saxena is a news editor with the FierceMarkets Life Sciences group. He edits and writes for FierceMedicalDevices and FierceDrugDelivery. Prior to joining Fierce he covered the medical device and diagnostics industry for The Gray Sheet. He has had stints at The Indianapolis Star, the Chronicle of Higher Education and Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. Varun is a graduate of George Washington University, from which he earned a Bachelor's in Economics. In addition, he has a Master's in Journalism from the University of Maryland. He is a member of the National Press Club and the South Asian Journalists Association. You can contact him at vsaxena@fiercemarkets.com.
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Emily Wasserman, News Editor, FierceMedicalDevices & FierceDiagnostics
ewasserman@fiercemarkets.com | @EmilyWFierce
Emily Wasserman is a news editor for FierceMarkets' Life Sciences group. Prior to joining Fierce, Emily completed her Master's at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. She specialized in magazine journalism, and also worked as a Health and Science reporter for the school's wire news service. She covered topics ranging from America's obesity epidemic to genetically modified fish, and her work appeared in local and national publications. In her spare time, Emily freelances for Fodor's Travel and maintains a personal food blog. You can contact her at ewasserman@fiercemarkets.com.
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Amirah Al Idrus, Copy Editor, Life Sciences
aalidrus@fiercemarkets.com | @AmirahFierce
Amirah Al Idrus is a copy editor for the FierceMarkets Life Sciences group and a contributing writer for FierceVaccines. Before joining the Fierce Life Sciences team, Amirah completed a master's degree in journalism at the University of Maryland, where she concentrated in online and multimedia journalism. While at Maryland, she worked for the university's Capital News Service as a web designer and developer, and interned at the Washington Business Journal. She has covered issues ranging from Maryland politics and local business to finance in state prisons. When she's not working, Amirah spends her time running around D.C. and Silver Spring, visiting museums, and baking (and eating) pies. She can be reached at aalidrus@fiercemarkets.com.
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Eric Sagonowsky, Associate Editor, FierceMedicalDevices & FierceDiagnostics
esagonowsky@fiercemarkets.com | @EricSFierce
Eric Sagonowsky is an associate editor with the FierceMarkets Life Sciences team. Before joining Fierce in November 2014, Eric worked as a news reporter for the Manistee News Advocate in Manistee, Mich., covering government and crime issues. Eric graduated from Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism in 2012 with a degree in Online Journalism. On campus, Eric wrote for The Athens News and The New Political. In his free time, Eric enjoys outdoor recreation, following sports of all kinds and exploring the metro D.C. area. He can be reached at esagonowsky@fiercemarkets.com. Follow @EricSFierce on Twitter.
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Jennifer Levin, Copy Editor, Life Sciences
jenlevin@fiercemarkets.com | @JenniferEliseL
Jennifer Levin is a copy editor for the FierceMarkets Life Sciences group. She joined the company in 2009 as part of the accounting department, then joined the Life Sciences editorial team in 2011. She served as the Managing Editor of the group, overseeing daily operations as well as recruiting new editors, developing new product ideas and representing the team at conferences and meetings. Currently, she assists the copy desk daily with production and flow. Jennifer lives in Northeast Washington, DC, and when she isn't working is a runner and a food blogger. She can be reached at jenlevin@fiercemarkets.com.
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Nick Paul Taylor, UK Correspondent, Life Sciences
ntaylor@fiercemarkets.com | @NickPaulTaylor
Nick Taylor is a freelance journalist with more than 6 years' experience of reporting on the global biopharma industry. Since graduating with a biology degree from the University of York, Nick has written for numerous healthcare publications, including Nature BioPharma Dealmakers, Life Science Leader and Outsourcing-Pharma. You can contact him at ntaylor@fiercemarkets.com.
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Arlene Weintraub, Contributing Editor, Life Sciences
arlene.weintraub@gmail.com | @ArleneWeintraub
Arlene Weintraub has over 15 years of experience writing about health care, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Her freelance pieces have been published in the New York Times, US News & World Report, Technology Review, Scientific American, USA Today, Entrepreneur.com, FierceMarkets and other media outlets. She was previously a senior health writer for BusinessWeek, covering both the science and business of health. She also worked as an editor for Xconomy.com, covering the biotech industry, as well as technology, life sciences and clean technology companies. She has won awards from the New York Press Club, the Association of Health Care Journalists, the Foundation for Biomedical Research, and the American Society of Business Publication Editors. Her book about the antiaging industry, Selling the Fountain of Youth, was published by Basic Books in 2010.
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Joseph Keenan, Contributing Editor, Life Sciences
jkeenan@fiercemarkets.com
Joe Keenan is a regular contributor to FierceAnimalHealth and FierceMedicalDevices. Joe began his journalism career at The Kansas City Star and was a member of the staff awarded the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for reporting. He has been a correspondent and editor for United Press International, The Associated Press, Reuters and Bloomberg News, covering war, politics, sports and finance. He has published two novels and was a finalist for the Thorpe Menn Literary Excellence Award in 2013.
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