Elena Conis | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | Professor, Journalist |
| Title | Associate Professor of Journalism |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Columbia University (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MA) University of California, San Francisco (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | History of the Environment, Public Health, and Medicine, in the 19th and 20th centuries, United States |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley (2016–present) University of California, San Francisco (2016–present) Emory University (2009–2016) The Los Angeles Times (2003–2011) |
Elena Conis is an American writer and historian of medicine.[1] Her work focuses on the history of medicine, public health, and the environment, with particular focuses on the history of vaccination, infectious diseases, and pesticides. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.[1]