PBS News Hour Creators & Guests

Sharon Terlep is a reporter, writing about consumer products and the pharmacy industry for The Wall Street Journal. She has written extensively about Covid vaccination efforts and the effects of the pandemic on both retail pharmacies and global consumers.Terlep has been a reporter at the Journal since 2008, working in Detroit and New York, covering beats including the automotive industry, mergers and acquisitions and sports investigations. Mr. Terlep covered the 2008 collapse of the U.S. auto industry, Wall Street dealmaking amid the economic recovery and controversial efforts to reform health standards in college sports.Terlep received her B.A. in Journalism from Michigan State University, where she worked for The State News.

Lev Facher is a health journalist. Currently, he is an addiction reporter at STAT News.

Coral Davenport is an energy and environmental policy reporter for The New York Times.

Jack Turban is a researcher, medical journalist, and Chief child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at Stanford University School of Medicine

Julie Rovner is a journalist and author whose work focuses on health policy. Currently, she is the Chief Washington Correspondent for Kaiser Health News and host of its podcast, "What the Health."Previously, Rovner was the health policy correspondent for National Public Radio. She has also reported for National Journal’s Congress Daily, Congressional Quarterly, and The Lancet.Rovner is the author of the critically praised reference book "Health Care Politics and Policy A-Z," now in its third edition.

Dr. Laura D'Andrea Tyson is an economist and university administrator. Currently, she is a Professor of the Graduate School at the Haas School of Business of the University of California Berkeley and a senior fellow at the Berggruen Institute.Tyson served as the 16th Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers and 2nd Director of the National Economic Council under President Bill Clinton.

Dr. Linda Gay Griffith is a Biological Engineer and professor of Mechanical Engineering.

Joseph Osmundson is a scientist and writer. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Biology at New York University.

Jessica Malaty Rivera is a microbiologist and science communication strategist.

Dr. David M. Hondula is an environmental scientist. Currently, he is the Director of the City of Phoenix's Office of Heat Response and Mitigation and an Associate Professor of Geographical Science and Urban Planning at Arizona State University.Hondula received his B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is an American physician and immunologist who has served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) since 1984. Since January 2020, he has been one of the lead members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force addressing the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic in the United States.As a physician with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the United States, he has served public health in various capacities for over fifty years. He has made contributions to HIV/AIDS research and other immunodeficiencies, both as a scientist and as the head of the NIAID at the NIH. The New York Times called Fauci "the nation's leading expert on infectious diseases".

Dr. Megan L. Ranney is an emergency physician. Currently, she is a Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University. Additionally, she is the Academic Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health and is the founding Director of the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health.Dr. Ranney is known for bringing public attention to the lack of protective equipment for frontline workers in the U.S. during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. She launched the grassroots organization #GetUsPPE to collect, create and distribute protective equipment around the United States.Dr. Ranney received her B.A. in History of Science from Harvard University. She served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cote d'Ivoire, then received her medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. She completed internship, residency, and chief residency in Emergency Medicine, as well as a fellowship in Injury Prevention Research and a Master of Public Health, at Brown University.

Yamiche Alcindor is a journalist and White House correspondent.

Pam Belluck is a journalist and author who writes about health and medical subjects, including issues related to the brain, mental health, and reproductive health. She is currently a staff writer for The New York Times.Belluck's first book, "Island Practice," was published in 2012.Before becoming a science and health reporter, Belluck was the NY Times national bureau chief, leading the paper's Midwest and New England bureaus. She also contributes to multimedia, video, and podcast projects for The New York Times. Belluck began at The Times as the Queens bureau chief and was briefly a metropolitan education reporter. Before joining the Times, she was a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Philadelphia Inquirer. She was also a freelance writer for The San Francisco Chronicle, where she was Southeast Asia correspondent, based in Manila and reporting from China, Burma, Thailand, South Korea, and Hong Kong.Belluck received her degree in international relations from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International affairs at Princeton University with a minor in East Asian studies.

Jennifer Gollan is a reporter, currently working for The Center for Investigative Reporting's Reveal, where she covers labor issues, including worker safety and corporate malfeasance.Gollan won a national Emmy Award for her investigation “Deadly Oil Fields,” showing how major energy companies dodge accountability for workers’ deaths.Previously, Gollan covered corruption, fraud and waste in state and federal government, including as a reporter for the South Florida Sun Sentinel and The Bay Citizen. She began her reporting career at The Los Angeles Times.Gollan received her master’s degree from University of Southern California.

Sabrina Corlette, J.D. is a health insurance law expert and researcher. Currently, she is a research professor at the Georgetown University School of Public Policy, where she founded and co-directs the Center on Health Insurance Reforms. She directs research on health reform issues with a focus on state and federal regulation of private health insurance. Corlette has testified before the U.S. Congress and appears in the news media on emerging health care issues. She has published dozens of papers relating to the regulation of private health insurance and health insurance marketplaces.Prior to joining the Georgetown faculty, Corlette was Director of Health Policy Programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families, where she provided policy expertise and direction for the organization’s advocacy on health care reform. From 1997 to 2001, she worked for the U.S. Senate Health Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, where she served as health legislative assistant to Senator Tom Harkin. After leaving the Hill, Corlette served as an attorney at the law firm Hogan Lovells, where she advised clients on health care law and policy.Corlette is a member of the D.C. Bar and received her J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, and her undergraduate degree from Harvard University.