About me
Pratik Pawar is a journalist at Vox who covers health and medicine, with a focus on health innovations1Broadly conceived — so new vaccines and drugs, yes, but also less obvious innovations like fluoridated water or nutrition labels. and access to them. His writing has been published by Science, Nature, The Atlantic, Undark, NPR, and many others.
Before becoming a journalist, Pratik studied biotechnology and worked in India's pharmaceutical industry. He holds a master's in science writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he focused on investigative reporting and data visualization. He has also held fellowships at The Open Notebook, AAAS, and the Indian Academy of Sciences.
Pratik is based in Brooklyn, New York and can be reached on Signal (pratik.11) or over email at pratik.pawar@voxmedia.com. You can also find him on Twitter and LinkedIn.