Pratik Pawar is a science and health reporter at Future Perfect, Vox's section on making the world a better place. He covers drug development, biomedical research, science policy, global health, and broadly how money and regulation shape health innovations and their access.
Pratik's writing has been published by Science, Nature, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, NPR, and Smithsonian Magazine. Before becoming a journalist, Pratik worked in India's pharmaceutical industry, an experience that shapes how he reports on drug development, regulation, and access. He holds a master's in science writing from MIT and has held fellowships at The Open Notebook, AAAS, and the Indian Academy of Sciences.
Pratik is based in Brooklyn, New York and can be securely reached on Signal (pratik.11) or over email at pratik.pawar@voxmedia.com. You can also find him on Twitter, Bluesky, and LinkedIn.