Alison Bass
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Alison Bass is an American journalist and author who teaches journalism at Brandeis University and Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts and writes about science and health topics. She was a longtime medical and science writer for The Boston Globe and her work also appeared in The Miami Herald, Psychology Today and Technology Review, among other publications. In addition to her journalistic work, she writes a blog http://alison-bass.blogspot.com about healthcare news.
In 2007, she won an Alicia Patterson Fellowship to write Side Effects
, which was published by Algonquin Press in 2008. She received the 2009 NASW Science in Society Award for the latter work. She lives in Massachusetts.
In 2007, she won an Alicia Patterson Fellowship to write Side Effects
Side Effects (book)
Side Effects: A Prosecutor, a Whistleblower, and a Bestselling Antidepressant on Trial is a nonfiction book by investigative journalist Alison Bass, which tells the true story of a court case and the personal drama that surrounded the making of a bestselling drug...
, which was published by Algonquin Press in 2008. She received the 2009 NASW Science in Society Award for the latter work. She lives in Massachusetts.