Lisa Rapaport is a journalist with more than 20 years of experience on the health beat as a writer and editor. She holds a master’s degree from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and spent a year as a Knight-Wallace journalism fellow at the University of Michigan. Her work has appeared in dozens of local and national media outlets, including Reuters, Bloomberg, WNYC, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Scientific American, San Jose Mercury News, the Oakland Tribune, Huffington Post, Yahoo! News, The Sacramento Bee, and The Buffalo News.
Expertise
Pediatrics, Women’s Health, Exercise and Nutrition, Sleep, Public Health, Behavioral Health, Veterans/Military Health, Health Financing, Insurance, Pharma, Medical Devices, Medical Research, Health Policy
Board Certifications and Training
Association of Health Care Journalists
Little Harbour School PTA board member
Education
Bachelor of Arts in English and Political Science, the University at Buffalo
Master of Arts in Journalism, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
Awards and Accreditation
University at Buffalo Honors Scholar Phi Beta Kappa
Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan
