Alison Bass
Writer/speaker
Biography
Alison Bass is the author of Side Effects: A Prosecutor, a Whistleblower, and A Bestselling Antidepressant on Trial, the true story of two women - a prosecutor and a whistleblower -- who exposed the deception behind the making of a blockbuster drug. Bass is an award-winning journalist and long-time medical writer for The Boston Globe. A series she wrote for The Boston Globe on psychiatry was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in the Public Service category, and she has received a number of other journalism awards for her work, including the Top Media Award from the National Mental Health Association and two Media Awards from the Alliance for the Mentally Ill. In 2007, she won a prestigious Alicia Patterson Fellowship for her investigative work. She is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Mount Holyoke College and an Adjunct Professor of Journalism at Brandeis University. Bass lives in Massachusetts, with her husband and two sons.Articles
- The fish rots from the head: conflicts of interest at Partners and Harvard Medical School
Much has been written about prominent doctors who fail to disclose their lucrative financial ties with pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
(Jun 9, 2009) - More doctors disagreeing with AMA over universal care
As Congress steps up its efforts to craft a comprehensive health care reform bill, Senator Edward Kennedy (in absentia) is leading the charge for a public health insurance option that can compete with
(Jun 16, 2009) - Conflicts galore: Statin study authors on the take from statin makers
Just yesterday, Senators Charles Grassley and Herbert Kohl announced that language requiring the public disclosure of payments to doctors from drug and medical device companies has been included in
(Jul 9, 2009) - Will younger doctors be more resistant to drug company blandishments?
A week or so ago, I gave a talk to about 120 senior citizens at Brandeis University's Lifelong Learning Institute.
(Oct 6, 2009) - Member for
- 2 years 35 weeks
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