Robert J. Roos, MA
Mr. Roos is news editor for the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. He is a seasoned medical editor and writer with a knack for presenting complex scientific and technical information in lean, lively, understandable prose. After 10 years as a newspaper reporter and editor, he earned a master's degree in science journalism at the University of Minnesota. He worked for 14 years at McGraw-Hill Healthcare Publications, editing and writing material for The Physician and Sportsmedicine and other McGraw-Hill medical journals as well as health publications for lay readers. In 1999 he joined ican, Inc., founded by Michael T. Osterholm to provide current, comprehensive online information for infection control and infectious disease specialists, where he wrote both breaking news and in-depth feature articles. He joined the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at its inception in September 2001.
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