
Simar Bajaj
@simarsbajaj
@MarshallScholar Oxford, Incoming @NYTimes Fellow | Harvard '24, Stanford MD '30 | @ForbesUnder30, @AAASKavli, @SciCommAwards top early-career journalist
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Excited to share new work with Akila V Muthukumar, @anthzhong, & Dr. Gaurab Basu Harvard C-CHANGE, out now in JGIM Journal of General Internal Medicine! Raises questions about the alignment between policy goals and political contributions Read here: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

appreciative of the opportunity to be interviewed & included in this incredibly important Scientific American piece by Simar Bajaj on the health risks of alcohol & practical guidance for drinking safely. read here: scientificamerican.com/article/the-he… cc: Penn Medicine Penn LDI MSHP @ Penn NCSP at Penn

Really thorough profile of Dr. Oz by Tara Bannow. The man who may lead Medicare and Medicaid was a heart transplant surgeon, co-authored a seminal article on LVADs, is in a legal dispute with his sister, and made a bundle hawking products on his TV show. statnews.com/2025/02/04/dr-…




Some personal news, as they say! Thrilled to announce that I'll be joining The New York Times, covering health and wellness over the upcoming year! Please, please send me your NYC recommendations nytco.com/careers/newsro…

STAT boss Rick Berke grilling my colleagues Lizzy Lawrence Sarah Owermohle Jonathan Wosen, Ph.D. and Isa Cueto on what it’s like reporting on DC and science in these turbulent times. Huge respect and admiration for their tireless work these days. #STATBreakthrough



In the absence of clear diagnosis, treatment, or medical guidance, patients resort to blaming themselves. It's miserable. #mecfs #longcovid Great article by Shreyas Teegala and Simar Bajaj





2024 award winner Miguel Ángel Dobrich is a journalist, educator, and entrepreneur based in Uruguay. His stories use multimedia techniques and visualization tools to illustrate the impacts of climate change at a personal, local level. Learn more: nationalacademies.org/awards/excelle… #scicomm

👀News Analysis of the Year Award #ABSWawards 📣Meet the #finalists 🎉🎉🎉 👉 Simar Bajaj The Guardian 🔗 zurl.co/iLG4g 👉 Slavea Chankova The Economist 🔗zurl.co/x0V1x 👉 Jessica Hamzelou MIT Technology Review 🔗zurl.co/n9JTI zurl.co/gWdMb


Following the slashing of U.S. funding for global HIV/AIDS programs, Simar Bajaj set out to learn how developing countries might adapt. "We are on our own," one advocate in Kenya told him. statnews.com/2025/06/03/hiv…

Please read and share this beautifully written piece by Simar Bajaj (Simar Bajaj) about LUCAS & mobile #lungcancerscreening in the New York Times. nytimes.com/2025/07/08/hea…
