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Health information has never been more challenging to navigate. Those Nerdy Girls has been bringing you up-to-date, no-nonsense health information since the start of the COVID-19 crisis. Our mission is to bring you trusted answers to your most pressing health questions, always ensuring a scientific, data-driven take with a heavy dose of humor and empathy. We have a special focus on infectious disease, reproductive health, aging, mental health, and data literacy but cover many other health topics as well. Our Nerdy Girls are always ready to address anything you’re most confused or curious about. Through our work, we empower people to share knowledge within their communities and make better decisions for themselves and those close to them. 

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Jenn Dowd is Professor of Demography & Population Health & Deputy Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, University of Oxford.
Dr. Malia Jones is an Assistant Professor at UW-Madison. Her research focuses on vaccine hesitancy and herd immunity. She's also the accidental co-founder and Director of Research at Those Nerdy Girls.
Aparna Kumar is an Associate Clinical Professor and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) at Emory University/The Carter Center. She loves to break down stigma around mental health and serve up truth with a side of laughs.
I'm a public health and behavioral science expert with experience writing about misinformation and science denial.
Trained as a physician and an educator, Dr. Hall is passionate about interpreting science and communicating it to people in ways that can help them understand their bodies and make good health decisions.
Family and geriatric medicine physician, osteopathic enthusiast, mom to 2 boys. My philosophy for patient care is 1) evidence based medicine first, then 2) common sense when evidence isn’t available. I am a lifelong believer in causing good trouble.
Aging Squad Lead at Those Nerdy Girls. Director of Research at NewCourtland, a housing, health, and service coordination provider in Philadelphia, PA. She integrates clinical knowledge, health policy, and research to translate science to daily life.
MacKenzie (Kenzie) is a health educator currently studying at the University of Oxford. She is passionate about positive youth development and culturally sustaining health communication and promotion.
Katherine Cartwright is an Obstetrician and Gynecologist. She has an interest in the integration of evidence-based medicine and patient education, both individually in the exam room and on a broader community health level.
Roopa Seshadri is a quantitative social scientist who studies the impact of human services programs on health and wellbeing outcomes in at-risk and underserved populations.
Dr. Sandra Albrecht is a bilingual social and nutritional epidemiologist who studies the barriers that prevent people from eating in a healthy way and that make it difficult to prevent and manage nutrition-related diseases like diabetes.
We are an all-woman team of PhD researchers and clinicians whose mission is to educate and empower individuals to successfully navigate science and health information.
Dr. Sarah Coles is a family physician and program director for the Family and Community Medicine Residency at North Country HealthCare and associate professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix.
Scientist (PhD genetics) with a passion for using science to make healthy choices. Lover of nature and fitness. Mom of three kids in Vancouver, Canada.
Dr. Simanek is Associate Professor in the Chicago Medical School and Director of the Center for Health Equity Research at Rosalind Franklin University. She studies how social inequities in health develop across the lifecourse and over generations.
MK is a nurse practitioner, a lactation consultant, & founder of Charm City Wellness Collaborative in Baltimore, MD. Interests are reproductive health, care of LGBTQ+ families, & health equity for people marginalized due to intersecting identities.
Andrea Harmony is a Nurse Practitioner in Pediatric Urgent Care and a Public Health Professional.
Lauren Hale, PhD (Stony Brook University) studies the social patterning of sleep health. Dr. Hale is the Immediate Past Chair of the National Sleep Foundation and founding Editor-in-Chief of Sleep Health.
Brianna is a Geriatric and Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner and researcher with over a decade of nursing experience caring for older adults living with serious illnesses including dementia, cancer, and severe brain injury.
Clara is a registered nurse interested in exploring the care and wellbeing of older adults. Find us here too! https://thosenerdygirls.org/
Philly Nerdy Girl, Behavioral Scientist, LEGO Serious Play obsessed.
Christina Whitehouse is an Assistant Professor at Villanova University Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, Villanova, PA. She is an adult health/gerontology primary care nurse practitioner and certified diabetes care & education specialist.