William Heisel - Member

About Myself

I have reported on health for most of my career. My work as an investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register exposed problems with the fertility industry, the trade in human body parts and the use of illegal drugs in sports. I helped create a first-of-its-kind report card judging hospitals on a wide array of measures for a story that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. I was one of the lead reporters on a series of stories about lead in candy, a series that also was a finalist for the Pulitzer. For the University of Washington, I work as the Assistant Director for External Relations at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. For Reporting On Health, I write about investigative health reporting and occasionally break news on my blog, Antidote. You can follow me on Twitter @wheisel.