Dawn Fallik - Freelance Writer / Journalism Professor / Investigative Medical Reporter

Dawn Fallik

Freelance Writer / Journalism Professor / Investigative Medical Reporter

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Dawn Fallik

is an award-winning reporter specializing in database analysis, medical coverage and digital storytelling. She is a tenured associate professor at the University of Delaware who worked at The Wall Street Journal, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Associated Press. She was co-director of the National Institute of Computer-Assisted Reporting and serves on the board of the Association of Health Care Journalists.

She spent 15 years as a staff reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Associated Press and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She witnessed an execution, investigated medication errors and spent a month in India covering the tsunami rescue and recovery.

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Associate Professor With Tenure, University of Delaware

Dawn Fallik was director of UD’s journalism program for nine years between 2009 and 2022, at one point overseeing 250 students and coordinating with three other full-time faculty members. She created the journalism internship program in 2007, developing endowed fellowships with The News Journal and The Philadelphia Inquirer, before stepping down in 2022. Her students covered the Pope’s visit to Philadelphia, as well as White House credentials to cover speeches by Hillary Clinton, former President Bill Clinton, President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. President Donald Trump denied the request for credentials.

She was a visiting professor at the University of Kansas from 2013-2015 She served on the Ochberg Society Board of Directors, teaching journalists how to cover traumatic situations. She now serves on the board for the Association of Health Care Journalists, one of the largest groups of medical reporters and editors in the U.S.

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Fallik's work has appeared in The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Magazine, Neurology Today, Poynter Institute and others.

Dementia Rates Increase in Poorer Countries

Neurology Today

Sixty percent of new incidence of dementia is occurring in low- to middle-income countries, the researchers said, and that increase could pose significant economic, environmental, and educational challenges for the health care systems in those countries.

Dementia-Friendly Living

Kiplinger

Bill and Lisa Warren enjoy dining at The Meatball Shoppe, which sets aside hours for those with dementia.

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The Disappearance of Your Fingerprints

WIRED

The absence of these identifying marks—which can be the result of excessive typing, manual work, chemotherapy, or sports—is becoming more of an issue in the age of biometrics.