Elaine Meyer is a journalist and communications specialist. She graduated in 2009 with an M.S. from the Columbia School of Journalism and spent two years covering legal and education news for the websites Law360 and News21 and has been published on the Pacific Standard and Forbes. Elaine is currently the associate director of communications for Columbia’s Department of Epidemiology, where she works to translate population health science to the public. She contributes regularly to the 2×2 project.org, trains Fellows, and edits contributor content. She also works as a writer and editor of the department’s print publication 2×2, manages the department’s social media, and manages marketing and outreach for special programs, events, and degrees. Elaine earned a B.A. with honors in history from Northwestern University in 2006. During college, she studied health policy and public health abroad at France’s Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris. After college she worked at the Federal Trade Commission as a paralegal in the bureau of consumer protection. Follow her on Twitter @emeyer5 and follow the Department of Epidemiology @cuepidemiology. Email her at em2642[at]columbia.edu. Check out her website at elainermeyer.com.

Articles

Gambling with America’s Health? The public health costs of legal gambling

A debate over the social and health costs of legal gambling has largely been sidelined even as availability has expanded dramatically in the last 25 years. This is not because of a lack of merit, say experts and activists, but because of the political power of the gambling industry. They allege that