Keren Landman
Senior Reporter, Health and Science
Senior Reporter, Health and Science
Keren Landman is a journalist, epidemiologist, and physician who covers health and medicine for Vox. She is trained in internal medicine and pediatrics with specialties in infectious diseases and clinical microbiology, and served as a disease detective at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As a researcher, she has focused on the prevention and treatment of HIV and malaria in resource-poor countries, and she has worked as a medical epidemiologist at the New York City health department. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Teenage pregnancy isn't typically thought of as a problem for sexual minorities — yet their risk of pregnancy is often higher. The possible explanations are complicated.
Young black and Latina transfeminine people are at an increased risk for homicide compared with their non-transgender peers, research finds.
How do you cover issues of transgender health with sensitivity and thoughtfulness? Journalist Keren Landman explains how she got up to speed as she first approached the beat.