Stephanie M. Lee Email & Phone Number

Writing features and investigations about scholarship, scholars, and society.

I wrote in-depth, widely read, conversation-setting scoops, features, and investigations examining scholarly misconduct and other problems in academia, ways in which corporations deceived consumers and influenced scientific research, and clashes and conflicts between science/health/medicine, the media, regulators, and social media. Some of my favorite stories revealed misconduct inside a world-famous food marketing laboratory, the efforts of a group of elite scientists to downplay COVID, the food and beverage industries’ infiltration of academic research, the inner workings of the e-cigarette startup Juul, and the depth of systemic racism allegations at one of the oldest medical schools in the Deep South.My stories have been anthologized in The Best American Food Writing, noted in The Best American Science and Nature Writing, and featured on Michael Lewis' podcast "Against the Rules."All of my stories can be read here: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/author/stephaniemlee

I wrote about biotech and digital health companies, health and medicine, and politics in the Bay Area.