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Debra Malina, PhD (she/her/hers)

Perspective Editor
New England Journal of Medicine
Boston, MA, United States

Debra Malina is the Perspective Editor at the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Before joining the Journal, she earned a PhD in English, taught a variety of literature courses, and published a book on postmodern fiction and narrative theory, in addition to working as a writer and editor for a variety of publications. She joined NEJM as a manuscript editor in 2000 and moved into the newly created Perspective section three years later. In her current role, she commissions, selects, and edits manuscripts on a wide range of topics at the intersections of medicine and society; develops and manages article series; edits and oversees two fledgling podcasts; works with the Journal’s illustrators on Graphic Perspectives; develops concepts for Perspective-based videos; conceives and manages video roundtable discussions; and leads NEJM’s Antiracism Think Tank in a variety of projects for internal and external education and training. She has also co-led writing workshops for physicians and trainees, primarily for Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School but also, more recently, for the University of Colorado.

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