Trine Tsouderos is a journalist who formerly wrote for the ''
Chicago Tribune'', beginning in 2003, prior to which she wrote for ''
People'', ''
the Tennessean'', and the ''
Wilson Daily Times'' (where she began her career as a journalist in 1995). In 2013, Tsouderos joined PwC's healthcare think tank, Health Research Institute, as a director; in 2021, she was named leader of the institute and also began working as a consultant working on COVID and influenza vaccine projects with pharmaceutical companies.
Tsouderos also was co-creator and co-host of PwC's healthcare podcast, Next in Health, and recorded nearly 80 episodes. In 2022, Tsouderos left PwC to work on a master's degree in the history of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Reporting
Tsouderos is known for authoring articles about controversial
autism therapies
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such as
BDTH2
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,
chelation therapy and
hyperbaric oxygen therapy. She has also written an article about
Anjum Usman, a doctor in
Naperville, Illinois who critics say prescribes supplements and treatments for autistic children which were based in part on inappropriate lab testing. Another of her articles focused on the suspension of
Mark Geier's medical license, as well as, more generally, his use of
Lupron
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to treat autistic children. Other topics of her reporting include the potential role of
XMRV in the etiology of
chronic fatigue syndrome
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, as well as the efficacy of
anti-aging creams.
References
Living people
American medical journalists
Chicago Tribune people
American women journalists
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women
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