Sun’s health reporter wins fellowship

Pamela Fayerman to get medical research training at the National Institutes of Health campus

Pamela Fayerman, The Vancouver Sun’s health issues reporter, has won a fellowship for medical journalists offered by the National Institutes of Health ( NIH) and the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ).

Fayerman is the first recipient of the fellowship chosen from outside the U. S.

“Pamela is consistently recognized, in Canada and abroad, for the quality of her reporting on medical issues,” said Sun Managing Editor Valerie Casselton. “We are pleased and proud to see her work, both in print and online, honoured with the awarding of this fellowship.”

Fayerman was one of six journalists named to this year’s class of AHCJ- National Library of Medicine (NLM) fellows. The program was created to increase reporters’ access and understanding of the resources available at NLM and the NIH.

Fayerman will visit the NIH campus in Bethesda, Md. from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4, where she will participate in workshops about how to use and get the most from government research databases. Fayerman has been The Sun’s reporter on health issues for 17 years. She has won fellowships from the New York Times Foundation, NIH, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Knight Science Journalism, Saskatchewan Press Club and the Canadian Bar Association.

She writes a popular blog called Medicine Matters that provides the backstories about people and events in health news.

Fayerman is currently on a Canadian Institutes of Health Research fellowship, preparing a series The Sun will publish on B. C. medical research innovations.

Pamela is consistently recognized, in Canada and abroad, for the quality of her reporting on medical issues.

VALERIE CASSELTON VANCOUVER SUN MANAGING EDITOR