Marlene Cimons
Washington, D.C.
Contributing reporter
Marlene Cimons is a Washington-based freelance writer who specializes in health, science and the environment. She was a Washington reporter for the Los Angeles Times covering public health, biomedical research policy, and food and drug regulation.
She was one of the first reporters in the country to write regularly about the AIDS epidemic and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for a series about an AIDS patient and his physician. She is the author of several health and science reports and magazine articles. After leaving the L.A. Times, she spent several years writing for the National Science
