Christine Herman spent nine years studying chemistry before she left the bench to report on issues at the intersection of science and society. She started in radio in 2014 as a journalism graduate student at the University of Illinois and a broadcast intern at Radio Health Journal. She worked at WILL from 2015 to 2021 as a health reporter. In October 2021, she became the managing editor for Side Effects Public Media, a Midwest health reporting collaboration based at WFYI.

Contact Christine at cherman@wfyi.org and follow her on Twitter @CTHerman