Biography

Charles Piller writes investigative stories for Science. He previously worked as an investigative journalist for STAT, the Los Angeles Times, and The Sacramento Bee, and has reported on public health, biological warfare, infectious disease outbreaks, and other topics from the United States, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Central America. Charles has won numerous journalism honors, including the 2025 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting (from the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing), the 2016 AAAS/Kavli Science Journalism Award, the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Communications Award, the National Council on Crime and Delinquency PASS Award, the First Amendment Coalition Free Speech & Open Government Award, a 2023 Award for Excellence in Science Communications (from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and Schmidt Futures), and the 2023 and 2024 National Institute of Health Care Management Trade Journalism Award.