Sharon Moalem MD, PhD
New York City, New York
Sharon Moalem, MD, PhD, is a New York Times bestselling author who finds connections between unlikely scientific concepts and communicates them in a fresh, and exciting way. Dr. Moalem explores the intersections of medicine, biology, evolution, and genetics in his research and publications. He has appeared on CNN, the Today Show, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and his writing has appeared in Oprah's O Magazine, Redbook, Elle, and New Scientist. A go-to source for print media outlets, Dr. Sharon Moalem is a NYT-Bestselling author who has written two books, How Sex Works and Survival of the Sickest, both of which have been translated into multiple languages. In Survival of the Sickest published by HarperCollins, Dr. Moalem discusses the wood frog, which survives the winter by taking on symptoms of diabetes. He has also wirtten for the Huffington Post.
His newest book, Inheritance: How our genes change our lives and our lives change our genes is set to be published in April of 2014 by Grand Central Publishing.
Dr. Sharon Moalem earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Human Physiology specializing in Neurogenetics from the University of Toronto. He completed his Doctor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. In the course of his undergraduate career, he received the David F. Boyes Apiculture Scholarship for a published paper describing the effects of illness on honeybees. At the s