Bios
- Matt Cyr
- Erin Graham
- Melissa Jeltsen
- Lois Lee, MD, MPH
- David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD
- Claire McCarthy, MD
- Michael Rich, MD, MPH
Matt Cyr is the director of Patient and Family Communications at Children’s Hospital Boston and a frequent contributor to Thrive. He’s also the very tired father of 4-year-old triplets, so enjoys learning parenting tips that might get him a few more hours of sleep a night (got any ideas?).
Take a look at his blog archive.
Erin Graham is one of Thrive’s editors. She likes helping patients share their stories and writing about topics that affect public health. Have a story you’d like to share? Email her at Thrive@childrens.harvard.edu.
Take a look at her blog archive.
Melissa Jeltsen is one of Thrive’s health and science reporters. She likes writing about food and nutrition, improving health care access and quality, and the particular challenges of pediatric health care. Drop her a line at Thrive@childrens.harvard.edu if you have an idea for a post, or have some feedback to offer.
Take a look at her blog archive.
Lois Lee, MD, MPH specializes in pediatric emergency medicine and is Thrive’s injury prevention expert. She and her husband, an orthopedic surgeon at Children’s, have two young children who have made Lee more invested in sharing injury prevention information with other parents. She enjoys singing, playing the piano and collecting art.
Take a look at her blog archive.
David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD, a pediatric endocrinologist, developed Children’s Optimal Weight for Life Program. Described as an “obesity warrior” by Time magazine, he has fought to restrict food advertising aimed at children, improve school food and increase insurance reimbursement for obesity prevention and treatment programs.
Take a look at his blog archive.
Claire McCarthy, MD is a pediatrician with almost 20 years of primary care experience who has been writing on medical and parenting topics for more than a decade. She and her husband, who is a respiratory therapist at Children’s, are raising five children – one in preschool, elementary school, middle school, high school and college. She speaks Spanish, devours books and loves to swim laps in her spare time.
Take a look at her blog archive.
Michael Rich, MD, MPH is Children’s media expert. He is the director of Children’s Center on Media and Child Health. Dr. Rich is a former Hollywood filmmaker whose goal is to provide science-based answers and practical solutions that can help the children in your life use media in ways that can enrich their development.
Take a look at his blog archive.
