Books by NL Paul

Nina L. Paul, PhD, has worked in the field of science and health communication for over 20 years. She started down this path at SUNY Purchase, where she received her bachelor's degree in biology and performed research in the field of neuroimmunology. She also published articles for her college newspaper on scientific research topics. After working in medical publishing at Rockefeller University Press (Journal of Clinical Investigation), she received her master's degree and PhD in infectious disease epidemiology (the study of diseases) and immunology from Yale University. After leaving Yale, Nina pursued postdoctoral research in London and Oxford, England. Nina's research focused on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and related viruses and their interaction with the immune system. Nina also taught science to schoolchildren of different ages and abilities in New Mexico and volunteered at a hospital-based Cancer Information Centre in England. She worked in the field of evidence-based medicine and contributed to the Cochrane Library (a medical database). She is also the author of Living with Hepatitis C For Dummies. Nina believes in a multifaceted approach to health. She became a master of Reiki, which is a universal life-force energy that is transmitted through the hands. She is both a practitioner and a teacher of Reiki and uses Reiki as a way to help herself and others. Check out Nina's Web site at www.ninapaul.info.