Amy Sacks, MPH

Amy Sacks, MPH, is a freelance health and medical writer interested in everything from food and nutrition to infectious diseases and animal welfare. She is seasoned former news reporter with over 20 years of experience in print, online, and social media journalism. She began her career as a general assignment reporter for the New York Daily News, where she also wrote the weekly Critters column. Her work has appeared in Newsday, DNAinfo.com, The Advocate, MAMM, and other publications.

She spent the last decade writing about a wide range of health topics for academic medicine and wrote extensively about COVID-19 during the pandemic, earning a silver GIA award from the Association of American Medical Colleges. She currently serves as a medical and science writer and directs internal communications for the departments of pathology and medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System in the Bronx, NYC.

She received a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a master’s in public health from the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College. Prior to journalism school, she spent three years in Japan writing about art and travel. Sacks lives in Manhattan with her partner, George, and their dog, Bohdi, and is deeply passionate about local NYC issues and policies. In her free time, she can be found walking from one end of the city to the other and preparing healthy meals at Gods Love We Deliver.

• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Food Science and Nutrition, SUNY Oneonta
• Master of Science (M.S.) in Journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
• Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) in Public Health Nutrition, City University of New York School of Public Health at Hunter College

• Silver GIA Award, American Association of Medical Colleges, 2021