Angus Chen

About

Angus Chen is a journalist focusing on cancer at STAT news. He's the recipient of multiple national journalism awards including two Edward R. Murrow awards and the Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism. His work focuses on the science and medicine of oncology, patient care, health policy, inequality, and the scientific community. He's broken numerous stories, some of which have led to changes in national policy, and helped to uncover key information related to patient care, medicine, health equity and more. - Actual acclaim - From RTDNA, regarding the 2023 National Murrow Awards: "Usha Lee McFarling and Angus Chen of STAT unearthed pervasive racism in healthcare." - Critical "Acclaim" - "In other words, this story is silly, for lack of a better word, but this writer could sell ice-cubes to eskimos." - NPR Commenter "Oregon Man" on story "Loneliness May Warp Our Genes And Immune Systems" "Sillycybin. Yes. That can be fun. But this article is mostly : Silly. Now where did I put my sillycybin..." - NPR Commenter "James Ballard" on story "How LSD Makes Your Brain One With The Universe" "'It doesn't taste terrible.' That struck me as unbelievably funny in this well-researched and written piece." - NPR Commenter "Jim Chamlies" on story "Loathed By Farmers, Loved By Ancients: The Strange History Of Tiger Nuts"