William Heisel, Director of Communications with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington.
William Heisel joined IHME in 2009 and has helped raise the young institute’s profile with journalists, policymakers, and donors. As Director of Communications, he oversaw the outreach campaigns for the Global Burden of Disease 2010 at the Royal Society in London, the Making Health Measurable event at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, and the State of US Health launch at the White House. Previously, Heisel worked as a health reporter at the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register, where his work was twice named as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He continues to write and edit for the University of Southern California’s Reporting on Health initiative.