Boston, MA - Gunjan Sinha, an associate editor and columnist for Popular Science, was presented with the Ray Bruner Science Writing Award at the closing session of the American Public Health Association's 128th Annual Meeting. Ms. Sinha was selected by a panel of senior health/science journalists to receive the award that is presented annually to a journalist who has shown excellence early in his or her health/medical/science career.

Commending her ability to clearly explain complicated scientific information and unearth complete stories for her readers, the judges from Time Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Associated Press and Reuters were impressed with Ms. Sinha's articles on Gulf War Illness, Organ Transplants and Parkinson's Disease.

For the past 3 years, Ms. Sinha has been writing, editing and assigning health stories at Popular Science magazine. A research biologist turned reporter, Ms. Sinha attended New York University's Science and Environmental Reporting Program.

The Ray Bruner Science Writing Award commemorates Ray Bruner, former science editor of the Toledo Blade, who spent much of his 40-year career encouraging journalists to become science reporters. The award, administered by APHA and judged by senior health and science writers and editors, is sponsored by the Toledo Blade.