Cheryl Platzman Weinstock is an award–winning journalist who reports about health and science research and its’ impact on society. Her investigative pieces have brought attention to mental health, medical ethics issues and the medical research gender gap. Many of her stories for Reuter’s Health, Cancer Today, Spectrum and NPR bring awareness to important issues about the suicide epidemic. She has shined light on the underreported number of suicides misclassified as unintentional overdose deaths that misleads policymakers and can leave a huge segment of society ignored and the  hidden mental health risks for people who survive a sibling’s suicide. She  just received awards from the National Federation of Press Women and the Connecticut Press Club for her story in Spectrum on  the hidden danger of suicide in individuals with autism and her story in NPR Shots about how religious leaders care are challenging the silence and isolation surrounding suicide. She also writes and reports on metropolitan and breaking news for The New York Times. She contributed to the newspaper’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of 9/11 and recently covered the college admissions scandal for the paper. She has also received The American Society of Journalists and Authors Arlene Eisenberg Award for Writing That Makes a Difference and the New England Chapter of the American Medical Writer’s Association Will Solimene Award for Excellence.