Dr Nsisong Asanga is a physician, field epidemiologist and consumer health writer. She trained in medicine and surgery, earning an MBBCh, and holds a Master of Public Health. Her further training includes field epidemiology with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and advanced health writing studies at Harvard in 2023.
Her writing has appeared in WebMD, Healthline, SELF and Parents. She combines clinical and public health experience with explanations of research for readers without a medical background.
Her interests on the Direct Meds medical reviewer team include general health, women’s health, preventive care and the interpretation of medical evidence.