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 boston university infectious disease physician , writer
manoj k jain

manoj jain md mph -lrb- born september 16 , 1963 -rrb- is an indian american physician and a writer .
he is an adjunct faculty at rollins school of public health at emory university and a contributing health writer for the_washington_post , and the_commercial_appeal .
he lives in memphis , tennessee .
he is running for public office for county commission for shelby county in august 2014 elections .
he is known for his writings under the '' a trained eye '' column in the washington post since 2007 and the `` healthy memphis '' column in the commercial appeal since 2003 .
he was one of the founding member for the healthy memphis common table , a city wide collaborative and the memphis quality initiative .
in 2003 he co-founded the gandhi king conference in memphis along with arun gandhi , the grandson of mohandas k. gandhi .
his writings has earned him the saja -lrb- south asian journalists association -rrb- award for the best commentary in 2008 . .
additionally his articles appear in the new york times , the times of india and interviews on cnn and npr .
jain was the recipient of 2009 national health journalist fellowship from california endowment health journalism fellowships at university of southern california annenberg school for communication and journalism .
