Ricki Lewis

About Ricki Lewis

My retirement lasted a mere two months, December and January, as 2024 became 2025. As science in the US implodes, not only at its base but at every level, I can’t remain silent. So I’m back to writing. I\'m the author of three dozen textbook editions, other books, and thousands of articles. My PhD is in genetics.Each day brings a new nightmare. The forced resignation of Peter Marks, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at FDA, was a death knell. I encountered his leadership when writing my book “The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It,” as well as when attending meetings to write my many articles, textbooks, and other books.Imagine the US a decade from now. Infectious diseases will return and resurge, as vaccines vanish under a tsunami of fear and misinformation.The processes of mutation, recombination, and natural selection will seed new epidemics and pandemics that will spread ever more readily as climate change accelerates.We will have no new gene or cell therapies, no new targeted cancer drugs, no more discoveries as preclinical research collapses. All of us who love science must speak up, write, or call. We must all do something. We cannot let ignorance and arrogance kill us. Please get in touch if I can help.

Experience

1. Author

   McGraw Hill

   Jan 1994 — Present · NY, US

   I am the author of Human Genetics: Concepts and Applications, a college level textbook for non-science majors. I am currently working on the 10th edition. I am co-author of Hole\'s Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology and Hole\'s Human Anatomy & Physiology.

Education

• Indiana University Bloomington

  PhD, Genetics

  1976 — 1980

• SUNY Stony Brook

  B.S, Biology

  1972 — 1976

• Indiana University

  Ph.D, Genetics

  1976 — 1980

• Indiana University

  M.A, Zoology

  1978

• Stony Brook University

  BS, biology

  1972 — 1976

Skills

• Newsletters
• Genetics
• Health
• Science Journalism
• Books
• Feature Articles
• Online Publishing
• Content Management
• Academic Publishing
• Manuscript
• Magazines
• Public Speaking
• Biotechnology
• Journals
• Blogging
• Research
• Proofreading
• Content Strategy
• Ebooks
• Dna
• Textbooks
• Science
• Biochemistry
• Copy Editing
• Nonprofits
• Fact-Checking
• Teaching
• Life Sciences
• Web Content
• Technical Writing
• Journalism
• Lifesciences
• Cell
• Editorial
• Editing
• Writing
• Science Communication
• Publications
• Freelance Writing
• Storytelling