Will Alexander currently works as an writer and editor at Ipas, a non-profit reproductive-rights organization in Chapel Hill.  He graduated from the Medical Journalism Program in spring 2006.

Since graduation, Will has worked as a freelance advisor to the Embassy of Kazakhstan, edited a women’s health textbook, and helped design an international promotional campaign for Digene, a global diagnostics company.

Will earned his bachelor’s degree in English in 2000. Before entering the Medical Journalism Program, Will worked at the National STD and AIDS hotline and was a freelance reporter for the Durham Herald-Sun, the Independent and other newspapers.

Will’s interests and areas of expertise include women’s health, how and why people smoke cigarettes, epidemiology, and infectious diseases. He also enjoys traveling, cooking and film.