Editorial Team

Editorial Team

The MesoWatch Editorial Board reviews medical and legal content for accuracy before publication.

How we review

Every medical and legal article on MesoWatch goes through three checks before it ships: primary sources are verified against the original document, an editor reads end-to-end for accuracy and consistency, and every citation is link-tested to confirm it still resolves. Stories that fail any check are sent back instead of published. The full process is documented in our editorial standards.

MesoWatch is an independent journalism organization. We are not a law firm and not a medical practice. Articles draw on the published work of leading mesothelioma authorities, physicians, surgeons, and researchers whose institutional roles, peer-reviewed publications, and clinical leadership shape the standard of care. Where applicable, the relevant authority is referenced as the medical reviewer in the article's structured data. Citations to primary sources appear in each article's Sources section.

Staff

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Claire Brennan

Legal Affairs Editor

Claire Brennan covers asbestos litigation, mass tort verdicts, talc trials, and bankruptcy-trust filings for MesoWatch. She reads court dockets in Madison County, Houston, Galveston, and the major US asbestos venues, and translates filings into reporting that people with mesothelioma and their families can actually use when they are weighing a legal decision.

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John Edwards

Asbestos Exposure & Legislative Affairs Writer

John Edwards covers asbestos exposure pathways, EPA regulation, and the legislative side of the asbestos story for MesoWatch. He tracks federal rulemaking on chrysotile and other asbestos forms, state-level ban legislation, and the Worker Notification programs that connect occupational cohorts to their exposure histories.

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Emily Nguyen

Data Editor

Emily Nguyen leads data journalism at MesoWatch. She pulls cancer registry data, CDC mortality records, court filings, and bankruptcy-trust payout reports to build the statistical foundation under MesoWatch reporting. Every chart and number that appears in our investigations traces back to a primary source she has verified.

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Maria Reyes

Investigative Reporter

Maria Reyes reports on industrial exposure sites, occupational health hazards, and the corporate paper trail that connects asbestos to specific workplaces. She works the OSHA records, EPA enforcement data, and the public-records side of the asbestos story: the documents that show what employers knew and when.

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Kevin Sullivan

Veterans Affairs Correspondent

Kevin Sullivan covers military health, VA benefits, and service-connected mesothelioma claims for MesoWatch. He reports on how veterans diagnosed with asbestos-related disease navigate the VA claims system, where the gaps are, and what recent rulings mean for Navy, Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps personnel exposed during service.

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James Thornton

Senior Medical Correspondent

James Thornton covers clinical trials and treatment research for MesoWatch. He reads the peer-reviewed papers, tracks open enrollment windows, and reports on what is actually happening at NCI cancer centers running mesothelioma protocols: surgery, systemic therapy, immunotherapy combinations, and the trials that change the standard of care.

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