John Galbraith Simmons
Author...Science and Medical Writer...
Novelist...Translator
John Galbraith Simmons has worked worked extensively in the history of science and medicine. His several books, aimed at both general and professional audiences, include:
The Scientific 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Scientists, Past and Present, (Citadel) Doctors and Discoveries: Lives That Created Today’s Medicine (Houghton Mifflin) tPa for Stroke: The Story of a Controversial Drug (in collaboration with Justin Zivin PhD, MD)
Location: New York City

Education: Northwestern University BA (Philosophy), honors

Long Island University MsEd (Developmental Studies)
Contact: jgsimmons@jps.net
Simmons is the author of a noir quartet: Lamplighter Cried the Piper The Sharing Midnight Walking A Tale of Literary and Financial Debauchery: On Joel Warner's "Curse of the Marquis de Sade" Los Angeles Review of Books
April 11, 2023
New York Academy of Sciences
eBriefing:
Essay and long-form reportage:
Scientific
Medical
Literary
>300 articles
“Lindau and the Zeitgeist: Annual meeting of Nobel laureates " Nature (2010) 467, S14–S15
"Simulation for Operational Readiness in a New Freestanding
Emergency Department"
"The Ions Have It: Targeting the Ion Channels for Drug Discovery" Simul Healthc. 2016 Oct; 11(5): 345–356.
Simmons translates from French in collaboration with Jocelyne Geneviève Barque. From Contra Mundum Press: Aline and Valcour, an epic novel by Marquis de Sade, in 3 volumes. Recipient of a Translation Grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. Other recent translations include Outlaw: Author Armed and Dangerous, a memoir by Rédoine Faïd, also from Contra Mundum; and Ten Little Anarchists By Daniel de Roulet, forthcoming from Autonomedia. More at Contra Mundum
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