Lynn Crawford Cook is health communicator whose career spans more than 20 years in journalism, public relations and community health education. After earning a master’s degree in public health education at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Cook combined the disciplines of communication and public health through public affairs, social marketing and media advocacy.

Her clients have included the National Cancer Institute, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Diabetes Education Program, the U.S. Office on Women’s Health, the National Eye Institute, the States of Maryland, Delaware, Georgia, and Montana as well as local health agencies and non-profit organizations.

As the associate director of public affairs for Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, she served as a science writer and media relations specialist. Her duties included strategic communications, marketing, media relations, spokesperson training, research, materials development and special events. She interviewed renowned scientists and translated scientific research into lay language and assisted TV camera crews while protecting patient confidentiality and promoting the Hopkins mission.