Alison Bert, DMA

As Executive Editor in Global Communications at Elsevier, Dr Alison Bert works with contributors around the world to publish stories for the global research and health communities. Previously, she was Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier Connect, which won the North American Excellence Award for Science & Education.

Alison joined Elsevier in 2007 from the world of journalism, where she was a business and education reporter for The Journal News, a Gannett daily newspaper in New York. She is also an award-winning photographer.

In the previous century, Alison was a classical guitarist on the music faculty of Syracuse University. She received a doctorate in music from the University of Arizona, was Fulbright scholar in Spain, and studied in a master class with Andrés Segovia.