Big Shot: Passion, Politics, and the Struggle for an AIDS Vaccine

by Patricia Thomas

Tells the story of the search for an AIDs vaccine by following scientists, business executives, and military officers whose lives become intertwined in the complex quest.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction

416 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Patricia Thomas (b. 1948) is a health journalist and professor of journalism at the University of Georgia, where she holds the Knight Chair In Health And Medical Journalism and directs the MA program in medical journalism. She is the author of the award-winning Big Shot: Passion, Politics, and the Struggle for an AIDS Vaccine (2001), and contributor to numerous edited volumes. As an undergraduate, Thomas studied at Shimer College, completing her degree in English at Stanford University. She also holds a master's degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley. (from Shimer College Wiki)