Background
Robert was born on August 21, 1945, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States; son of Irving and Beatrice (Robb) Bazell.
Robert Bazell
Berkeley, CA, USA
Robert graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with B.A. (biochemistry), in 1967 with Ph.D. (immunology).
Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RH, UK
Aerial view of the University of Sussex, England. Robert studied biology at the University of Sussex, England, 1968-69.
Robert received two Emmy Awards for report on experimental brain surgery, Now and for series of reports on the brain, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw.
Berkeley, CA, USA
Robert graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with B.A. (biochemistry), in 1967 with Ph.D. (immunology).
Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RH, UK
Aerial view of the University of Sussex, England. Robert studied biology at the University of Sussex, England, 1968-69.
Robert received two Emmy Awards for report on experimental brain surgery, Now and for series of reports on the brain, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw.
https://www.amazon.com/Her-2-Making-Herceptin-Revolutionary-Treatment/dp/0812991842/?tag=2022091-20
Robert was born on August 21, 1945, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States; son of Irving and Beatrice (Robb) Bazell.
Robert graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts (biochemistry), in 1967 with Ph.D. (immunology). He also studied biology at the University of Sussex, England, 1968-69.
Bazell joined Science magazine in 1971 and writing for its News and Comment section. A year later, he left the publication to become a reporter for the New York Post. In 1976, he began his long career in broadcast journalism by joining WNBC in New York as a reporter before moving to NBC News.
In 1986, he was also a reporter and chief space correspondent during the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster when he reported about the explosion of the Space Shuttle on January 28, 1986, episode of NBC Nightly News. In 1998, Bazell wrote and published HER-2: The Making of Herceptin, a Revolutionary Treatment for Breast Cancer, which chronicled the creation of Herceptin, a drug used to treat breast cancer; the book received a positive review from the New York Times.
On March 22, 2013, it was announced that Bazell would be leaving NBC. He has joined Yale University, where he is serving as an adjunct professor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology.
Robert Bazell is mostly known as the chief health and science correspondent for NBC News, who has been creating nationally televised reports on medical and scientific issues since 1976 (for more than 38 years). He has won Emmy Awards for his reports on the brain and brain surgery, other awards for his stories on the AIDS epidemic, and a prestigious George Foster Peabody Broadcasting Award in 1993. Bazell also wrote a book about the development of a gene-based drug for breast cancer, Her-2: The Making of Herceptin, a Revolutionary Treatment for Breast Cancer.
Quotations: ''If anyone doubts the influence of drug company ads on patients and physicians - consider all those wasted billions of dollars for a pill that sells for more than six times as much as another drug that does the same thing, made by the same company.''
Robert Bazell was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Bazell married Ilene Tanz, September 11, 1966, later they divorced. He married his second wife, Margot Weinshel, they reside in New York. Bazell has three children: Rebecca, Josh, and Stephanie.
