Aneri Pattani is a senior correspondent at KFF Health News, a national nonprofit outlet, where she covers mental health, suicide, and substance use. She produces text and audio stories and has been heard on NPR and Science Friday. Her multi-year series about how state and local governments are spending billions in opioid settlement funds made her a finalist for the Livingston Award and Scripps Howard Award. Her series was also featured on an episode of the late-night comedy show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Pattani was a 2019 recipient of the Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism. She received a bachelor’s in journalism from Northeastern University and a master’s in public health from Johns Hopkins University.