Rose Hoban

rhoban@wunc.org

After a decade of interviewing patients while she practiced nursing, Rose Hoban put down her stethoscope, picked up a microphone and enrolled in UC Berkeley's journalism school where she concentrated in radio. While at Berkeley, she also earned a Masters in public health policy. A New York native, Rose worked for several years on an island in Micronesia where she managed the infirmary at a rural school. She's also worked in Thailand with refugees and ethnic minorities and in Indonesia managing a health project for survivors of an ethnic conflict with Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders. She's worked in an inner-city emergency room, as a home hospice and community health nurse and as the director of health services at a small trades college. Before coming to WUNC, Rose aired stories on Living on Earth, the California Report and KQED FM news. She's also published in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Contra Costa Times and the Anchorage Daily News. Rose reads obsessively and enjoys cooking Asian dishes with ingredients that confound her guests.

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Reports and features by Rose Hoban

• Making Hurricane Soup
  Friday, September 05 2008 Rose Hoban

  Several tropical storms and hurricanes are spinning in the Atlantic right now. Rose Hoban takes a look at why these storms form and why they love to show up in September.

• New Mental Hospital Tour
  Thursday, August 21 2008 Rose Hoban

  It’s been more than a month since patients started moving into the new state psychiatric facility in Butner.

• Nurses Fight Poverty
  Thursday, August 07 2008 Rose Hoban

  There’s a in North Carolina program that uses nurses to teach at-risk moms parenting skills.

• First Lady Visits NC
  Monday, July 28 2008 Rose Hoban

  Laura Bush will be in the western part of the state today. Rose Hoban has more.

• Remembering Joseph Dwyer
  Friday, July 25 2008 Rose Hoban

  Remembering Army Medic Joseph Dwyer.

• E-Prescribing
  Tuesday, July 22 2008 Rose Hoban

  Doctors around the state will get some help prescribing medications electronically.

• Burn Patient Care
  Friday, July 11 2008 Rose Hoban

  Across the country, burn centers are closing. UNC Hospital is bucking that trend.

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