The HRT Index Editorial Team

The HRT Index is produced by a team of independent health-and-medicine researchers, writers, and editors covering women's hormone health. The byline at the top of every report on the site reads “The HRT Index Editorial Team.” This page describes who that team is, how it is structured, and what its standing commitments are.

How the team is structured

The editorial team is led by an Editor-in-Chief and includes researchers, staff writers, contributing writers, and copy editors. Where a piece of content has been clinically reviewed, the reviewing clinician's name and credentials appear at the top of the page alongside the editorial team byline; see our medical review policy for the rules on when clinical review is performed and how it is labelled.

The team writes under the collective byline, rather than individual author bylines, by editorial design. The content of every page is the product of multiple people — at minimum a writer and an editor, and often a researcher and a clinical reviewer as well — and the collective byline is the most honest representation of that. It also allows the publication to maintain a consistent editorial voice and a consistent standard of care across pages.

Who we are

The current team is described in aggregate above rather than by individual profile while we finalise the page's real names, photos, and credentials. We will not fabricate individuals to fill this section. Real team profiles will be published here as soon as they are ready.

Our standing commitments

• We label every page with its medical-review status. We do not falsify the “clinically reviewed” label.
• We label every affiliate link and disclose affiliate relationships above the fold on any page that contains them.
• We do not accept payment in exchange for inclusion, ranking, or editorial copy.
• We do not fabricate quotes, testimonials, sample sizes, hands-on testing claims, credentials, or social proof.
• We correct errors visibly and log every correction at /corrections/.

Contact

To pitch a story, suggest a provider for review consideration, submit a correction, or request a press inquiry, reach the editorial team at our contact page.