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Priya Sharma

Senior Reporter, AI & Regulation
Fictional contributor
Washington, D.C.she/her

About Priya

Priya Sharma is a senior reporter at Rounds covering the FDA, CMS, and the medical algorithms moving through both. Her beat sits at the intersection of regulatory enforcement, payor coverage, and the AI/ML clearance pipeline.

Before Rounds she spent four years at Fieldnote Health covering FDA policy and three years at Ledgerline News as a health-policy reporter. Her investigation into the 510(k) pathway for AI imaging tools won a 2023 a fictional business journalism association award.

She trained as a lawyer before journalism and clerked at the a fictional appellate court.

Highlights

  • a fictional business journalism association Best in Business Award (2023) — AI imaging investigation.
  • a fictional journalism award finalist (2022).
  • Contributed to sample regulatory explainers.

Experience

  1. 2024 — Present
    Senior Reporter
    Rounds
  2. 2020 — 2024
    FDA Policy Reporter
    Fieldnote Health
  3. 2017 — 2020
    Health Policy Reporter
    Ledgerline News
  4. 2016 — 2017
    Law Clerk
    a fictional appellate court

Recent stories by Priya

AI & AlgorithmsDemo

Multimodal AI clears a regulatory hurdle. Payers haven't caught up.

Priya Sharma · 6 min
Tracing paper scan diagram with a wax seal and network dots
The LabDemo

KST-204: a quiet readout that resets NF2 economics.

Priya Sharma · 5 min
Graph paper with a hand-drawn curve, capsules and a pipette
The LabDemo

Machine-learned ALS targets clear their first human bar.

Priya Sharma · 6 min
Fine-line neuron drawing over a dotted grid
Policy & PowerDemo

AI reimbursement opens a door — slightly — in a sample policy scenario.

Priya Sharma · 5 min
Brass balance scale weighing a circuit tile against forms