Seema's journalism background

Seema Mathur is a multi-award-winning journalist and educator. She has earned a National Edward R. Murrow Award, a Lone Star Emmy, and multiple Associated Press and medical journalism awards for her reporting on healthcare and human rights.

Mathur’s work has aired on national networks and local affiliates, including NPR, CNN, ABC, CBS, PBS, and Hulu.

After fifteen years in daily news, she founded Global Voice Productions in 2009, a multimedia company dedicated to amplifying underreported voices around the world. Her work has explored issues ranging from mental health and maternal mortality to women’s rights and the long-term impact of war. She has reported from war-torn Liberia, post-revolution Egypt, and operating rooms across the United States.

Her commitment to medical journalism led to her selection as a Kaiser Media Health Fellow—one of ten journalists chosen nationally—where she studied health policy to deepen her reporting and advocacy for patients.

Today, Seema brings together decades of reporting experience and her own health journey as the producer and host of Brain In Progress. Through the podcast, she explores what’s possible in brain health—from cutting-edge science and evidence-based treatments to ancient wisdom.

Her mission is to cut through noise and trends—bringing forward credible voices and meaningful conversations with guests who inform, inspire, and expand how we understand the brain, the organ that shapes our human experience. 

Seema has expertise in moderating health panels to motivational speaking

Seema mentors the next generation as an adjunct professor of Radio Television and Film. 

She also enjoys teaching meditation.