About Ann Marie

Ann Marie McQueen has focused on the spectrum of complementary and mainstream health care for much of her 30-year journalism career. That includes covering the early days of marijuana law reform, holistic and alternative treatments, transgender issues and abortion rights in North America and accessibility, solar power, and the Special Olympics in the Middle East. She has worked as a national columnist for Sun Media in Canada, was part of the launch team and served as news, arts and life, and features editor for The National newspaper in the UAE, and was the first sustainability columnist in the Gulf. Ann Marie is the founding editor-in-chief of Live healthy, the only health and wellness platform for men and women in the Middle East.

She has written and reported for the Globe and Mail, CBC Radio, CBC The World This Weekend, Women's and Men's Health Middle East, Vogue Arabia and Harper's Bazaar Arabia. She has been recognized with awards in health and excellence in feature writing from the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada, Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario and ITP Publishing in Dubai.

Ann Marie launched Hotflash inc in June 2020 to cover the latest clinical studies, treatments, products, guidance and more via a weekly research letter, podcast and across social media. Hotflash inc subscribers include some of the top CEOs, doctors and other practitioners in the space, alongside curious, open-minded women and other folks seeking to connect the dots and find their own solutions, all part of a fast-growing 20k+ global community living across 40+ countries.