Selected clips

Journalism

2025

Null and Noteworthy, relaunched: Probing a schizophrenia biomarker The Transmitter

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Glioblastoma astrocytes are stuck in immaturity Drug Discovery News

2024

How to find baby sharks Nautilus

Antibiotics may help people avoid surgery for appendicitis The Washington Post

New connectomes fly beyond the brain The Transmitter

‘SNAP’ dance of astrocytes and neurons falls out of step with age, disease The Transmitter

2023

Christine Wu Nordahl, doing whatever it takes to get good data The Transmitter

These cells spark electricity in the brain. They’re not neurons. Quanta Magazine

A questionable study linked epidurals to autism. Then what? Spectrum

This story won third place in the trade publication category in the 2023 AHCJ Awards for Excellence.

Researchers, advocates rush to aid autistic Ukrainians Spectrum

Antihistamine aids myelination in Pitt Hopkins mice Spectrum

2021

Meet the ‘mitomaniacs’ who say mitochondria matter in autism Spectrum

This story won the 2022 Azbee national silver award in the web feature category.

How an understudied trait has skewed autism research for decades Spectrum

This story won the 2022 Azbee regional bronze award in the enterprise news story category.

Older work

How a reporter captured the moment a fifth grader found out she was HIV positive Columbia Journalism Review

Oliver Sacks’ editor on handling the doctor’s final words Columbia Journalism Review

Federal budget limits affect scientific conferences The New York Times

No black holes? Here's what Stephen Hawking actually said Popular Mechanics