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