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Science Writer, Medical Researcher, and Doctor in Progress
Writing
Journalism
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Tarbell. The Enigma of Stigma. February 28, 2022.
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Sentient Media. Inside the Pig Heart Transplant and Ethical Dilemma That Followed. April 26, 2022.
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The Washington Post. After centuries, we still can’t perform animal-to-human transplants. June 1, 2022.
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Smithsonian. What You Need to Know About the History of Monkeypox. June 24, 2022.
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Boston Globe. A blood-oxygen detector without racial bias. July 5, 2022.
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The Guardian. Voting is significant determinant of health, US medical association declares. July 14, 2022.
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Smithsonian. Why Exactly Did the First Human Patient to Receive a Pig Heart Die? July 14, 2022.
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The Washington Post. Racial bias is built into the design of pulse oximeters. July 27, 2022.
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TIME Magazine. How to Return to Normal After Having Your Bladder Surgically Removed. July 28, 2022.
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The Guardian. Pig to human heart transplants are the future. Are we ready for it? August 4, 2022.
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Slate. How to Raise a Pig for Its Organs. August 30, 2022.
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Smithsonian. Six Big Questions About the Monkeypox Virus, Answered. August 30, 2022.
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WIRED. This Follicle-Hacking Drug Could One Day Treat Baldness. September 6, 2022.
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Scientific American. Most People at Risk for Lung Cancer Never Get Screened: Here’s How to Fix That. September 6, 2022.
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Smithsonian. Four Big Questions About the New Covid-19 Boosters, Answered. September 15, 2022.
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The Atlantic. Doctors Still Struggle to Diagnose a Condition That Kills More Americans Than Stroke. October 16, 2022 - originally published in Undark and republished in Smithsonian Magazine, Popular Science, Ars Technica, Medscape, etc.
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NPR. African scientists say Western aid to fight pandemic is backfiring. Here's their plan. November 4, 2022.
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Harvard Public Health. Cholera outbreaks surge worldwide, renewing debates on vaccines. December 7, 2022.
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Smithsonian. Six Lessons We’ve Learned From Covid That Will Help Us Fight the Next Pandemic. December 30, 2022.
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The Guardian. Should we ban the purchase of cigarettes for life? A US town is trying. March 31, 2022.
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Op-Eds​ and Personal Essays
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The 'Scopes Monkey Trial' didn’t solve anything, neither will debates on parental rights. May 14, 2022.
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Milbank Quarterly. The Infrastructure Bill—Investing in Environmental Justice & Health Equity. June 6, 2022.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Expect more supply chain shortages in things we need. June 28, 2022.
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Slate. Can You Totally Avoid Catching COVID? These People Have. July 18, 2022.
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JoySauce. I Got My First Hair Cut at Age 17. August 18, 2022.
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Undark. The United States’ Unvarnished Cruelty in Afghanistan. August 25, 2022.
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The Scientist. Splashing Cold Water on Poop Transplants for Weight Loss. September 1, 2022.
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Newsweek. It's Not About the Sentence, It's How We Prevent the Next Parkland. October 17, 2022.
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Metro UK. I ran for my life from what I thought was an active shooter – it taught me a painful lesson about the US. October 20, 2022.
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STAT. Promises — and pitfalls — of ChatGPT-assisted medicine. February 1, 2023.
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