I’ve been a science journalist and writer since 2010.

Some of the topics that I’ve enjoyed obsessing over are: infectious diseases, mental health, child development, chronic conditions, cancer research, healthcare equity, food sustainability and animal welfare. I’ve covered a lot of wellness trends, especially as a reporter at CNN Health (2015-2016) and researcher at Health.com (2010-2012). I received a Pulitzer Center grant in 2015 to travel to India and Bangladesh to report on the effectiveness of oral vaccines. The photo here was taken at a research clinic in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during that trip. 

Before writing about science, I was deep in the business of it. I got a PhD in microbiology from Columbia University in 2006. Then I did a postdoc in Paris studying HIV drug resistance before officially parting ways with science and getting my master’s in journalism from the NYU Science, Health and Environmental Program (SHERP).

My favorite things are pursuing new story ideas, reading research studies and getting to talk with the people involved in those studies and other experts. I love reporting trips and covering lectures and research conferences in-person (as well as remotely). I guess there was something to an astrology reading that a fellow scientist did for me one day back in grad school. My sun sign, my moon sign…they all point to me being an explorer. 

Most of my reporting happens in my home office in NYC. I have a lovely tree view from my desk window and can sometimes see blue jays flit about. I live with my scientist husband, science-loving daughter and two cats who are indifferent about science but love to sleep on my laptop.

 For more details, here’s my CV.