Clips & writing samples

Here is a sampling of my past work. For up-to-the-minute links, follow me on twitter or check out my portfolio on Pinterest (experimental).

Research-based health stories

• Are we causing antibiotic resistance by trying to prevent it?, for Public Health Perspectives, PLOS Blogs
• What hunter-gatherers can (and can’t) tell us about obesity, for The Messy Machine Blog
• Is there a season for births? What birthdays tell us about human evolution and modern medicine, for Double X Science
• Meeting your hospital roommates, one Q-tip at a time, for Public Health Perspectives, PLOS Blogs
• How does breastfeeding prevent against HIV?, for Public Health Perspectives, PLOS Blogs

Science news

• Roller derby players share shoulder microbes, for ScienceNOW (also appeared on Wired Science)
• Automating Scientific Discovery, news article for Biomedical Computation Review

Sports science

• Concussion Testing, Part 1 and Concussion Testing, Part 2, features for roller derby magazine Five On Five
• Sub-Concussive Hits Trigger Autoimmune Brain Damage?, for The Messy Machine Blog
• To Stretch or Not To Stretch?, feature for Five On Five
• Mental Training: Interview with Aimee Kimball, feature for Five On Five
• Exercise Harder, Not Longer: The evidence behind sprinting for insulin sensitivity and fat loss, for The Messy Machine Blog

Miscellaneous

• Mad Science: Deconstructing Bunk Reporting in 5 Easy Steps, feature for Bitch magazine