Selection of Past Work

Aug 2016 ⋮ The elitist sheen at TEDMED makes some scientists uneasy. Still, they flock to it

Mar 2016 ⋮ Inside the race to diagnose cancer from a simple blood draw

Jan 2016 ⋮ Probiotics come with bold health claims, but the science is shaky

Feb 22, 2017 ⋮ Kids who feel positive about their work do better in math

Feb 09, 2017 ⋮ The downside of telecommuting

Feb 02, 2017 ⋮ Sleep schedule off kilter? Camping might help.

Jan 24, 2017 ⋮ Want honest kids? Commend them for telling the truth when they do something wrong.

Jan 11, 2017 ⋮ Preschoolers could have less stress if they get positive one-on-one time with teachers

Dec 11, 2016 ⋮ Beauty, not need, often sways charitable givers

Aug 2013 ⋮ Myriad sues developers of competing breast cancer tests

May 2013 ⋮ With little research training, geriatricians pick clinic over the lab

Mar 2013 ⋮ Biobank managers bemoan underuse of collected samples

Nov 2012 ⋮ Targeted vaccines against feline dander could be the cat's meow

Apr 2012 ⋮ With a slip under the tongue, allergy tablets subdue the sniffles

Mar 2012 ⋮ Genomics contest underscores challenges of personalized medicine

Mar 2011 ⋮ Whistleblower protections for US government scientists flounder

Feb 2011 ⋮ Are advance market commitments for drugs a real advance?

Jan 2011 ⋮ Clinical drive prompts pharma and academia to partner up

Oct 2010 ⋮ Pooled studies can raise misleading alarm bells, regulators say

Jul 2010 ⋮ Gene test kit oversight could prove a mixed blessing for research

May 2010 ⋮ Vaccine contamination prompts safety review

Mar 2010 ⋮ State of denial

Feb 2010 ⋮ Elusive claims data hold promise for healthcare research

Jan 2010 ⋮ To boost breast cancer research, a center banks on healthy tissue

Dec 2012 ⋮ Vision-Restoring Implants That Fit Inside the Eye

Aug 2012 ⋮ Cyborg Tissue Monitors Cells

May 2013 ⋮ Meet the World’s Most Advanced Brain Scanner

Mar 2015 ⋮ U.S. Funds Efforts to Freeze Human Organs for Long-Term Storage

May 2011 ⋮ Top 10 Myths about Bedbugs

Feb 2010 ⋮ Engineered Mice Mimic Human Populations

Contributor [2015-2017]. See Megan’s full selection of work.

Sep 2017 ⋮ Did the author of a now-retracted article bribe a critic to silence him?

Mar 2017 ⋮ A diabetes researcher sued his former employer for defamation. Here’s the story.

Mar 2017 ⋮ “Strange. Very strange:” Retracted nutrition study reappears in new journal

Mar 2017 ⋮ After lawsuit threat, journal forces author to heavily revise education paper

Feb 2017 ⋮ Whistleblower gets court backing in defamation case — but at a cost

Jan 2017 ⋮ Nature paper with massive correction can’t be reproduced, says independent group

See Megan’s archived selection.

Jul 2014 ⋮ That Loving Feeling

Jun 2014 ⋮ Mutagens and Multivitamins

Jan 2014 ⋮ Outwitting the Perfect Pathogen

Jan 2013 ⋮ Freezing Cells

Jan 2013 ⋮ A Dime a Dozen

Jul 2011 ⋮ Brains of toddlers with autism out of sync

Apr 2011 ⋮ Autism candidate gene implicated in social deficits

Apr 2013 ⋮ Getting Across the Phase III Finish Line

Jul 2012 ⋮ TARGETing High-Risk Childhood Cancers

Apr 2012 ⋮ The 24-hour, $1,000 Genome

Dec 2017 ⋮ Cryopreservation aims to engineer novel ways to freeze, store, and thaw organs

Mar 2016 ⋮ Dancing with Pythagoras

Dec 2015 ⋮ DNA for data storage and computing