Recent Articles
A Tremor in the Research Force - Interviews with leading scientists about LRRK2, a genetic mutation more common among Ashkenazi Jews and linked to the development of Parkinson's disease. (The Jewish Daily Forward, August 2011)
Why I Love NYC: Le Tigre (PDF) - My blurbified interview with the synth-punk feminist trio. (Time Out New York, April 2011)
Therapy Shows Promise in Trials for Hereditary Cancer Patients (PDF)- Multi-source story on PARP inhibitors, an emerging treatment for hereditary cancer, featuring interviews with leading oncologists. This report focused on breast and ovarian cancer patients and the future of "targeted therapy" -- defining the unique characteristics of someone's cancer and going after those specific characteristics to get an effective treatment. (Jewish Daily Forward, August 2010)
Will the Employment Non-Discrimination Act get a vote? - Article featuring interviews with congressmen Barney Frank and James Clyburn, who discuss the politics behind the difficulty of passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act for GLBT workers. Includes a legal perspective with quotes from an attorney whose clients have brought workplace discrimination cases, as well as a transgender professor who advocated to bring ENDA to fruition. (Echelon business magazine, June 2010)
