News from Those Nerdy Girls
Those Nerdy Girls, Jenn Dowd, PhD, MK Haber, FNP-C (They, them), Sara Gorman, Daphne Berryhill, Katherine Cartwright, Sandy Laping, MSc, Irini Hadjisavva, PhD, MacKenzie Isaac, Ilana Gerjuoy, Rebecca Raskin-Wish, Heather DuncanYour trusted messengers for practical and factual health information.
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We are an all-female team of PhD researchers and clinicians whose mission is to educate and empower individuals to successfully navigate science and health information.
Oxford Professor of Demography and Population Health. Data nerd. I break down the science of health and longevity (and occasionally demography) with the rigor of a researcher, but without the impenetrable prose.
MK is a nurse practitioner and executive director of Those Nerdy Girls. Interests are reproductive health, care of LGBTQ+ families & health equity for people marginalized due to intersecting identities.
I'm a public health and behavioral science expert with experience writing about misinformation and science denial.
Messy, honest, and unmistakably Gen X—I share stories and real conversations at Daphne Discloses. As a pharmacist writer, I contribute to News from Those Nerdy Girls and Meet Me at the MedCart.
Katherine Cartwright is an Obstetrician and Gynecologist. She has an interest in the integration of evidence-based medicine and patient education, both individually in the exam room and on a broader community health level.
Sandy Laping is a clinician, science communicator and contributor to Those Nerdy Girls. She has a Masters in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Views are my own.
PhD Scientist in Molecular and Cellular Oncology, Science Communicator, and Author who focuses on gut health and the gut microbiome. Director of Science Communication at Those Nerdy Girls.
MacKenzie (Kenzie) is a health educator currently studying at the University of Oxford. She is passionate about positive youth development and culturally sustaining health communication and promotion.
Ilana Gerjuoy, MPH, works on health policy and communications for a community coalition in Western Massachusetts.
Rebecca Raskin-Wish is a former nonfiction book editor. She currently attends medical school at Drexel Univeristy College of Medicine and researches the impact of medical misinformation.
Heather Duncan is an epidemiologist and science communications specialist who works on developing AI agents for public health.
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