Speakers

  • Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn

    Freelance

    Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn, author of “The Empty Room,” a memoir of sibling loss, and the forthcoming “The Death of Cancer,” about the success of the war on cancer; and a regular contributor to Medscape, Self, and Discover, among others.

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  • Peter Ditto

    Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine

    Peter Ditto is Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior in the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine. He received his B.A. from UCLA and his Ph.D. from Princeton University, both in psychology. Dr. Ditto is an experimental social psychologist whose expertise is in human judgment and decision making. His research focuses on "hot cognition" —
    how motivation and emotion shape (and often bias) our social, political, moral, medical, and legal judgments.

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  • Cathy Dold

    Freelance writer and editor

    Catherine Dold has written for publications ranging from The New York Times science section to Cosmopolitan (and everything in between), covering topics such as grizzly bear genetics, prairie dog politics, and cannibalism. She also works with many health and environmental organizations, writing educational materials, newsletters and CME, and developing social media strategy. She is now working on her first book project, the second edition of The Recovery Book, coauthored with an addiction expert.

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  • Susan Dominus

    The New York Times Magazine

    Susan Dominus is a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. Before that, she wrote a column, Big City, for the Metro section of The New York Times. She frequently writes about the intersection of science and culture. Dominus lives outside New York City with her husband and twin six-year-old boys.

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  • Tyler Dukes

    Managing Editor, Reporters' Lab

    Tyler Dukes is the managing editor of the Reporters' Lab, a Duke University project to advance tools, techniques and research for public affairs reporting. He's also a freelance science and technology reporter who writes regularly for The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer. Prior to joining the lab, he was the newsroom adviser to the daily student newspaper at N.C. State University, where he coached writing, reporting and other areas of news production in print and online.

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  • Allison Eckhardt

    National Cancer Institute

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  • Tasha Eichenseher

    Senior Editor, Discover

    Tasha Eichenseher recently moved from being a producer and editor at National Geographic Digital Media in D.C. to Discover magazine’s new office in Wisconsin. She has been covering science and environment stories for nearly a decade for a variety of print and online outlets, including E/The Environment Magazine, Environmental Science & Technology online news, Greenwire, Green Guide, and National Geographic News.

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  • Juliet Eilperin

    National environment reporter, The Washington Post

    Juliet Eilperin, a national reporter at The Washington Post since 1998, has covered environment for the past decade, reporting on science, policy and politics in areas such as climate change, oceans, air quality and wilderness. She covered the 2008 presidential campaign, traveling with GOP nominee John McCain and vice-president nominee Sarah Palin, while continuing to report on the environment. Earlier, Eilperin was the paper's congressional reporter, covering the impeachment of Bill Clinton, legislation, lobbying, and congressional campaigns.

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  • Jeanne Erdmann

    Freelance

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  • Rachel Ewing

    Public information officer, Drexel University

    Rachel Ewing (Twitter: @raewing) is a public information officer at Drexel University in Philadelphia, where she communicates news from a very wide range of topics in natural, physical, and health sciences and is active in managing the university's institutional social media. She was previously Manager of New Media Communications at Penn Medicine, where she worked closely with PIOs in developing social media and online communications skills.

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