Leah Kauffman science writer

Published Work

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Corner Office Compensation
Northwestern University's Kellogg Insight

Are Restaurants Really Supersizing America?
Northwestern University's Kellogg Insight

Membership Has Its Punishments
Northwestern University's Kellogg Insight

Honoring Brilliance
Purdue Alumnus magazine. Feature.

Warning Label
Carnegie Mellon Today. News brief.

New Information From Old Mine Maps
The Allegheny Front environmental radio. Feature.

Cross-Country Campaign to Inspire Bike Commuters
The Allegheny Front environmental radio. Feature.

City Trees Yield Sustainable Lumber
The Allegheny Front environmental radio. Feature.

Stimulus Money to Create Green Jobs
The Allegheny Front environmental radio. News wrap.

Uncertainty Principles
Northwestern University's Kellogg Insight

Misc.

Podcast cohost - Regenerative Medicine Today, #1 to #27

Script writer - "Tissue Engineering for Life" planetarium shows: "Bone and Cardiac" and "Dr. Allevable's Unbelievable Laboratory: Bone and Cardiac Module." Another animated movie (encouraging pediatric heart transplant patients to take their antirejection medicines) is in production.

I've also been a corporate blogger, a web content writer and wrangler, and I have authored and project-managed more health care marketing material than will fit on this page for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Magazine
Articles
From April 2005 to January 2007, I was the editor of UPMC Health Journal magazine, a quarterly with a circulation of about 100,000. Of the many articles I wrote, my two favorites are Renaissance and Through the Fog. More clips soon.

As a freelancer, I wrote the following articles for Pitt Med, the award-winning alumni magazine of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Stolen Lives (with Dottie Horn) - May 2005 (pdf)
The state of the Parkinson's and Alzheimer's fields: disease etiology, treatments, and new hopes on the horizon. Feature.

How Cells Flag Down the Big Guns - May 2005 (pdf)
How cell cycle check points mark cancer cells for destruction -- or not. News.

King of Peptides - February 2005 (pdf)
Until precision biochemist Klaus Hofmann synthesized ACTH, most hormone chemistry was hypothesis. Feature.

Egg Man - October 2002 (html)     (pdf)
Before the Korean stem cell scandal, Gerald Schatten was famous for creating the transgenic monkey ANDi. Feature.

Bernard Fisher in Conversation - July 2002 (html)    (pdf)
An early champion for breast-preserving cancer treatments talks about his inspiration, his treatment philosophy, and the importance of challenging paradigms. Feature.

California Dreaming - January 2002 (html)     (pdf)
Frank Dixon, the first director of the Scripps Research Institute, helped to establish Pitt's world-class research program and the field of immunopathology. Feature.

Notes from Mom - July 2001 (html)    (pdf)
Genetic imprinting marks early mammalian development. News.

Consumer
Health
UCLA Healthy Years
Back pain - February 2005 (pdf)
Parkinson's and essential tremor - January 2005 (pdf)
Laparoscopic surgery - October 2004 (pdf)
Health News
Acupuncture - January 2005
Pain patches - December 2004
News Briefs - November 2004
Mt. Sinai Focus on Healthy Aging
Depression - December 2004
Hip fractures - October 2004 (pdf)
Lasik eye surgery - May 2004