Julianne Wyrick is a freelance science and health writer currently completing the health and medical journalism graduate program at the University of Georgia. While in the HMJ program, Julianne has interned as a science writer at Fermilab, covered a conference on macular degeneration research and written about hospital-related topics for Georgia Health News and Athens Patch. Julianne has also blogged about food for Scientific American’s Guest Blog. Prior to beginning the HMJ program, Julianne worked as a science-writing intern for Alltech, a global animal health and nutrition company. She has a B.A. in biochemistry from Asbury University, where she served as senior news writer for The Asbury Collegian. While completing her biochemistry degree, she also worked as an assistant lab technician, researching nitrate toxicity in forage for the University of Kentucky’s department of plant and soil sciences.