Christie Aschwanden is a health columnist for the Washington Post, a regular contributor to the New York Times, and a 2013/2014 Carter Fellow. She’s a contributing editor for Runner’s World and her work appears in dozens of other publications including Slate, Smithsonian, Mother Jones, New Scientist, Consumer Reports, Grist, More, Discover, Men’s Journal, and O, the Oprah Magazine. She was the 2013 recipient of the NASW’s Science in Society Award for Commentary or Opinion and was a National Magazine Award finalist in 2011. She blogs about science at Last Word On Nothing and is the former managing editor of The Open Notebook. Find her on Twitter.