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  • Veronica Vieland, Ph.D.

    The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital & The Ohio State University

    Veronica Vieland is the vice president for computational research and the director of the Battelle Center for Mathematical Medicine at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, where she holds the Battelle Endowed Chair in Quantitative and Computational Biology. She is also a professor in the departments of pediatrics and statistics at The Ohio State University. Dr. Vieland’s research focuses on the measurement of statistical evidence, both from a theoretical perspective and also as the foundation for understanding human genetic and genomic data. On the theoretical side, her work is currently focused on developing an absolute scale for the measurement of statistical evidence, following the template of the absolute scale for measurement of temperature. Dr. Vieland received her undergraduate degree in philosophy from Barnard College and graduate degrees in philosophy (mathematical logic and philosophy of science) and biostatistics from Columbia University. She has published over 120 papers and presented her work at numerous national and international venues. She has been the recipient of two NIH Career Development Awards, and she is an elected fellow of the American Psychopathological Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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  • Emily Waltz

    Freelance science writer

    Emily Waltz is a freelance science journalist specializing in biotechnology and the business of science. She writes frequently for Nature Biotechnology, where she has been a contributor for nine years. Her work has also appeared in Nature, IEEE Spectrum, Scientific American, Discover and Mother Jones. She regularly covers genetically modified crops, and has written features about the challenges faced by researchers and writers working in this field. Those stories can be found on her website, www.emilywaltz.com. See “Battlefield,” “Under Wraps,” “Tiptoeing Around Transgenics,” and “Censorship of Science.” Emily received a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City and a bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. She began her career in New York and now lives with her husband and two sons in Nashville. Emily can be contacted through her website. Twitter

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  • Jenna Wortham

    Technology reporter and columnist, the New York Times

    Jenna Wortham, a technology reporter and columnist for the New York Times, covers start-ups and digital culture. Her stories focus on novel ways consumers are using technology to enhance their daily lives along with emerging Internet-based business models and the personalities shaping the start-up industry. Before joining the Times in 2008, Ms. Wortham was a technology and culture reporter for Wired.com and a freelance writer for Wired magazine. Her work has also appeared in Bust magazine, the Hairpin, Vogue, the Morning News, Fader and various other publications. Ms. Wortham graduated from the University of Virginia.

  • Philip Yam

    Managing editor, Scientific American

    Philip Yam is the managing editor online for Scientific American, overseeing the editorial aspects of the magazine's digital realm and special electronic publications. Before that, he was the magazine's news editor, commissioning front-of-the-book content and profiles. He is the author of the well-reviewed 2003 book The Pathological Protein (on prions and mad cow disease) and a contributor to the NASW's 2006 Field Guide for Science Writers. He is the president of the New York chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association. Follow him on Twitter.

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