Maryn McKenna is an American author and journalist. She has written for ''

Nature Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. Although humans are ...

'', '' National Geographic'', and ''

Scientific American ''Scientific American'', informally abbreviated ''SciAm'' or sometimes ''SA'', is an American popular science magazine. Many famous scientists, including Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla, have contributed articles to it. In print since 1845, it ...

'', and spoke on

antibiotics An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria. It is the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting bacterial infections, and antibiotic medications are widely used in the treatment and prevention o ...

at TED 2015.

Fellowships

In 2009, McKenna received a Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship from The Journalism School at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

. In 2012, she was awarded an Ethics & Justice Investigative Journalism Fellowship in The Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at

Brandeis University , mottoeng = "Truth even unto its innermost parts" , established = , type = Private research university , accreditation = NECHE , president = Ronald D. Liebowitz , ...

. In 2013, she joined the Knight Science Journalism program at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

to work on a Fellowship.

Writing

McKenna has written for ''Nature'', ''

'', ''Wired'' and the ''National Geographic'', and has been a staff reporter for ''

The Cincinnati Enquirer ''The Cincinnati Enquirer'' is a morning daily newspaper published by Gannett in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. First published in 1841, the ''Enquirer'' is the last remaining daily newspaper in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, al ...

'', the '' Boston Herald'' and ''

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the only major daily newspaper in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. It is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the result of the merger between ...

''. Her book ''Beating Back the Devil: On the Front Lines with the Disease Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service'' is about the

Epidemic Intelligence Service The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) is a program of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The modern EIS is a two-year, hands-on post-doctoral training program in epidemiology, with a focus on field work. History Creation ...

of the

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgi ...

. Her book ''Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA'' is about methicillin-resistant ''Staphylococcus aureus''; a review on the CDC website called it "an extensively researched and detailed review". Her article "Imagining the Post-Antibiotics Future" is included in ''The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2014''.

Bibliography

*''Beating Back the Devil: On the Front Lines with the Disease Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service'' (2004) *''Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA'' (2010) *''Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats'' (2017) *

Recognition

McKenna received a Byron H. Waksman Award for Excellence in the Public Communication of Life Sciences in 2013, and a Leadership Award from the

Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics The Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA) is a non-profit organization founded in 1981 by Stuart B. Levy (1938–2019), Professor of Medicine at Tufts University and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. APUA's mission is to streng ...

in 2014.

References

External links

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Curriculum vitae

Maryn McKenna's TED lecture: "What do we do when antibiotics don’t work any more?"
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