Kenneth Chiacchia
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Kenneth Chiacchia (born December 29, 1961 in
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Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1991. He has been published in four different genres: Science Fiction, Medical Writing, Search and Rescue Science, and Journalism. Ken began his career as a medical science writer at Harvard Medical School in 1993. Currently he is a medical science writer and editor at the
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. Chiacchia is a member of both the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and the National Association of Science Writers. He has been a news reporter for the
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's North Hills section with over 50 published stories. Ken had a recent story that was the cover page article for the
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. He is also a dog handler in Allegheny Mountain Rescue League, a Pittsburgh-based volunteer organization that assists authorities in civilian lost-person searches. His work has been noted in local newspapers. He has written on the science of
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for
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workers. In 1993, Chiacchia joined th
Pittsburgh Worldwrights
Writers' Workshop founded by Pittsburgh science-fiction and fantasy writer
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and continued by Pittsburgh author Barton Paul Levenson and others. Chiacchia won the 2008
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Journalism Award.


Bibliography

Fiction *"A Matter of Gravity." The Martian Wave, March 2001....Reprinted in Wondrous Web Worlds 2 (anthology), June 2002. *"Medical Command." Alternate Realities, July–August 2001. *"Apology for a Red Planet." Neverworlds, October 2001. *"A Technical Fix." Cicada, March–April 2002. *"Epidemic." Ideomancer, July 2003. *"Tribute." Oceans of the Mind, September 2003. *"And Yet It Moves." Paradox, November 2003....to be reprinted in Cicada. *"The Rescue Contract." Cicada, January–February 2004. *"Resistance." Oceans of the Mind, January 2005. *"Victim." From the Trenches anthology, November 2006. *"House Trainer." The Hub, October 2007. *"The Humanoid Element." Cicada, January–February 2008. *"And Yet It Moves." Cicada, January–February 2009 pp. 13–17 Poems *"Graveyard." The Pedestal, October 2004. *"Victim." The Pedestal, October 2004. *"Casualty." On Our Way to the Battle: Poetry from the Trenches (chapbook), November 2006....Reprinted in the Rhysling Anthology (Rhysling Award nominee), May 2007. Awards *2008 Carnegie Science Center Journalism Award.


Reviews

*"House Trainer" *"And Yet It Moves" *"Victim" *"Resistance" *"Tribute"


Non-Fiction

*"Replanting Cranberry The Pittsburgh region's poster child for sprawl is putting down new roots." Pittsburgh City Paper, December 3, 2009 (Cover Page) *”In Search of Human Scent.” *"Who Goes There? The Body's System for Generating Individual Scent" Advanced Rescue Technology, June/July 2004, pp. 45–50. *”Getting it right: Evaluating standards and practices for future training.” *"8 Things Hackers Hate About You:" *"Brain Waves," University of Chicago Magazine, Nov./Dec. 2007. *"Insanity Defense," Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology, 2nd ed. Gale Group, 2001.


Scholarly Articles

*Chiacchia KB. Quantitation of the class I disulfides of the insulin receptor. ournal Article. Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communications. 176(3):1178–82, 1991 May 15. UI: 2039503 *Chiacchia KB. Reoxidation of the class I disulfides of the rat adipocyte insulin receptor is dependent upon the presence of insulin: the class I disulfide of the insulin receptor is extracellular. n Vitro. Journal Article. Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.Biochemistry. 27(13):4894-902, 1988 Jun 28. UI: 3048393 *Chiacchia KB. Drickamer K. Direct evidence for the transmembrane orientation of the hepatic glycoprotein receptors. ournal Article. Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't. Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.Journal of Biological Chemistry. 259(24):15440-6, 1984 Dec 25. UI: 6150936


Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chiacchia, Kenneth Writers from Pittsburgh 1961 births Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni University of Pittsburgh Living people Pittsburgh Post-Gazette people