Science, Medicine, and Tech Writing
Creative Loafing Tampa, Oct 2023
How one Tampa Bay group aims to restore oyster reefs by collecting your leftover shells from local restaurants
We followed Tampa Bay’s oyster shells from bar to bay, as Tampa Bay Watch staff and volunteers collected discarded shells from local restaurants, cured the shells to eliminate any foreign bacteria, bagged fossilized shell, and created 1600 square feet of new oyster reef outside of MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa.
IBD is rising in racial and ethnic minority groups, and this Tampa Bay woman wants to help
Creative Loafing Tampa, March 2023
Managing chronic disease isn’t easy. Tampa Bay area resident Stephanie Wynn would know. Doctors diagnosed Wynn with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in 2017. From when she started experiencing symptoms to when doctors diagnosed her, she’d gone from a size 14 to a size 0. It’s an experience she hopes to spare others from. And it’s one of the reasons why she established the nonprofit Stephanie A. Wynn Foundation in 2021…
Creative Loafing, June 2023
For people with the language processing disorder Aphasia, playing games is a fun way to practice speech and connect with others. For the rest of us, games grant a welcome break from everyday responsibilities. On Thursday, June 8, games provide common ground at Voices of Hope for Aphasia’s inaugural Crossword Puzzle Gala…
Tampa Bay’s ‘Wordplay’ crossword puzzle gala will help people with aphasia find their voice
Can you spot Lincoln in "Gala Contemplating"? Do you know who the woman is in the top left-hand corner of "The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus"? Do you know why Dalí loved cauliflower so much? What inspired his mustache? Why there are so many flies in his paintings? These are the types of questions the Dalí Museum’s new augmented reality experience answers…
The Dali Museum introduces augmented reality to its St. Pete experience
Creative Loafing Tampa, June 2019
The Gabber, September 2022
Pediatric Transfusion Expert Joins St. Pete’s Johns Hopkins
We’ve got good news for parents in the Tampa Bay area: Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Pete just hired Dr. Cassandra Josephson as the new director of its Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute…
Five ways science & technology have transformed photography
Creative Loafing Tampa, October 2018
A new exhibit at the Leepa-Rattner Museum explores technology's influence on art…