Barbara Culliton

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Barbara J. Culliton is an American science journalist, editor, and college professor. She was previously the news editor at Science, and deputy editor of Nature .

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Early life

Culliton was the daughter of Richard J. Culliton who was in the insurance business in Buffalo, New York. [1] She attended the Buffalo Seminary. [1] She then graduated from Vassar College. [2]

Career

Culliton was a reporter and news editor at Science for eighteen years. [3] In 1991, she became the deputy editor of Nature. [3] While there, she started Nature Genetics in 1992, Nature Structural Biology in 1994, and Nature Medicine in 1995. [3] [2] She was the editor-in-chief of Nature Medicine. [2] She also served as the Washington Bureau Chief for Nature Publishing, Inc. [2]

She taught science writing at Johns Hopkins University from 1990 to 1998 as the Times Mirror Visiting Professor. [3] She previously held lectureships in journalist or science policy at the California Institute of Technology, Duke University, Stanford University, Vassar College, and Yale University. [4]

In 1999, Culliton was the founding editor-in-chief of the online magazine Genome News Network. [3] It was later taken over by the Center for the Advancement of Genomics. [5] In 2005, she became the deputy editor of Health Affairs . [5] In 2015, she was the editor of chief of the Journal of Investigative Medicine . In 2018, Culliton became a scholar in residence in the College of Communication and Information at Florida State University. [6]

Culliton is a fellow of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) and a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Sciences. [3] [5] She was the president of CASW and the National Association of Science Writers. [3] She was also a member of the governing council of the Institute of Medicine. [2] She served on the board of advisors of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College and the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. [5] [6]

Personal life

Culliton married Wallace K. Waterfall on November 22, 1974. [1] Waterfall was a senior professional associate of the National Academy of Sciences. [1]

She is a member of the Cosmos Club and serves on the Cosmos Club Foundation board. [7] She became an honorary member of Sigma Xi, a scientific research honor society, in 1996. [2] Hahnemann University Medical School gave her an honorary doctor of science degree in 1991. [2]

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