Bijal P. Trivedi

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Bijal P. Trivedi
Alma mater
OccupationScience journalist
Employer
Children2
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship (2025)

Bijal Pravin Trivedi [1] is an American science journalist. After studying in biochemistry and biology, she switched to journalism and has since then worked for Genome News Network, National Geographic , and The Conversation US , serving as a science editor for the last two outlets. She published one book, Breath From Salt (2020), and is a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow.

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Biography

Trivedi studied at Oberlin College, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in biochemistry, and at University of California, Los Angeles, where she obtained a master's degree in molecular, cell, and developmental biology. [2] She later became interested in journalism instead of science, [3] and she attended New York University's Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program (SHERP), being taught by Dan Fagin and graduating in 1998. [2]

After working for the Genome News Network staff, she worked for the National Geographic News Service from 2001 to 2004. [2] She later worked for The Conversation US as science and technology editor. [2] She won the 2006 Wistar Institute Science Journalism Award for her New Scientist article on gut microbiota, [4] as well as the Foundation for Biomedical Research's 2006 Michael E. DeBakey Journalism Award and the 2009 National Institutes of Health Plain Language Award. [2] Her Scientific American article, titled "The Wipeout Gene", appeared in Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012. [2] She also worked as editor for the National Institutes of Health Director's Blog and as a teacher at the SHERP. [3]

In September 2020, her book Breath From Salt , which is on the history of cystic fibrosis, was published by BenBella Books. [5] In 2021, she returned to National Geographic, eventually becoming their senior editor for science. [2] In 2022, she won the inaugural Sharon Begley Award for Science Reporting. [2] In 2025, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Science Writing. [6]

Trivedi lives in Washington, D.C. [7] She has two children with her husband Chad. [3] She is dyslexic, using Otter.ai to transcribe any interview she records. [7]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Reviews of this book: [8] [9] [10]

References

  1. ↑ "NYU Alumni and Faculty Named 2025 Guggenheim Fellows". New York University. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Bijal Trivedi wins first Sharon Begley Award for Science Reporting". July 27, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Bio / Awards". www.bijaltrivedi.com. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  4. ↑ "2006 Wistar Institute Science Journalism Award Winner Announced" (Press release). Wistar Institute. April 25, 2006. Retrieved September 18, 2025– via Newswise.
  5. ↑ "Breath from Salt | Book by Bijal P. Trivedi". Simon and Schuster. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Bijal Trivedi". Guggenheim Fellowships. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  7. 1 2 "A Day in the Life of Bijal Trivedi". The Open Notebook. June 24, 2025. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  8. ↑ Ledford, Heidi (October 29, 2020). "How precision medicine paved the way to the first cystic fibrosis drug". Nature. Vol. 586, no. 7831. pp. 667–668. ProQuest   2472669822.
  9. ↑ "Science & Technology". Library Journal. Vol. 145, no. 9. p. 85. ProQuest   2438714893.
  10. ↑ "Nonfiction Reviews". Publishers Weekly. Vol. 267, no. 30. July 27, 2020. ProQuest   2426213286.
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