Expertise
Neuroscience, neurology, and psychiatryEducation
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Founder of a freelance writing company, Sticky Ink, Inc.
Science journalist and neuroscientist
I am committed to communicating fact-based clinical information to a broad audience in a digestible and engaging manner. My greatest passion is teaching people about the wonders of the brain, and I am awed by how fundamental research over the past few decades has brought us closer to protecting brain health and treating neurological and psychiatric disease. I am also very interested in the potential of complementary and alternative medicine, including cannabis and psychedelics.
— Loren DeVito, PhD
Experience
Loren DeVito, PhD, is a science journalist and neuroscientist who loves when these two sides come together to educate patients and consumers in an impactful way. She is a medical writer with a decade of experience and has a freelance writing company, Sticky Ink, Inc. She has received numerous awards, including the Kavita Jain Award and Felicia Sorembe Lambos Scholarship Fund Award. She was also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Scholar. Since her academic training, Loren has worked in science and medical communications at medical education companies, pharmaceutical agencies, nonprofits, academic centers, and startups. You can find more of her published materials here.
Education
Loren completed her bachelor's degree in psychology and cognitive science at Cornell University. She received her master’s degree and doctorate in behavioral neuroscience from Boston University. Her graduate research involved understanding the connection between the brain’s hippocampal-prefrontal network and episodic memory. She also completed a fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute in Toronto, where she was supported by a grant for her research in Alzheimer's disease.
