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People: Brain-injury survivor celebrates first Father’s Day
StoryPower brought People the exclusive story of how neurosurgeon Dr. Isaac Yang saved Chinna Balachandran’s life from a massive brain bleed—enabling him to compete on “American Ninja Warrior,” marry the love of his… -
WIRED: They had PTSD. A psychedelic called Ibogaine helped them get better
StoryPower’s pitch landed a feature story in WIRED on new research about ibogaine, a psychoactive drug that reduces symptoms of depression and PTSD in veterans with traumatic brain injuries. -
Los Angeles Times: Why this professor is studying female animals to gain insights into women’s health
My pitch on Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz’s animal research to uncover insights into women’s health scored a Column One front-page profile, a second article in the Times’ climate-change blog and a Spectrum TV interview…. -
National Public Radio: A drug for HIV appears to reverse a type of memory loss in mice
NPR’s “Morning Edition,” its digital “Health Shots” and more than 110 local NPR stations covered neuroscientist Alcino Silva’s discovery that an HIV drug restores memory in aging mice, suggesting a possible therapy for dementia patients. -
Los Angeles Times: UCLA holds first in-person ‘Match Day’ since COVID began
After I pitched the Times’ photo desk, the assigned photographer was so swayed by the students’ enthusiasm that he expanded his coverage into a six-photo essay and article. -
LA Magazine: Meet the Heroes of the Pandemic
For this LA Magazine cover story, I pitched numerous medical experts, orchestrated their interviews and arranged locations for photo shoots. -
Telemundo: Graduate delivers part of her speech in Spanish so her parents can understand
After Gabriela López told me that Telemundo-52 had profiled her 13 years earlier at her high school graduation, I tracked down the same reporter to pitch her this story. The Telemundo network, La… -
Los Angeles Times: She was dying of Covid. Her last hope would save her or kill her.
The Times ran a Column One front-page article and three digital stories centered around a COVID patient whose life was saved by UCLA. The piece went viral on Apple News, led to a… -
CBS This Morning: Scientific breakthrough may eventually allow many blind people to see
More than 60 people in six months inquired about the clinical trial after CBS “Mornings” aired a story on the first patient implanted with an experimental brain device that restores visual perception in… -
NBC News: An inside look at medical students training in the Amazon
Working closely with the “Today” show producers, UCLA C-suite and medical students, I oversaw the U.S. shoots and internal promotions for a viral segment that earned the No. 1 Apple News video spot. -
CBS Mornings: Immigrant twins who picked grapes in California graduate from medical school
After uncovering the story of twin Mexican-American brothers who would graduate one day apart from UCLA and Harvard medical schools, I took the lead with Harvard’s PR team and pitched the CBS producer,… -
Mashable: Meet the neuroscientist using VR to fight memory loss
I pitched Dr. Nanthia Suthana and her virtual reality lab to Mashable’s “How She Works” series, which spotlights women in STEM careers. The video attracted nearly 15,000 views and a follow-up profile in… -
Mashable: Meet the biochemist working to cure the most common, lethal genetic disease of childhood
When the “How She Works” producer returned with a last-minute opening, I pitched Dr. Rachelle Crosbie-Watson, who has dedicated her research to curing Duchenne muscular dystrophy. -
New York Times: Neurosurgeon solves mystery of teen’s vision loss and chronic pain
Dr. Lisa Sanders wrote a “Diagnosis” column about how Dr. Aria Fallah correctly identified the source of a teen’s debilitating symptoms and restored her to a normal life with advanced imaging and brain… -
ABC News: Woman who could hear her own body sounds gets her life back
“Good Morning America” showcased a lifechanging surgery by Drs. Quinton Gopen and Isaac Yang for patients suffering from a tiny hole in the ear bone that amplifies the body’s sounds into the brain.
