ABOUT SAMANTHA

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I am currently a Content & Curation Scientist at the genotyping company, 23andMe, where I work on the Ancestry team.

In my former life, I was a PhD neuroscience student at UCSF.

I’ve recorded, written, produced, or co-produced over 20 podcasts covering topics ranging from the origins of life on earth, Ebola’s hiding place, and the strange link between our immune health and parasites, to emerging treatments for debilitating neurological diseases. Featured content is on my home page!

NPR Science’s Joe Palca gave me feedback on my Ebola podcast!

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Through Carry the One Radio, I produced episodes for the UCSF Weill institute.

I’ve also developed a social media and communications platform for the BRCA Foundation where I put together a podcast series of conversations with patients, survivors, “previvors,” scientists, doctors, and influencers, all about hereditary cancer.

I was the leader of the UCSF Science Policy Group from 2013-2017 and from 2015-2016 I was the Western Region Director of the National Science Policy Group.

In January 2017, I conceived, directed, and organized efforts to send early-career scientists associated with the UCSF Science Policy Group to Washington, D.C., to participate in the March for Science and to meet with legislators for Congressional Visits Day. We sent over 30 young scientists from UCSF to Washington, D.C., to advocate for sustained and consistent science funding, health policy, environmental policy, diversity in STEM education and careers, and immigration issues that affect scientists (viewed over 11K times on social media and shared over 235 times!)