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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.

Early life[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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]

Selected publications[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Miss Culliton Wed in Capital" (PDF). The New York Times. p. 19. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Barbara Culliton". www.sigmaxi.org. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Barbara J. Culliton". CASW. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  4. ^ "First Public Understanding of Science Lecture on Nov. 19 by Culliton". UCSF News: 8. November 7, 1980 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ a b c d "Barbara Culliton". Health Affairs. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Patronis, Amy Farnum (2018-04-10). "FSU welcomes National Academy of Medicine member to university". Florida State University News. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  7. ^ "Trustees and Advisors". Cosmos Club Foundation. September 2022. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Culliton

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