Shelby Bradford, PhD

Shelby Bradford, PhD

Assistant editor at The Scientist

Shelby is an Associate Editor at The Scientist. She earned her PhD in immunology and microbial pathogenesis from West Virginia University, where she studied neonatal responses to vaccination. She completed an AAAS Mass Media Fellowship at StateImpact Pennsylvania, and her writing has also appeared in Massive Science. Shelby participated in the 2023 flagship ComSciCon and volunteered with science outreach programs and Carnegie Science Center during graduate school.

Articles by Shelby Bradford, PhD

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Deep Brain Stimulation Synchronizes Neuron Firing to Rewire the Brain

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 3 min read

Illustration showing a bacterial cell (top, left), DNA strand (top, middle), and antibody (top, right) being used as inputs into a visual representation of a neural network that has dark blue, light blue, and green nodes. There is a blue glass vial with a syringe at the bottom, representing a new vaccine as the output of the model. The background is black.

Vaccine Development Gets a Boost with AI

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 10+ min read

An illustration of human silhouettes and DNA imagery in colorful circles on a dark blue background.

Complete Reference Genomes Set New Genomics Milestones

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 4 min read

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Wellcome Photography Prize Links Science to the Human Experience

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 2 min read

Photograph of a person’s hand raised against a background with green, leafy trees. There are icons representing concepts of recycling, reducing carbon dioxide, and reusing materials floating above the hand.

Researchers Convert Carbon Dioxide into Recyclable Plastic

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 3 min read

Illustration showing a scientist in a green shirt and white labcoat with shoulder-length black hair beside icons of a scale, indicating balance or justice, and a test tube with DNA in it.

A HeLa Lawsuit Is Over. The Ethics Debate Over Human Samples Isn't.

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 10+ min read

Vector image showing a man and a woman standing underneath a waterpipe against a yellow background. The man stands with a bucket at the faucet of the pipe and a large stream of water fills his bucket. The woman is standing underneath a leak in the pipe holding a bowl that drops are filling. The image represents the inequality between men and women in academic medicine.

Gender Discrimination Flushes Women Out of the Medicine Pipeline

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 4 min read

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Overactive Neurons Cause Excessive Sweating

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 3 min read

Photograph of a table full of plates of different cuisines, including barbequed meat with coleslaw and fries, seafood with yellow rice and greens, a hamburger and fries, a saucy pasta, and steak with fries.

Wastewater Sampling Uncovers Community Dietary Patterns

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 3 min read

3D rendered illustration of a transparent human lower torso and upper abdomen with the organs outlined. The pancreas is shown in orange and three red tumors are sitting on it to indicate pancreatic cancer.

A Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in a Phase 1 Clinical Trial

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 3 min read

Illustration of blue intestines with drawings of bacteria within it on a yellow background. A small robot, representing AI tools, holds up a magnifying glass over part of the intestine

An AI-Powered Approach Decodes Gut Microbiome Interactions

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 4 min read

Reconstructed tomography and ultrasound image of the brain’s vasculature and glymphatic system. The blood vessels are visible as weaving strands outlining the shape of a brain, ranging from blue to green to yellow to indicate depth. The cerebrospinal fluid of the glymphatic system appears as bright orange, yellow, and red spots across the top of the brain and, with less intensity, in the middle and at the bottom of the image.

Ultrasound Reveals the Brain’s Waste Removal System

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 4 min read

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