Ernie Hood

Freelance Science Writer, Editor, & Podcast Producer

United States

I am a freelance science writer, editor, and podcast producer with more than 25 years experience. I bring to every project a unique ability to communicate often complex scientific concepts in clear, concise, interesting, and understandable language to lay and professional audiences, in print, online, and on the air.
Contact me at [email protected]

Portfolio
Duke Department of Medicine
10/28/2019
Rheumatology's specialty clinics are thriving

Specialty clinics are prominent among the many elements that make the Duke Division of Rheumatology one of a kind. These clinics serve a wide variety of patients with rheumatologic diseases and who often also have co-morbid conditions. We feature three of these innovative clinics.

radioinvivo.net
05/01/2026
radioinvivo.net

Radio In Vivo: Your Link to the Triangle Science Community Archive site contains 310 hour-long interviews with the top scientists and researchers in the NC Triangle area. Radio show from 2006-2020.

GeneSight
10/12/2015
Brain Stimulation Is a New Frontier for Treating Psychiatric Disorders | GeneSight

Dr. Flavio Frohlich is a scientist on a mission. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researcher is working to establish a new field he calls network neuroscience - the use of gentle, non-invasive electrical brain stimulation to help treat psychiatric illnesses such as mood disorders and even schizophrenia.

Burroughs Wellcome Fund
08/06/2026
FOCUS In Sound #16: Interview with Pardis Sabeti - Burroughs Wellcome Fund

https://www.bwfund.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/FIS-16%20%20Final.mp3 In this edition of FOCUS In Sound, we meet Dr. Pardis Sabeti, a geneticist who won a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences in 2005, and has gone on to enjoy a very distinguished career, culminating this year in being named one of the 100 Most Influential People in America by TIME Magazine.