Allison Whitten

Allison Whitten, PhD

Allison Whitten earned her PhD from Vanderbilt University in 2018 and continued her scientific training at Vanderbilt as a National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Postdoctoral Fellow. Her PhD and postdoctoral studies investigated the neurobiological causes of language impairments in neurological disorders. In 2020, she was awarded an AAAS Mass Media Fellowship to write for Discover Magazine. Her work has also appeared in WIRED, Quanta Magazine, Ars Technica, and more. 

Articles by Allison Whitten, PhD

A close-up of an older woman holding a mug.
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A variety of oral pills shown on a pink background.
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Pink and blue-colored monoclonal antibodies appear on a light blue background.
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The Breakthrough Prize logo
A microscopic image of the mouse colon shows cells, mucus, and microbes stained in pink and blue.
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A prescription pill bottle lies on its side with some pills in front of it with a blue background.
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A female doctor wearing gloves touches the neck of an older woman.
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: A photo taken from a microscope shows the process of chromosome segregation during cell division.
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 A woman injects herself with a GLP-1 pen in the stomach.
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Two cells outlined in fluorescent green and purple exchange molecules while joined at their membranes.
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A young woman puts her hand on her head with a laptop in front of her.
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A woman sits on an examination table while chatting with her doctor.
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A microscopic image of a bioactive scaffold with bundles of nanoscale filaments in pink and hyaluronic acid molecules in purple.
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A vector drawing shows one doctor standing on the left, pointing to a screen. On the right, another doctor sits and looks at a computer screen.
Futuristic-looking pills are shown in light blue over a dark blue background.
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