Kristin Sainani

at Stanford University (ONLINE)

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  • Stanford University (ONLINE)

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Biography

Stanford University (ONLINE)

Kristin Sainani (née Cobb) is an associate professor at Stanford University and also a health and science writer. After receiving an MS in statistics and a PhD in epidemiology from Stanford University, she studied science writing at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has taught statistics and writing at Stanford for more than a decade and has received several Excellence in Teaching Awards from the graduate program in epidemiology. Dr. Sainani writes about science and health for a range of audiences. She authored the health column Body News for Allure magazine for a decade. She is also the statistical editor for the journal Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; and she authors a statistics column, Statistically Speaking, for this journal.

Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor (Teaching), Health Research & Policy

Honors & Awards

  • Howard Hughes Predoctoral Fellow in the Biological Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1997-2002)
  • Rennie Taylor/Alton Blakeslee Fellowship for Science Writing, Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (2001-2002)
  • Teaching Award, Div of Epidemiology (HRP) (2005, 2007, 2009)

Professional Education

  • Certificate, UC-Santa Cruz, Science Writing (2002)
  • PhD, Stanford, Epidemiology (2002)
  • MS, Stanford, Statistics (1999)

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