Chris Emery

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Chris Emery I am a journalist, covering health, science and technology for The Baltimore Sun. Please see the Clips page of my website for examples of my writing.

I often write about highly complex topics, such as the results of clinical trials and innovations in disciplines ranging from chronic pain to bone density scans.

In my two years at The Sun, I have written nearly 200 stories, of which about 60 ran on the front page.

My writing is informed by strong background in science and medicine.

I earned a bachelor of science degree from the University of Maryland in 1996 focusing on pre-medical studies and neurobiology.

I then worked as a technician in a neurophysiology laboratory at the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, on a project studying Gulf War Syndrome.

I later served as assistant editor of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, a peer-reviewed journal of the Ecological Society of America, where I wrote articles and edited research papers, helping scientists clarify their writing.

In 2006, I completed a master's degree in journalism from the University of Maryland College Park and took the position at The Sun. In Baltimore I have continued to work with scientists and doctors to explain their work to lay readers.

I have also written for a range of other scientific publications, including NASA's website and a journal of the American Geophysical Institute. I am comfortable writing in various styles and formats. Below you will find a few featured examples of my writing.

To contact me, please visit the Contact page of this site. I can also be reached at 301-873-6952 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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A Doctor's Quest

Bathed in dim morning light from a small window, the infant lies in a hospital bed at Kennedy Krieger Institute. Like a faint flame, a blood-colored birthmark engulfs the sleeping boy's left eye and spreads up his pale forehead to lick his hairline.

Dr. Anne Comi watches a technician pasting dozens of wires to the boy's scalp. She's betting on those electrodes to tell her if the fire has spread to the boy's tender brain - and whether she might be able to prevent the terrible damage it can do.At 40, Comi is one of the world's few experts on Sturge-Weber syndrome, an obscure neurological disorder that affects roughly one of every 20,000 children.

She's among a handful of doctors who devote their lives to fighting and treating "orphan diseases," conditions that afflict so few victims that drug companies have no financial incentive to study them.