Heather Kathryn Ross

Heather is a writer and editor based in Oakland, California.

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Healthline News • 24th November 2014

Is the Forest of Bacteria Inside You Your Most Precious Resource?

Decades of intensive antibiotic treatments have cost Americans many of their native gut bacteria. Could a damaged microbiome be an underlying cause of conditions like asthma and MS?
Healthline News • 24th April 2015

The Truth About C-Sections, Probiotics, and the Bacteria in Your Gut

Evidence shows that drinking kefir or kombucha, taking a course of antibiotics, and even playing with dogs could change your microbiome for better — or worse.
Healthline News • 7th March 2014

World’s Oldest Cheese Found in Tombs of 4,000-Year-Old Mummies

Probiotic cheese found with the bodies of perfectly preserved, 4,000-year-old mummies in Xinjiang, China was likely a dietary staple for local herding tribes.
Healthline News • 7th February 2013

Needle-Free Vaccinations a Huge Step Toward Stopping Infectious Disease

Bill Gates funds research into room-temperature vaccine delivery via sugar discs that dissolve on the skin — technology he hopes to deploy around the globe.
UC Berkeley Advanced Media Institute • 6th April 2023

Podcast: How I Hear

I completed a podcasting course through the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. My final project was this exploration of how hearing loss impacts me and my family.
StoryCenter • 29th May 2024

Video: Amateur Archaeologist

This short video is the result of a multimedia storytelling course I took at StoryCenter in Berkeley, CA. We were asked to record a personal narrative and bring it to life with audio and video elements.
IDEO.com • 15th March 2018

Transforming the Way You Learn about Your DNA with a Genomics Startup

Accessing our genetic code is as easy as spitting in a tube, but how can we benefit from all that DNA data? The founders of Helix, a genomics startup, approached IDEO to help them prepare for launch.
IDEO.com • 3rd July 2018

Helping a Startup Design Video Games to Build Kids’ Emotional Strength

With researchers at Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital, Neuromotion Labs created tablet games that pair with a heart rate monitor to "gamify" emotional control. Neuromotion embedded at IDEO for a design sprint to expand its suite of games for launch.
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