Senior reporter
The Transmitter
Calli McMurray is senior reporter at The Transmitter, where she covers research integrity, brain-body physiology and unique animal models. She also reports on structural and regulatory issues that affect research.
Before joining The Transmitter in 2024, she interned at The Chronicle of Higher Education and freelanced for STAT, The Texas Observer, KFF Health News and elsewhere.
An autistic researcher’s paper called attention to a huge disparity in autism funding research between children and adults. It nearly derailed her life.
An autistic researcher’s paper called attention to a huge disparity in autism funding research between children and adults. It nearly derailed her life.
With just a high school equivalency degree and struggling as a single mother, Tempest McDonald is forced to shift her priorities.
With just a high school equivalency degree and struggling as a single mother, Tempest McDonald is forced to shift her priorities.
What leads an autism researcher to publish an intentionally inflammatory paper accusing the NIH of discrimination?
What leads an autism researcher to publish an intentionally inflammatory paper accusing the NIH of discrimination?