Terra Ziporyn Explained

Terra Ziporyn (born 1958) is an American science writer, novelist, playwright, and public health advocate whose books include The New Harvard Guide to Women's Health, Alternative Medicine for Dummies, and Nameless Diseases. She has written extensively on a wide range of health and medical issues for both medical professionals and the general public in publications including The Harvard Health Letter,[1] [2] [3] [4] JAMA,[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] Consumer Reports,[18] CNN,[19] Education Week,[20] Weight Watchers Magazine,[21] Business Week,[22] [23] [24] The Missouri Review,[25] and The Huffington Post.[26] As Terra Ziporyn Snider, her married name, she co-founded and became executive director of Start School Later, a public-health non-profit organization. She lives in Severna Park, Maryland with her husband J.H. Snider. She is the sister of Brook Ziporyn and Evan Ziporyn.

Education and career

Ziporyn graduated from Evanston Township High School in 1976. She received a BA in both history and biology (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from Yale University, where she was the arts editor of the Yale Daily News. She earned an MA and PhD in the history of science and medicine as a Searle Fellow at the University of Chicago, where she conducted research in biopsychology in the laboratory of Martha McClintock.[27] Ziporyn's dissertation, supervised by Lester S. King and published as Disease in the Popular American Press, focused on relationship between science and society.[28] Ziporyn studied fiction and screenwriting at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Old Chatham Writers Conference, and Columbia College, and playwriting with Ted Tally at Yale University and Theatre Building Chicago's New Tuners Workshop.

In 1984 Ziporyn became an associate editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and in 1985 began freelancing for publications including The Harvard Health Letter,[1] [2] [3] [4] JAMA,[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] Consumer Reports,[18] CNN,[19] Education Week,[20] Weight Watchers Magazine,[21] Business Week,[22] [23] [24] The Missouri Review,[25] and The Huffington Post.[26] She was awarded a AAAS Mass Media Science Fellowship in 1979. She later received science writing fellowships from the American Chemical Society (1992) and the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole (1997).In 2011 Ziporyn co-founded and became executive director of Start School Later, a 501(c)(3) organization comprising health professionals, sleep scientists, educators, parents, students, and other concerned citizens dedicated to raising awareness about adolescent sleep and helping communities ensure safe, healthy, and equitable school hours where students have an opportunity to get healthy sleep.[29] Her writing about translating sleep research into school policy has been published in Sleep Science (Oxford University Press) Sleep, Health, and Society (Oxford University Press), and Sleep Health,[30] [31] [32] [33] the peer-reviewed journal of the National Sleep Foundation. She received the 2022 Public Service Award from the Sleep Research Society.

Selected works

Non-fiction books

Fiction and plays

References

  1. Ziporyn. Terra. December 1996. Shaking Up Conventional Wisdom on Salt. Harvard Health Letter. 6–7.
  2. Ziporyn. Terra. February 1992. True Blue. Harvard Health Letter. 1–3.
  3. Ziporyn. Terra. February 1992. Support Groups. Harvard Health Letter. 3.
  4. Ziporyn. Terra. February 1992. What's In A Name?. Harvard Health Letter. 2.
  5. Ziporyn. Terra. February 9, 1990. What the Nazis Called 'Medical Research' Haunts the Scientific Community to This Day. JAMA. 263. 6. 791. 10.1001/jama.1990.03440060021005. 2296137. February 2, 2022. February 2, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202204631/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/380559. live.
  6. Ziporyn. Terra. Historians strive to improve perspective, practice of medicine. JAMA. 1985. 254. 19. 2713–5, 2719–20. 10.1001/jama.1985.03360190017002. 4057474. 2022-02-02. 2022-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202204626/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4057474/. live.
  7. Ziporyn. Terra. November 15, 1985. Social mores influence lessons of science. JAMA. 254. 19. 2720. 10.1001/jama.1985.03360190024003. 3903233. February 2, 2022. February 2, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202204636/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/401607. live.
  8. Ziporyn. Terra. Historians strive to improve perspective, practice of medicine. JAMA. 1985. 254. 19. 2714–2715. 10.1001/jama.1985.03360190017002. 2022-02-02. 2022-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202204633/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/401605. live.
  9. Ziporyn. Terra. AMA's Bureau of Investigation exposed fraud. JAMA. 1985. 254. 15. 2043. 10.1001/jama.1985.03360150017002. 3900442. 2022-02-02. 2022-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202204625/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/401018. live.
  10. Ziporyn. Terra. Gestational diabetes: panelists set guidelines for detection, control. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 1985. 254. 4. 465–470. 10.1001/JAMA.1985.03360040015002. 4009869. 2949094.
  11. Ziporyn. Terra. Definition of impairment essential for prosecuting 'drunken drivers'. JAMA. 1985. 253. 24. 3509–3513, 3517. 10.1001/jama.1985.03350480015002. 3999330. 2022-02-02. 2022-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202204639/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/399117. live.
  12. Ziporyn. Terra. Multicenter study evaluates 'tight control' in diabetes. JAMA. 1984. 252. 13. 1663–1664. 10.1001/jama.1984.03350130005002. 6381777. 2022-02-02. 2022-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202204633/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/394492. live.
  13. Ziporyn. Terra. August 24–31, 1984. Music therapy accompanies medical care. JAMA. 252. 8. 986–987. 10.1001/jama.252.8.986. 6748214.
  14. Ziporyn. Terra. Hippocrates meets the data banks: patient privacy in computer age. JAMA. 1984. 252. 3. 317–319. 10.1001/jama.1984.03350030001001. 6737618. 2022-02-02. 2022-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202204628/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6737618/. live.
  15. Ziporyn. Terra. Rip van Winkle period' ends for puerperal psychiatric problems.. JAMA. 1984. 251. 16. 2061–2063, 2067. 10.1001/jama.1984.03340400003001. 6708246. 2022-02-02. 2022-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202204628/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/392467. live.
  16. Ziporyn. Terra. Medical decision making: analyzing options in the face of uncertainty. JAMA. 1983. 249. 16. 2133–2135, 2138–2141. 10.1001/jama.249.16.2133. 6834602.
  17. Ziporyn. Terra. Computer-assisted medical decision-making: interest growing. JAMA. 1982. 248. 8. 913–918. 10.1001/jama.1982.03330080003001. 7047786. 2022-02-02. 2022-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202204632/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/376890. live.
  18. Ziporyn. Terra. March 1987. Stalking a good night's sleep: relief for insomnia often takes more than counting pills or sheept. Consumer Reports. 136–138.
  19. Web site: Let Kids Sleep Later. CNN. 28 August 2014. 2 February 2022. 2 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202204631/https://www.cnn.com/2014/08/28/opinion/snider-school-later-start-times/index.html. live.
  20. News: Push Back High School Start Times. Education Week. 15 May 2012. Snider. Terra Ziporyn. 2 February 2022. 2 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202204643/https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-push-back-high-school-start-times/2012/05. live.
  21. Ziporyn. Terra. January–February 1997. Rules of a Smart Patient. Weight Watchers Magazine. 48–51.
  22. September 24, 1979. The case against chest x-rays. Business Week. 700–701.
  23. August 1979. An arthritis drug for menstrual pain. Business Week.
  24. August 13, 1979. The healthy medical-kit market. Business Week. 36H.
  25. Web site: Ziporyn. Terra. Fall 1988. Medical science in the popular American press: beginnings. 2022-02-02. 2022-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202204627/https://www.missourireview.com/people/terra-ziporyn/. live.
  26. Web site: Terra Ziporyn, PhD. 2022-02-02. 2022-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202204625/https://www.huffpost.com/author/terra-ziporyn-snider-phd. live.
  27. Passing as an indicator of social dominance among female wild and domestic Norway rats. Animal Behaviour. 4534952. JSTOR. Ziporyn. Terra. McClintock. Martha K.. 1991. 118. 1/2. 26–41. 2022-02-02. 2022-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202204631/https://www.jstor.org/stable/4534952. live.
  28. Disease in the Popular American Press. JAMA. 17 November 1989. 262. 19. 2754. 10.1001/jama.1989.03430190138052. Burnham. John C.. 2 February 2022. 2 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202204636/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/379501. live.
  29. Web site: Start School Later. 2022-02-02. 2022-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202204633/https://www.startschoollater.net/. live.
  30. Ziporyn. etal. Terra. Adolescent sleep health and school start times: Setting the research agenda for California and beyond. A Research Summit Summary. Sleep Health. 2022. 8. 1. 11–22. 10.1016/j.sleh.2021.10.008. 34991996. 245720259.
  31. Ziporyn. etal. Terra. 2017. Self-report surveys of student health and well-being: A review of use in the context of school start times. Sleep Health. 3. 6. 498–507. 10.1016/j.sleh.2017.09.002. 29157646. 25056109.
  32. Malone. SK. etal. 2017. Applying behavioral insights to delay school start times. Sleep Health. 3. 6. 483–485. 10.1016/j.sleh.2017.07.012. 29157644. 5728679.
  33. February 2020. Using sleep science to inform policy: The case of school start times. Sleep Health. 6. 2–3. 10.1016/j.sleh.2019.11.010. 31919016. Ziporyn. T.. Wake. J.. 1. 210134139.
  34. Web site: A CD Guide to Women's Health. July 1997. 2022-02-02. 2022-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202204642/https://www.harvardmagazine.com/1997/07/a-cd-guide-to-womens-health. live.
  35. Web site: February 12, 1992. Book Review: Consumer Manifesto: Power to the Buyer. Los Angeles Times. 2022-02-02. 2022-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202204626/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-12-vw-1482-story.html. live.
  36. Web site: Embedded Finance: The Next Big Disruption?. 4 March 2021. 2 February 2022. 2 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202204627/https://strategiccfo360.com/embedded-finance-the-next-big-disruption/. live.

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