While there are few silver linings to the cloud created by COVID-19, the pandemic that has killed tens of thousands,…
Grace Frank
Grace Frank has worked as an editor and reporter for leading American newspapers, including The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune and the Tampa Tribune. She has won numerous journalism awards, including recognition as the best education reporter in Florida (an annual honor given by the statewide teachers' union) and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for an investigative series into eye surgeries wrongly conducted outside a clinical trial. Grace holds a master's degree in international relations from the University of Chicago (attending on a full-tuition fellowship), and a bachelor's degree in political science from Rutgers University–Newark campus.
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Articles by Grace Frank
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#IARC2017 – Listen to a Discussion of Thursday’s Highlights at World’s Largest Ataxia Conference
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#IARC2017 – Listen to a Discussion of Wednesday’s Highlights at World’s Largest Ataxia Conference
In this Facebook Live Chat, reporter Hal Foster — joined by scientists and…