Barbara Culliton

Barbara J. Culliton is an American science journalist, editor, and college professor. She was previously the news editor at Science, and deputy editor of Nature.

Early life Culliton was the daughter of Richard J. Culliton who was in the insurance business in Buffalo, New York. She attended the Buffalo Seminary.

Career Culliton was a reporter and news editor at Science for eighteen years. In 1991, she became the deputy editor of Nature.

In 1999, Culliton was the founding editor-in-chief of the online magazine Genome News Network. In 2005, she became the deputy editor of Health Affairs.

Culliton is a fellow of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) and a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Sciences. She became an honorary member of Sigma Xi, a scientific research honor society, in 1996. Hahnemann University Medical School gave her an honorary doctor of science degree in 1991.

Selected publications

."Sickle Cell Anemia: The Route from Obscurity to Prominence". Science, vol. 178 (October 13, 1972), p. 138–142. "The Sloan-Kettering Affair: A Story without a Hero". Science, vol.184, no. 4137 (May 10, 1974), pp. 644–650, DOI: 10.1126/science.184.4137.644 "Mrs. Lasker's War". Harper's Magazine, vol. 252 (June 1976), p. 60. "Recombinant DNA Bills Derailed: Congress Still Trying to Pass a Law". Science, vol. 199 (January 20, 1978), pp. 274–77. "The Mystery of the Shroud of Turin Challenges 20th-Century Science". Science, vol. 201, no. 4351 (July 21, 1978), pp. 235–239. DOI: 10.1126/science.201.4352.235 “Science’s Restive Public.” Daedalus 107, no. 2 (Spring 1978): 147–56. "Harvard Researchers Retract Data in Immunology Paper". Science, vol. 234, no. 4789 (November 28, 1986), p. 1069. DOI: 10.1126/science.3535072 "A Bitter Battle Over Error I". Science, vol. 240 (June 24, 1988), pp . 1720-1723. "Can Reason Defeat Unreason?". Nature, vol 351 (13 June 13, 1991), p. 517. "Heart Disease: Progress And Promise of "Personalized Medicine". Health Affairs, January 29, 2007. "Cancer: Bridging The Gap Between Basic Research And Health Policy". Health Affairs, December 4, 2007. "Should FDA Regulate Nanomedicine Differently?" Health Affairs, June 20, 2008.