Dawn Fallik is a science and medical writer based in Philadelphia. She is an assistant professor at the University of Delaware and writes for The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Wall Street Journal and Neurology Today, among others. She was a staff writer for The Associated Press, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and The Philadelphia Inquirer and has a master's degree from the University of Missouri, specializing in database analysis. She is willing to bribe and be bribed with caffeine and chocolate baked goods.