Catherine Offord
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Catherine Offord is a journalist based in Barcelona specializing in science, health, and research integrity. She has written for media outlets including The Scientist, Science, The Gecko Project, and BioSpace.
Offord reported extensively on medical research and global health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her reporting on ivermectin use in South America was cited in guidance issued by the World Health Organization.
Other investigative projects have included a deep dive into errors in clinical trial registries and the exposure of a U.S. careers coaching company whose contracts sent graduate students into debt.
Her work has been shortlisted for the National Institute for Health Care Management’s trade journalism award and the Association of British Science Writers’ Steve Connor Award for investigative science journalism.
