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Contributors

Michela Buttignol ("Learning by Moving Pictures," p. 36) is a multidisciplinary designer based in Brooklyn. She loves to distill complex concepts into accessible visuals that tell stories.

Kira Goldenberg ("The Homeschooling Trend," p. 23) is a writer, editor, and psychotherapist based in San Francisco. Her work has appeared in outlets that include The Guardian and the Connecticut Mirror, and in a variety of university publications such as Pitt Med, UCSF Magazine, and Barnard Magazine.

Rebecca L. Root ("On Board the Flying Eye Hospital," p. 25) is a multimedia journalist based in Bangkok but reporting globally. She covers humanitarian aid, human rights, global health, and climate change, among other things. Her work has been featured in The Guardian, The Telegraph, BBC, Devex, and other international publications.

Robyn Ross ("Fallout: Eighty Years Later," p. 48) is an independent journalist based in Austin, Texas. She is a frequent contributor to Texas Monthly and has written for the Texas Observer, The New York Times, Stranger's Guide, and Runner's World.

Dalbert B. Vilarino ("Bariatric Surgery in a Pill," p. 14) is an illustrator and zine maker based in Toronto. They've worked for a large variety of publications including The New Yorker, The New Republic, and The Washington Post.

Daniel Zender ("Fallout: Eighty Years Later," p. 48) is an artist and educator whose clients include The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Baffler. He splits his time between Brooklyn and Cooperstown, New York, where he also runs a small studio and store called Turtle Depot.

On the cover

The cover of the fall 2025 issue of Johns Hopkins Magazine
For this issue's cover, illustrator Alex Eben Meyer was drawn to the infiniteness of space to help convey the benefits and insecurities surrounding the usage of big data in medicine (see "Suchi Saria on her Path to AI and Health Care" p. 54). "There is a lot out there we know, but so much more we do not—or can't even conceive of," he says. In this image, a medical chart acts as a gravitational focal point, sucking in as many information swirls as possible. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Meyer has worked with editorial, book, animation, and advertising clients.