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Bonnie Petrie
Bioscience & Medicine Reporterbonnie@TPR.org
Twitter : @kbonniepetrie
Bonnie Petrie covers bioscience and medicine for Texas Public Radio and is the host of the Petrie Dish podcast, which explores science, medicine, and life during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bonnie grew up on the Canadian border in northern New York, but has happily called Texas home for nearly 20 years. She is a 2017 Texas Radio Hall of Fame nominee in recognition of her work in Houston and Dallas before moving to San Antonio, and has received several Edward R Murrow, Associated Press, and other journalism awards throughout her career.
Most recently, Bonnie worked in Los Angeles and reported for public radio stations KPCC and KCRW. She is mom to a high schooler, two dogs, two cats and spends her free time solving family mysteries through genetic genealogy.
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At the scene of an emergency, a flurry of decisions must be made. A new AI tool called the iRemedyAct could expedite processes of care during health emergencies.
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David Morilak, PhD, a professor of pharmacology and director of the Center for Biomedical Neuroscience at UT Health San Antonio, studies rats in an effort to understand the characteristics of stressful events that can lead to PTSD in humans.
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Shivani Ruparel, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Endodontics at UT Health San Antonio, and her team are working on potential analgesics to help mitigate cancer pain.
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The FDA recently approved the anti-amyloid drug donanemab, sold as Kisunla. The medication can delay cognitive decline in early Alzheimer's patients by about seven months, but it is expensive and can have serious side effects. Still, it will be soon be available for some patients in South Texas.
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Physical exercise impacts every type of tissue in the body and affects males and females differently. Data gathered at UT Health San Antonio. It’s part of a nationwide, multi-site study on exercise and the human body.
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UT Health San Antonio Professor and Chair of Rehabilitation Medicine Dr. Monica Verduzco-Guttierrez, has helped craft a universal definition for long COVID, a cluster of sometimes disabling symptoms that occur after someone has recovered from COVID-19.
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Pelvic health disorders can disrupt women's quality of life. The conditions might be considered common and inevitable, but they should not be ignored.
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New COVID variants have emerged as dominant strains as summer begins. They're called FLiRT variants because of their unique mutations.
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The Rural Cohort Study is bringing the lab right to the often isolated communities they want to research.
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Plants-2-Plate is a six-month program that helps people adopt a whole food, plant-based diet.