About Ernie Hood, Producer/Host, Radio In Vivo: Your Link to the Triangle Science Community

A freelance science writer based in Burlington, NC, Ernie created Radio In Vivo to serve as an information resource to the public about the important, exciting, and innovative scientific work taking place in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina, an internationally-recognized focal point of research and development in all scientific arenas.
 

Although he is not a trained scientist, Ernie has a unique ability to communicate often complex scientific concepts in clear, concise, interesting, and understandable language to both lay and professional audiences. He is a highly skilled and experienced interviewer who is particularly adept at helping scientists communicate compellingly.
 

He developed this talent over the course of a long career in television and video and audio production, during which he wrote, produced and edited countless programs, particularly within the pharmaceutical, medical, health care, information technology, and agricultural sectors. From 1983 to 2005, Ernie was co-founder, vice president, and creative director of InSight Productions, Inc., one of North Carolina's premier media production companies. His experience with InSight culminated in the company's production of BreakThrough: Television's Journal of Science & Medicine from 1997-1999. The weekly national PBS magazine program, broadcast on more than 200 stations, reported on scientific innovations at many of the nation's most advanced research institutions, and won several major national and international awards for broadcast excellence. Ernie served as Senior Writer for BreakThrough, supervising the work of the program's team of producer/reporters, as well as originating all of show's promotional and website copy and host narratives.
 

In his more recent experience (since 1999) as a freelance science writer, editor, and podcast producer, much of his work has focused on environmental health.
 

He has been a contributing correspondent to Environmental Health Perspectives, the monthly journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), one of the 27 National Institutes of Health. The journal, widely recognized to be the most prestigious and influential in its field, has published more than 80 articles authored by Ernie, including several cover stories on subjects such as pharmacogenomics, endocrine disrupting chemicals, RNA interference, chemical plant safety, and nanotechnology. He has also been a regular contributor to the Environmental Factor, the monthly NIEHS newsletter, for many years.
 

Ernie performs a variety of writing and editing services for clients at academic institutions across the country. Most prominently, he has been the longtime chief writer and editor for Dr. Claudia Miller from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Miller is known as the originator of the TILT (Toxicant-Induced Loss of Tolerance) theory of disease. Ernie has produced written work and podcast series for the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Duke University School of Medicine, as well as print articles for North Carolina State University.
 

Ernie holds a BA in English from Brown University, and an MA in Communications from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been a North Carolina resident since moving to the Triangle area to attend graduate school in 1976. He is a member of the National Association of Science Writers, and is past president of the Science Communicators of North Carolina (SCONC).
 

Ernie's writing, editing, consulting and media production services can help you communicate more effectively and efficiently. He can be contacted at hood.ernie@gmail.com.