Allison is a freelance science writer who contributes to BrainFacts.org. After completing a doctorate in neuroscience and a postdoctoral fellowship in psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, she has focused her love of the brain in a new direction – helping to increase the public’s understanding of neuroscience and facilitate dialogue between scientists and society. She is a regular contributor to the Schizophrenia Research Forum and has written for the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Neuroscience For Kids.