Research Communications/Staff Bios

Earle Holland is Assistant Vice President for Research Communications in the Office of University Relations. As senior science communications professional at OSU, he oversees the promotion of research activities, including crisis communications involving research risks (lab animal use, human subjects experimentation, radiation safety, biosafety, infection control, computer security and scientific misconduct). He edits two national news services, has edited the former tabloid magapaper (Quest) and a major four-color magazine reporting on cancer research, treatment and education (Frontiers), and manages the university's research news website. His programs have won more than 40 awards from CASE, including three Grand Gold awards--one for external tabloids (selected by the editorial staff of the Chronicle of Higher Education) and two for excellence in newswriting (selected by the editorial staff of Newsweek) -- as well as awards from the Associated Press, the Public Relations Society of America, and the International Association of Business Communicators. He is serving his third term on the board of the National Association of Science Writers, is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists, and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He also serves on the national advisory committee for EurekAlert!, a research news website run by AAAS. For the past four years, he has written Geofacts, a weekly column on science and geography distributed internationally to 60 newspapers by the New York Times Syndicate. For 16 years, he wrote a weekly science and medical column for the Columbus (OH) Dispatch and for 20 years has taught a graduate level science writing course for OSU's School of Journalism. He serves on the university's Y2K Task Force and the Ad Hoc Committee on Xenotransplantation. In 1996, he became the first university science writer ever invited by the National Science Foundation to spend a month in Antarctica reporting on research as part of NSF's national news media program. He has been a peer reviewer of grant proposals for both the NSF and the National Institutes of Health. He is a former reporter for the Birmingham (AL) News and a graduate of Auburn University. He was named national co-chair of a conference sponsored by a NASA project, "Research/Roadmap for the Communication of Science and Technology in the 21st Century", sponsored by the to demonstrate the best practices in science communications set for Fall, 2000 and will co-edit a subsequent book on the same topic.

Holland.8@osu.edu -- AC 614-292-8384

Jeff Grabmeier, assistant director of research communications, has been with the office since 1985. Jeff's primary responsibility is to help prepare the office's two national news services, which highlight the faculty's research accomplishments to print and broadcast reporters across the country. For the services, he assigns stories, works with writers, and edits copy. He is the principal writer covering research in the social sciences, business and human ecology. Jeff also assists reporters who are looking for sources or seeking more information on Ohio State research. In addition, Jeff edits the Research page for onCampus, the faculty and staff newspaper, and writes for Quest, the university's tabloid magapaper. Jeff co-chaired the 1997 national CASE Conference titled Effective Techniques for Communicating University Research. He has done freelance writing for American Health and Columbus Monthly magazines and has written chapters for the books Soul of the Sky and Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Family and Personal Relationships. Before coming to Ohio State, Jeff was a reporter for the Gallipolis Daily Tribune and the Columbus Citizen-Journal. He has a B.S. in journalism from Ohio University and an M.A. in political science from Ohio State.

grabmeier.1@osu.edu -- AC 614-292-8457

Pam Frost Gorder is a science writer/associate editor in Research Communications. Principally, she writes news releases and feature stories about research in the College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology, math, and statistics) and the College of Engineering. She takes a broad interest in technology research, and is the primary communications contact for university technologies that have been patented or are available for license. She also occasionally writes about research in the social sciences, biological sciences, or business when the research involves technology. Finally, she helps develop Research Communications’ ever-evolving strategy for managing electronic information, so she is always looking for new ways to use the Internet for tracking publications by Ohio State Faculty, and for tracking the media hits that result from our news releases. You’ll see her byline in onCampus, the faculty and staff newspaper, and other publications around campus that reprint her stories. Pam is an active freelance writer: her work has appeared in The Sciences, the magazine for the New York Academy of Sciences; Science World, a Scholastic, Inc., classroom magazine for junior-high students, and 21st C: The World of Research at Columbia University. Most recently, she has written features for various scientific societies -- including the American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers -- and for the magazine New Scientist. Before joining the Ohio State staff in 1996, she edited Advanced Manufacturing Technology, a news service and monthly magazine about licensable technologies in manufacturing engineering. She graduated from Ohio State with a B.S. in physics with emphasis on astronomy in 1993, and in 1995, received an M.A. from New York University's Science and Environmental Reporting Program, the first program of its kind in the country. She’s a member of the National Association of Science Writers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

gorder.1@osu.edu -- AC 614-292-9475

Holly Wagner is a science writer with research communications, where she has covered life sciences and clinical medicine research since 1998.  Holly's beat areas include the biological sciences, medicine, optometry, nutrition, environmental sciences, public health, dentistry and veterinary medicine. Holly also assists reporters who are looking for experts in the life sciences or medicine. She contributes the occasional news story to other university outlets, including onCampus and OSU Today. She also writes for Frontiers, a magazine reporting on cancer research, treatment and education. Holly has done freelance writing for the consumer health website Netwellness.com and for WOSU-820 AM. Before becoming a science writer at Ohio State, Holly worked as a reporter at the Van Wert Times Bulletin and the Wooster Daily Record.  She has a B.S. in environmental education from Ohio State.

Wagner.235@osu.edu -- AC 614-292-8310

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