Catherine Saint Louis

Catherine Saint Louis has been on staff at The New York Times since 1999 and is currently a health reporter for the Science section. She covers oral health, pediatrics, obstetrics-gynecology issues and more. She has written about poor oral hygiene of nursing home residents, how Facebook is complicating family estrangement and the bullying of children with food allergies.

In 2012, she joined the How We Live team of reporters writing features across the paper, focusing on surprising stories that delve into how we live today. She wrote front-page articles about the glut of cavities among preschoolers leading to their treatment in operating rooms and another investigating why a laxative, approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in adults for just seven days, is given to children for years.

In 2009, she became the beauty reporter in Style, covering dermatology, plastic surgery and aesthetic medicine. She has written on a broad range of topics – including the dangers of circle lenses (a trend imported from Asia to make one’s eyes appear larger and doe-like); melatonin baked into brownies and illegally sold as “Lazy Cakes” over the counter; A-cup pride; and the oddly brisk sales of Spanx for men.

In 2005, Catherine joined Thursday Styles to edit fitness and beauty coverage. Previously she worked at The New York Times Magazine as a story editor and the “Lives” column editor, publishing memoirs and oral histories; she began at the magazine as a clerk, interviewing people for the “What They Were Thinking” photographs.

Catherine started her career as an intern at Lingua Franca Magazine, and as a fact checker at Columbia Journalism Review, among other magazines. She received a B.A in literature from Princeton University and an M. Phil in English literature 1880-1960 from Oxford University. In her free time, she runs and lifts weights.

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