York Psychology Graduate Scoops National Science Writing Prize

Posted on 9 January 2013

Cassie Barton, who graduated from the Department in 2011, has won the Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize 2012.

Cassie Barton (Left) with fellow award winners.
Picture Credit: Wellcome Images

Cassie’s article on the integration of information from different senses, such as sound and smell, was published in the Guardian.

Since leaving York, Cassie has gone on to work with the disability charity Scope.

You can read about the background to her article here:

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/stellent/groups/corporatesite/@msh_publishing_group/documents/web_document/wtp041142.pdf

Find out more about the prize here:

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/funding/public-engagement/science-writing-prize/index.htm

http://wellcometrust.wordpress.com/2012/09/21/sciencewritingprize-voxpop/