Caitlin Gilbert

Brooklyn, NY

Data reporter on the Well+Being team

Education: Rockefeller University, PhD in neuroscience and genomics; Georgetown University, BA in neurobiology

Caitlin Gilbert is a Well+Being data reporter at The Washington Post. Before joining The Post, she worked as a U.S.-based data journalist at the Financial Times, where she covered many topics, including the economy, politics and abortion access across the country. She earlier worked as a visual journalist at Reuters. She received her PhD in neuroscience and genomics from Rockefeller University.
Latest from Caitlin Gilbert

Why some disabled workers make $1 an hour

Across the country thousands of disabled workers are making less than a dollar an hour. Today, an investigation into the federal program that allows workers to earn subminimum wages, its lack of oversight and why so many families still support it.

September 3, 2024

Why some U.S. disabled workers are making less than a dollar an hour

A federal statute of the Fair Labor Standards Act has allowed companies to pay workers with disabilities less than minimum wage since 1938.

August 30, 2024
From left to right, Snehal Pardiwala, Claudia Gomez, Andre Heath, María Castellanos and Alex Estine work on different contract jobs, including for hearing aid manufacturer Oticon, at Pathways to Independence.

Fight over pay for people with disabilities may erupt next month

A rule the Biden administration is considering could ignite a war over the future of the decades-old 14(c) subminimum wage law, which allows certain employers to pay disabled workers far less than minimum wage.

August 30, 2024

Some disabled workers in the U.S. make pennies per hour. It’s legal.

Under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, employers can legally pay disabled workers subminimum wages. Many workers never move to higher-paying jobs.

August 30, 2024

How Florida’s abortion law is affecting East Coast abortion clinics

A survey offers the first-of-its-kind look at the practical impact of a Florida law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

May 24, 2024

Americans are sleeping more than ever. See how you compare.

An individual in the United States gained 10 minutes of sleep per day, on average, between 2019 and 2022. That’s a meaningful increase, sleep experts said.

April 30, 2024

As obesity rises, Big Food and dietitians push ‘anti-diet’ advice

General Mills, maker of Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms cereals, has launched a multi-pronged campaign that capitalizes on the teachings of the anti-diet movement.

April 3, 2024

Wendy Williams has aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. What are these diseases?

Wendy Wiliams has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, a rare form of dementia, and aphasia, a communication disorder.

February 23, 2024
Wendy Williams answers questions before a live audience at the Fillmore in Silver Spring on July 31, 2018. Williams has been diagnosed with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.

How your memory really works, and how it changes as you age

Memory lapses at any age are surprisingly normal and for most people, aren’t a signal of mental decline.

February 10, 2024

Snack recipe or advertising? Some dietitians now say who’s paying them.

An FTC crackdown on social media ads has prompted nutrition influencers to declare their sponsors

December 13, 2023