Hyacinth Empinado

Multimedia Producer

Hyacinth Empinado, a multimedia producer, creates videos and animations for STAT. A biology graduate, Hyacinth worked as a lab technician before receiving her master’s degree in health and medical journalism from the University of Georgia, where she filmed videos about malaria research in Ghana and interned at WUGA-TV. Her accolades include a Gold Award at the 2014 LabTV Tribeca Video Awards Contest and Best in Festival at the 2015 Ripple Effect Film Project. Hyacinth enjoys watching sitcoms and collecting rainbow-colored things.

In the Lab

Watch: How did you get your start in science? And other questions with the STAT Wunderkinds

Watch: mRNA vaccines face their first test in the fight against Covid-19. How do they work?

Watch: What day is it? How pandemic stress alters your perception of time

Watch: MIT engineers develop a system to help physicians get the most out of ventilators

Watch: Antibodies, immunity, and what they mean for Covid-19, explained

How high will it go? As Covid-19 death toll in U.S. blows past 60,000, there are no easy answers

It’s difficult to grasp the projected deaths from Covid-19. Here’s how they compare to other causes of death

Watch: Flu has a season, but will Covid-19 melt away with the spring? It’s not so simple

Watch: Why reports about coronavirus death rates can be misleading

Watch: How do coronaviruses spread?

Watch: Cells are the building blocks of life. Scientists are making a map to understand them

Watch: To detect cancer, these researchers are turning to an unlikely source

Watch: ‘I shouldn’t have to go beg’: A protest over insulin prices is seen as a fight for life

Watch: New blood vessels, straight from the printer

Drawing life at its start, cell by cell

Watch: Scientists make elusive bacteria in our mouths less of a mystery

Watch: Tape like a spiny worm, glue like a snail’s trail: Turning to nature for surgical innovations

Watch: CAR-T is a personalized attack on cancer. Here’s how it works