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Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg

Former Future Perfect fellow

Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg started her career as an ICU nurse in Canada, moved on to running retreat logistics for effective altruist organizations, and spent several years as the finance lead at the Centre for Effective Altruism. As a Future Perfect writing fellow in 2021-2022, she focused on public health and mental health, combining her years of expertise in health care with her interest in infrastructure, efficiency, and cost-benefit analyses. She has since worked on operations and finance for organizations in the AI alignment space.

Latest articles by Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg

How abortion bans will strain an already failing foster systemHow abortion bans will strain an already failing foster system
Future Perfect

Poor families are more likely to be separated by the government. The Dobbs decision will make it worse.

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg
Jason Matheny is helping humanity prepare for the existential threats of the future
The 2022 Future Perfect 50

From AI to bioengineered risks, Jason Matheny studies what governments will face in the coming years.

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg
Julia Galef thinks we should be more like scouts instead of soldiers
The 2022 Future Perfect 50

Rationalist Julia Galef believes everyday people will benefit from assessing all sides of a debate, rather than just their own.

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg
Our health care data infrastructure is broken. Caitlin Rivers hopes to fix it.
The 2022 Future Perfect 50

Without accurate data on disease and outcomes, policymakers can’t make good public health decisions.

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg
Scientific progress is at risk of slowing down. Saloni Dattani is making sure it doesn’t.
The 2022 Future Perfect 50

Transparency, accessibility, and understandable analyses are all ways this researcher delivers science to the masses.

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg
Jennifer Doleac is helping us find nuanced, effective ways to fight crime
The 2022 Future Perfect 50

The economist has conducted and popularized research that can help break our policy deadlocks on guns and crime.

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg
Tearing down the academic research paywall could come with a priceTearing down the academic research paywall could come with a price
Future Perfect

Why hide taxpayer-funded research behind paywalls? It’s complicated.

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg
Why monkeypox is a repeat of the data mistakes made with Covid-19Why monkeypox is a repeat of the data mistakes made with Covid-19
Future Perfect

Accurate data is critical for public health, and the US doesn’t have it.

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg
New York’s polio crisis, explainedNew York’s polio crisis, explained
Future Perfect

How a polio case in New York — and genetic evidence of under-the-radar spread — affects US risk and global eradication efforts.

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg
America has an innovation problem. The H-1B visa backlog is making it worse.
Future Perfect

America needs high-skilled immigrants. Here’s why we don’t have more.

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg