# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steven-novella
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:50:58.197Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steven-novella"
name: "Steven Novella"
slug: "steven-novella"
description: "Steven Paul Novella is an American clinical neurologist and associate professor at Yale University School of Medicine. Novella is best known for his involvement in the skeptical movement as a host of The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast and as the president of the New England Skeptical Society. He is a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI)."
tagline: "American neurologist, skepticist"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1964-07-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump