NICOLETTA LANESE

I’m the health channel editor for Live Science, a science news website aimed at the general public that reaches approximately 205 million readers a year.

 

I commission, edit, report and write dozens of news articles each month to keep our readers informed about the latest medical studies, drug discoveries and disease outbreaks. In addition, our evergreen stories aim to demystify common questions about how the human body works, as well as what can happen when those inner workings go awry. From short-form news to features, my guiding principle is to make the often daunting worlds of medicine and human biology as accessible as possible, without shying away from nuance. 

 

Beyond Live Science, my byline can be found in The Scientist, Science News, Stanford Medicine Magazine, BrainFacts, Eos, Mongabay, The Mercury News, and Asahi Shimbun GLOBE+, among other outlets. My writing for Live Science is also syndicated by Scientific American, MSN and Yahoo.

 

I’m a graduate of the University of Florida and the University of California, Santa Cruz’s Science Communication Program. Additional credentials include interning as a public information officer at the Stanford University School of Medicine, UC San Francisco, and Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology.