Jess Craig is an independent multimedia journalist, science writer, and infectious diseases epidemiologist based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Her journalism focuses on global health and science, human rights, and neglected crises. Her work has appeared in Al Jazeera, bioGraphic, The Guardian, National Geographic, The New Scientist, Popular Science, Vox, and Wired, among other publications. In 2020, Jess was an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Mass Media fellow writing for NPR’s science and global health desks. In 2021, she received a Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists grant from the International Women’s Media Foundation to report on the impacts of climate change and illegal commercial concessions in the Congo River Basin, the world’s second largest rainforest.

Jess’s public health work focuses primarily on outbreak response, emerging and re-emerging infectious disease epidemiology, and surveillance and health information system strengthening. She has worked across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East supporting multilateral organizations, international research institutes, and US government agencies including the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

Education

Bachelor of Science, Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh

Bachelor of Arts, English Nonfiction Writing, University of Pittsburgh

Master of Public Health, Biostatistics & Epidemiology, George Washington University