Lauren Morello

Lauren Morello is the science editor at Grid, handling coverage of science, technology, health and the environment. As a deputy health editor at Politico, she guided reporting on the covid pandemic, focusing on drugs, vaccines and testing with an emphasis on accountability stories. Lauren has also overseen Nature’s Americas news team and covered climate change for ClimateWire. She holds a degree in chemistry and English from Drew University and in science journalism from Boston University.