Chrissie Giles

Chrissie Giles studied biochemistry at the University of Leeds in England. Concluding that clumsiness and practical science do not mix, she completed a master’s degree in science communication in 2003 and has been working as a writer and editor ever since. Her editorial career began in a medical communications agency and included a brief but formative stint in the heady world of motor caravan journalism. She worked as a writer and editor for Nature Publishing Group and the Wellcome Trust, where she was editor of the award-winning longform publication, Mosaic. She joined the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) to lead its global health team a week before the Covid-19 pandemic began (merely a coincidence!). She is now Deputy Editor at TBIJ, an independent investigative newsroom based in London, that publishes collaborative public interest journalism that helps create lasting, positive change in the world.