Krista Russ

• Krista is excited to apply her four years of extensive healthcare and wellness experience to her work at Static Media, with the mission of writing eye-opening, health-focused features that captivate readers and help them to foster a deeper sense of curiosity and excitement about their personal health and wellbeing.
• Previously, she worked as a medical content writer and editor at The Academy of Preventative and Innovative Medicine, contributing to their blog and writing patient-centered content on behalf of physician clients. She also worked as a mobile app content writer for a digital healthcare startup, One Drop, writing diabetes prevention and heart disease content on behalf of large clients like Bayer for their employee corporate wellness programs.
• In addition to writing healthcare content, she self-published a novel called Taken Over Blue Waters in 2009 at the tender age of sixteen, still available on Amazon.com. She is currently querying agents and publishers for her latest novel, a WWII, historical fiction story about a young woman and her male friend escaping a concentration camp during The Holocaust.

Experience

Krista has a wealth of knowledge in the disease prevention and management, pharmaceutical, and telehealth industries that she is excited to share through her writing at Health Digest. Her areas of specialty include general health and wellness, nutrition, and preventative medicine. She is also a Certified Diabetes Prevention (DPP) Coach through the CDC and certified in Lifestyle Medicine, a form of preventative medicine, through The American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

Education

She graduated cum laude from Baker College with a dual Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and English. Because of her combined passion for human health and writing, she also has an Associates Degree in Health Sciences with an emphasis on nutrition from Oakland Community College.