Marissa Russo

Marissa Russo

Staff Writer

Fierce Biotech

Bio:

Marissa Russo is a staff writer for Fierce Biotech. She recently joined Fierce but completed the AAAS Mass Media Fellowship in 2025 with STAT and has written for Nature and AACR Cancer Discovery, among others. She has a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Mayo Clinic where she studied adult brain cancer. She enjoys spending time at the beach with her partner and 2 doodle mixes.