Jacqueline Howard is a reporter for CNN Health, based at the network's world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. You can follow Jacqueline at @jacqehoward and watch her appearances on CNN's morning show New Day.

Prior to joining CNN, Jacqueline served as senior science editor at The Huffington Post, and she was host/producer of the video series "Talk Nerdy To Me."

Jacqueline also has served as the on-air talent in a series of educational videos for The Nature Conservancy, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Big History Project. She was honored to serve as a guest judge in the 2015 Nikon Small World photomicrography competition, and she was selected to participate in The White House's "We the Geeks: Women Role Models" initiative in 2014.

Jacqueline holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, and a bachelor's degree in communication studies from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.

Jacqueline is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists.