Randi Hutter Epstein is a medical writer, author and journalist, has written for
publications
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such as ''
New York Times
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'', and ''
The Washington Post
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''. She is also a lecturer at Yale University, a writer-in-residence at the Yale School of Medicine and an
adjunct professor
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the job security of the tenure vary in different parts of the world, however the genera ...
at
Columbia University
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's Journalism School.
Epstein has worked as a medical writer for the ''London bureau of The Associated Press'' and was the London bureau chief of ''Physicians' Weekly''. Her articles have also appeared in ''The Daily Telegraph'', ''The Guardian, Parents'', ''More'', among other newspapers and magazines.
Education
Epstein earned a B.S. from
The University of Pennsylvania
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where she studied the history and sociology of science. She earned an M.S. from the
Columbia University School of Journalism
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, an M.D. from
Yale University School of Medicine
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The primary te ...
, and an M.P.H. from the
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
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.
Books
Epstein is the author of ''Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything'' (released by W. W. Norton, June 2018) and ''Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank''
(released by W. W. Norton, Jan 2010).
References
External links
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Articles
Cases: So Lucky to Have Given Birth in England ''New York Times'' — Dec. 4, 2001
''New York Times'' — Sept. 21, 1999
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''New York Times'' — June 15, 1999
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''New York Times'' — June 15, 2016
''New York Times'' — July 31, 2015, Page A1
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You Don't Actually Have Cancer Daily Beast, July 13, 2013
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American women journalists
Medical journalists
Living people
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism faculty
1962 births
21st-century American women