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Elizabeth Newcomb

Elizabeth Newcomb, MPH, is senior editor at the University of Southern California Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. She earned her master's degree in public health at USC and graduated with a bachelor of science in biology from Iowa State University. She is a member of the National Association of Science Writers.

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