C. Ian Campbell
Olivia is a health and parenting editor at Verywell Mind, a New York Times bestselling author, and a thesis advisor for Johns Hopkins University's science writing program. She has more than a decade of experience writing about a variety of science, health, and parenting topics.
From deeply reported feature articles to personal essays, Olivia’s work has appeared in many major national publications. Of all the topics she’s covered, Olivia’s candid essays on her experiences with body image, anxiety, and postpartum depression have earned her the most reader mail.
Her first book, “Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine” was a New York Times bestseller. Her next book, “Sisters in Science: How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific History,” will be published in December 2024.
Olivia lives outside Philadelphia with her husband, three sons, and two cats. Read more about her at www.ocampbellwriter.com.
Olivia earned a master’s degree in science and medical writing from Johns Hopkins University and a bachelor's degree in journalism from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is a member of the National Association of Science Writers.
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