Julie Livingston | |
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Born | 1966 (age 57–58) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Tufts University Boston University Emory University |
Awards | MacArthur Fellowship William H. Welch Medal (2014) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | medical historian |
Institutions | New York University Rutgers University |
Julie Livingston (born 1966) is an American medical historian and the Julius Silver Professor at New York University. [1] She won a 2013 MacArthur Fellowship. [2]
Livingston received her B.A. in Comparative Religion [1] from Tufts University. [3] She graduated from Boston University with an M.A. in African History, M.P.H. in Health Services and a Certificate of Public Health in Developing Countries, [1] and from Emory University with a Ph.D. in African History. [1] She taught at Rutgers University from 2003 to 2015. [4]
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