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Sarah Grundy, senior care writer
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- Marymount Manhattan College
About Sarah
Sarah K. Grundy is a former copywriter at A Place for Mom, specializing in articles covering senior care, veteran resources, and nursing homes. Sarah is a seasoned medical writer and editor, and her academic background includes studies in clinical research, oncology, end-of-life decision-making, surgery, physics, epidemiology, and medicine at UPenn, where she worked and obtained her certification as a clinical researcher. Sarah also studied communications and multimedia at Marymount Manhattan College and nutrition at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition on the Upper East Side of New York City. She continues her education in health and medicine with online courses at Harvard University.
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