Hope Cristol is a freelance health and medical writer in Atlanta. She has held top editorial positions and contributor roles at a wide range of publications and institutions, including Parade, Cooking Light, Good Housekeeping, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the American Cancer Society, and the Arthritis Foundation.
Cristol earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a master's degree in science writing from Johns Hopkins University.