Shereen Jegtvig

Shereen Jegtvig, writer and fact checker.
Title: Fact Checker
Education: University of Bridgeport
Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut
Expertise: Health and Nutrition

Experience

Shereen has more than two decade of experience writing about health and nutrition. During that time, she was named to Sharecare's Top 10 Social HealthMakers on Nutrition in 2013 and was selected to attend the National Institutes of Health Medicine in the Media program, a joint program between Dartmouth College and the National Institutes of Health. In addition to writing about health and nutrition, Shereen has worked as a fact checker with several Dotdash Meredith websites. She also works as a Developmental Editor and reviews the work of fact-checkers across Dotdash Meredith brands.

Education

Shereen has a Master's degree in human nutrition from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. She did her undergraduate work at North Dakota State University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of New Mexico.

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