A Trusted Friend in a Complicated World

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Lisa Lombardi

location-pin New York, NY

School: Yale University

Expertise: Wellness, Family, News

Lisa Lombardi

  • Served as the executive editor of Health, executive editor of Match.com, deputy editor of Redbook and interim deputy editor of HearstMade
  • Co-author of What the Yuck?! The Freaky & Fabulous Truth About Your Body
  • Editor of more than a dozen Time magazine special editions
  • Bylines include Reader's Digest, the Washington Post, Time, Real Simple, Buy Side from WSJ, USA Today, Women's Health, Glamour and Shape

Experience

Lisa is a New York–based writer who regularly reports on health, wellness, parenting and lifestyle trends. She was the executive editor of Health, where she edited award-winning investigative features and wrote daily news stories, and she has written for the Washington Post, Time, Women's Health, USA Today, Real Simple, Parents, Glamour and many other outlets. She is also the co-author of the book What the Yuck? The Freaky & Fabulous Truth About Your Body. A Yale graduate, she lives in the New York area with her husband, sons and a fun-loving Havanese named Clark.

Education

Yale University

BA, English

Articles

Here’s Why Your Costco Pizza Slice Has Holes in It

It has nothing to do with cost savings

This Is the Dirtiest Part of a Cruise Ship, According to the CDC

This germy spot will make you need the bad kind of R&R—rest and recuperation