Irene S. Levine, PhD is an award-winning freelance writer and editor. Trained as a psychologist, she has had a wealth of academic and professional experiences that have contributed to her vast content knowledge spanning health and mental health.

But her interests aren't limited to science and medicine. She has enjoyed writing about an incredible range of topics including: ice hockey, real estate closings, flirting, Corvettes, Palm Pilots and LAN parties. Her work has been published in some of America's major newspapers (such as the Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Newsday, USA Today and the Washington Post), and the nation's most widely-read consumer magazines (such as AARP Bulletin, Better Homes and Gardens, Health, Ladies' Home Journal, Prevention, Reader's Digest, Segunda Juventud, and Self). She also writes for trade publications, government agencies, non-profit organizations, and corporate clients.

Since 1994, she has held a faculty appointment as a professor at the New York University School of Medicine. She also works part-time as a research scientist at the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research in Orangeburg, New York. She is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Association for Health Care Journalists, the American Medical Writers Association, the Authors Guild, the National Association of Science Writers, and the American Psychological Association.