Christine J. Ko, MD

Christine J. Ko, MD is a Professor of Dermatology and Pathology at Yale University. She is the author of How to Improve Doctor-Patient Connection, which she hopes will help patients navigate healthcare interactions. Christine is a Public Voices Fellow through The OpEd Project.

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For anyone who loves picture books!

As a child, I hardly ever read a book that had a main (or even…

Open Your Eyes: Bias is Real

With affirmative action struck down by the Supreme Court several weeks ago, focus has shifted…

Misogyny is Fatal: Abortion Bans & Maternal Mortality

Last weekend marked the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs legislation that overturned Roe v. Wade, severely limiting access to…

How Michelle Yeoh has redefined the meaning of superhero, and what this means for me as a mom

Michelle Yeoh recently made history, becoming the first Asian-identifying woman to win an Oscar for Best…

Interrogating “other”: Inclusion has not been enough

The recent reaction to the shootings in California highlights the othering of Asian Americans. Asian Americans…

Calling all women in STEM: Let’s more consciously create and use our networks!

As an East Asian (Korean) woman in academic medicine, I am not statistically underrepresented, but there…

How to Be Heard

Researchers at Indiana University have discovered the underlying pathway that leads to deafness secondary to…

Toward curing cancer: What you must know as a patient about shared decision making

A new cancer treatment using a patient’s own immune system is effective even for malignant…

Where to find God? In math, love, the church, the backseat of a car, or the minds of children?

God and math: in my mind, they are connected, and here’s why. Math is formulaic,…