Author

Kristina Yancey

Kristina Yancey is a member of The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Class of 2022. She graduated from The City University of New York-Staten Island in 2008 with a dual Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry & Chemistry, earned a master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Arizona State University in 2017 and completed a Graduate Certificate in Health Sciences through the Pathway Scholars Program at The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix in 2018. She enjoys research, community activism, singing Karaoke, dancing, and cracking up at her own jokes. But most of all, she enjoys spending quality time with her husband and daughter. Email: kyancey@email.arizona.edu

Op-Ed September 14, 2021

Navigating Motherhood and Medical School

Kristina Yancey

According to the Association of American Medical College’s 2020 Medical School Graduation Questionnaire, 7.3% of graduating medical students had dependents[1], up from 3.1% in 2016 [2]. There are more people entering medical school as parents or becoming parents...

Op-Ed July 14, 2020

I Fought COVID-19 and Survived To Tell The Tale

Kristina Yancey

Eddie Case is a previously healthy COVID-19 survivor and one of the first 200-identified COVID patients in Arizona. He has graciously offered to share a full account of his story so the public can get a glimpse of...

Op-Ed March 12, 2019

Anti-Vax Movement in Arizona

Kristina Yancey

Did you know a recent study described Arizona as a “hot-spot?” Not because of our record-breaking summer temperatures, indie music venues, Roosevelt Row, open-air wine bars, or beautiful people mingling in Old Town. Nope nope nope. The Public...