ChrisAnna Mink is a pediatrician and 2015 graduate of the masters in specialized journalism program at USC Annenberg School. Most of her career has been sepent in vaccine research, government (including the FDA Office of Vaccines), or caring for the underserved. She has worked at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center for more than a decade and from 2006 - 2014, she was the Medical Director of the Kids in the Dependency (KIDS) foster care clinic.
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