C. Yoonhee Ryder is a research assistant for the Korea Health Policy Project at Harvard Medical School and a medical resident in otolaryngology at Michigan Medicine. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School and has a master’s degree in clinical research from the Michigan School of Public Health. She is a former recipient of the State Department’s Critical Language Scholarship to study Korean at Yonsei University, Wonju Campus. Yoonhee previously served as a Peace Corps health volunteer in Togo, West Africa, and is passionate about global health and global surgery.