Sophia Yen, MD, MPH
Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer, Pandia Health
Bio
Dr. Yen has a passion for making women's lives easier. Women have #BetterThingsToDo than to run to the pharmacy each month and should not suffer from "pill anxiety" - the fear of running out of their prescription birth control. At Pandia Health, they solve this problem by bringing #BirthControl to women wherever they have internet and a mailbox. Dr. Yen loves to help educate women about #PeriodsOptional and men and women about #EmergencyContraception.
She is always happy to connect with companies serving women that want to co-market, women helping women, allies helping women.
Reproductive rights specialist/advocate. Adolescent Medicine specialist.
Board-certified in Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
Research regarding the accuracy of health websites' information about reproductive health.
Research involving adolescents' and young adults' access to emergency contraception(EC) and patients' and MDs' knowledge about EC.
Research of undergraduates': knowledge of STDs/birth control and sexual behaviors.
Advocate for youth and children and women's rights.
Former Chairperson of the N. CA American Academy of Pediatric's Pediatric Obesity Interest Group.
Clinical research of technology to treat obesity in children: using DDR.
Clinical research re: use of computers in patient rooms with internet access to increase patient satisfaction.