<aside> 💡 Heesoo Cho is a PhD candidate in the Department of Science Studies at Seoul National University, Korea. After obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in Biology at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Heesoo Cho received a Master’s degree in the Program in History and Philosophy of Science at Seoul National University, with a thesis titled “Institutionalizing Ultrasonography, Transforming Pregnancy: Dissemination of Prenatal Ultrasonography in Korean Obstetrics, 1960s-1990s.” Now her research interest is how vaccination for children has been instituted in modern Korea. She is interested in the effect of three areas in the vaccination program of South Korea: governmental healthcare policies, private medical care, and non-medical actors(schools and parents). She sees the program as a window for critical reflection on South Korea's healthcare system, which encompasses a blend of both public and private sectors. Her other projects include the roles of women actors(doctors, nurses, medical practitioners, pregnant women, etc) in the history of medicine in contemporary South Korea.
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