Christine Jackson

Christine Jackson (BSPH, MPH, DO) is a Fellow in our Leadership Training Academy Class of 2026 and specializes in OB/GYN. She shared the following reflections on her work, advocacy, and what brings her joy.

What are your clinical or research interests?

Through my complex family planning fellowship, I am developing skills to provide high-quality abortion and contraception care. My fellowship research project is investigating early pregnancy loss management among providers at religious institutions. I am interested in continuing research projects that can help address care disparities.

What current policy issue motivates you to be an advocate?

The inequities in healthcare is a major policy issue that motivated me to pursue medicine and public health initially. Now, as a physician, I am passionate in understanding how I can personally address biases when treating individual patients, as well as help reduce healthcare disparities on a systemic level.

What local justice-centered organization do you wish we knew about?

Abortion Action Missouri is an organization that works to promote reproductive freedom in the state of Missouri. They worked to help pass Amendment Three, the constitutional amendment to establish abortion access in our state, and continue to work to preserve abortion access despite legislative and legal hurdles.

What is bringing you joy these days?

I have found so much joy in seeing fellow Missourians demand accountability from their city, state, and national representatives. I have seen so much action and resistance from neighbors who know that our state and country can be better. This motivates me to use my platform as a physician to provide not only direct patient care, but advocate for change on a policy and system level.

Our Meet Our Advocates series showcases the talents and passion of one of our doctors and finds out, in their own words, what inspires them to be physician advocates. Learn more about the Leadership Training Academy.