Christine Blasey Ford
She earned an undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1988.She received a master's degree in psychology from Pepperdine University. In 2009, she garnered a master's degree in epidemiology, with a focus on the subject of biostatistics, from Stanford University.She has a Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Southern California.Her 1995 dissertation was entitled Measuring Young Children's Coping Responses to Interpersonal Conflict.
Ford began teaching at Stanford University in 1988.She works at Palo Alto Universityteaching students clinical trial design and data analysis.She participates in educational programs with the Stanford University School of Medicine as a member of a consortium group with Palo Alto University.Through this consortium group, called the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology (PGSP), Ford teaches subjects including psychometrics, study methodologies, and statistics.
She performed consulting work for multiple pharmaceutical companiesFord worked as the director of biostatistics at Corcept Therapeutics, and collaborated with FDA statisticians.According to NPR and The Washington Post, Ford is "widely published".
Ford lives in Palo Alto, California, with her husband Russell Ford, whom she married in 2002, and two sons. She is a registered Democrat.
She attended the 2017 Women's March and the March for Science. According to the Federal Election Commission, she has made campaign contributions totaling $80.50, which included donations to the Democratic National Committee and Friends of Bernie Sanders.Ford is the aunt of actress and singer Bridgit Mendler.