Karisa Ding
About Karisa Ding
Karisa Ding is a freelance health writer and editor with expertise in preconception, pregnancy, and parenting content. A mother of two, Ding finds great joy in supporting new and expectant parents by providing information they need for the life-changing journey ahead.
Ding lives in San Francisco with her husband and teenage daughter, and visits her son at college whenever possible. Fun fact: Ding first worked for BabyCenter in 1998, when she was one of the company's first 50 employees.
Experience
Prior to freelancing for BabyCenter, Ding led content strategy and product development at Univfy, a fertility data analytics company. She also served as director of research for Consumer Health Interactive, the former content division of CVS Health.
Her freelance clients include Rally Health, Hill Physicians Medical Group, and the University of California San Francisco. Ding honed her research skills at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, where she worked in a neuroradiology lab studying the effects of HIV and alcohol abuse on the brain.
Education
Ding has a bachelor's degree in music from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.